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The role of school-related social networks for school leaving examination and career choice in a social and ethnical heterogenous group of pupils

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6254 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12476
Abstract: Topics: I) Leisure time and social network: Composition of the social network of schoolmates; membership and frequency of activities in associations and other organizations; type and frequency of different leisure activities; playing a musical instrument; age at the beginning of learning the instrument. II) Personality: Impulsivity; Big-Five-Personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness); current and past exercise of: free tutoring, work as class representative or school representative, administrative bodies (e.g. in associations), activity as a c ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.10.2012 - 24.04.2014
Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.10.2012 - 14.02.2013 | 13.12.2013 - 24.04.2014
Geographic coverage: Bremen (DE-HB) | Hamburg (DE-HH) | Lower Saxony (DE-NI)
Universe: High school graduates of 2013 and 2014
Number of Units: 1417 (Wave 1) 1616 (Wave 2)
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Purposive; Non-probability Sample: Purposive Sample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI); Self-administered questionnaire: Paper (main survey) Telephone interview: CATI (post survey)
Data Collector: Universität Bremen
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 662 (Wave 1) 686 (Wave 2)
Notes: Survey unit: students###

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Windzio, Michael - Institut für empirische und angewandte Soziologie (EMPAS); Universität Bremen | Fornahl, Dirk - Zentrum für Regional- und Innovationsökonomik (CRIE); Universität Bremen
Publication year: 2016
DOI: 10.4232/1.12476
Study number: ZA6254
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

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Windzio, Michael, & Fornahl, Dirk (2016). The role of school-related social networks for school leaving examination and career choice in a social and ethnical heterogenous group of pupils. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6254 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12476.

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