MESARAS 2013: Mobility, Expectations, Self-Assessment and Risk Attitude of Students - full version
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6294 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12544
Abstract: The MESARAS-project was designed to investigate the interconnectedness of geographic mobility of highly qualified individuals and their personality and preferences. Therefore, and to ensure a substantial sample size (N=2589), beginning students in an economics programme (a programme offered at almost any university), who recently made an important mobility-related decision, have been selected as target group.
All mobility episodes have been recorded on the level of postal code areas. This allows a geo-referenced analysis of individual mobility with two explicit benefits: First, mobility can be ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.10.2013 - 23.10.2013
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: The population consists of university BA-students in the first semester enrolled in an economics programme.
This target group has been chosen to ensure that it comprises a substantial share of individuals displaying geographic mobility.
Number of Units: 2589 (+ 1742 PLZ/Georef)
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Availability;
Non-probability Sample: Availability Sample
After seven participating universities (respectively the economics department) in Northern and Middle Germany (Bielefeld, Clausthal, Dortmund, Halle, Hannover, Magdeburg und Münster) have been selected, respondents have been directly recruited within general sessions wi ... more Temporal Research Design: Cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper;
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Data Collector: Principal investigator
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 364 (+ 14 PLZ/Georef)
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Weisser, Reinhard A. - Leibniz Universität Hannover
Publication year: 2016
DOI: 10.4232/1.12544
Study number: ZA6294
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2016-05-17, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12544
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Weisser, Reinhard A. (2016): MESARAS 2013: Mobility, Expectations, Self-Assessment and Risk Attitude of Students; project and methodological report, May 2016. | Weisser, Reinhard A. (2016): The price of mobility: Adjustment capabilities, personality and the mobility premium for highly qualified individuals; working paper, January 2016. | Weisser, ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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