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TwinLife

Diewald, Martin; Kandler, Christian; Riemann, Rainer
GESIS, Cologne. ZA6701 Data file Version 8.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14331
Abstract: TwinLife is a 12-year representative behavior genetic study investigating the emergence and development of social inequalities over the life course. For a detailed documentation of the study please visit https://www.twin-life.de/documentation/. The long-term project began in 2014 and surveys more than 4,000 pairs of twins and their families in different stages of life on a yearly basis. All of the subjects reside in Germany. Not only social, but also genetic mechanisms as well as covariations and interactions between these two factors can be examined with the help of identical and fraternal ... more
Content: In the following, the TwinLife Data are described in more detail by the life domains outlined above: 1. Skill formation and education 1.1 Educational success: - School report; if not available: supplementary questions - Current school marks or rather marks of highest graduation - School climate/student-teacher-interaction - Pressure and stres ... more
Topics: Equality, inequality and social exclusion | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | PSYCHOLOGY | Political behaviour and attitudes | Higher and further education | Compulsory and pre-school education | LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT | Family life and marriage | Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking | Housing | Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.09.2014 - 08.05.2023
Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.09.2014 - 28.05.2015, F2F 1a | 16.09.2015 - 18.04.2016, F2F 1b | 23.11.2015 - 18.04.2016, CATI 1a | 05.12.2016 - 30.04.2017, CATI 1b | 07.11.2016 - 29.09.2017, F2F 2a | 04.09.2017 - 27.05.2018, F2F 2b | 11.10.2017 - 12.05.2018, CATI 2a | 06.11.2018 - 16.04.2019, CATI 2b | 26.11.2018 - 06.07.2019, F2F 3a | 16.09.2019 - 06.06.2020, F2F 3b | 18.10. ... more
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Twins and their families (Extended Twin Family Design, ETFD): Monozygotic and dizygotic same-sex twin pairs born in the following years: 1.) 1990 - 1993, 2.) 1997/1998, 3.) 2003/2004 and 4.) 2009/2010 (4 birth cohorts in two subsamples) + at least one biological parent (+ if possible the other biological parent, step-parent(-s), one sibling an ... more
Number of Units: 18108 Personen, 4096 Familien (Sample der ersten Erhebung)
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI) • Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI) • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper • Educational measurements and tests • Recording • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI) • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI); F2F 1: Household interviews w ... more
Data Collector: TNS Infratest / Kantar TNS (first Face-to-Face household survey, parts of the first telephone survey); infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft (parts of the first telephone survey and subsequent data collections)
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 94 (Master); 2638 (Personenformat F2F 1 [wid1]); 620 (Personenformat CATI 1 [wid2]); 2470 (Personenformat F2F 2 [wid3]); 135 (Personenformat CATI 2 [wid4]); 1364 (Personenformat F2F 3 [wid5]); 240 (Personenformat CATI 3 [wid6]); 985 (Personenformat F2F 4 [wid7]); 254 (Personenformat CATI 4 [wid8]); 103 (Children of twins [cot]); 128 (Personenformat Cov 1 [cov1]); 144 (Personenformat Cov 2 [cov2]); 135 (Personenformat Cov 3 [cov3]); 9014 (Familienformat F2F 1 [wid1]); 2850 (Familienformat CATI 1 [wid2]); 11726 (Familienformat F2F 2 [wid3]); 761 (Familienformat CATI 2 [wid4]); 6381 (Familienformat F2F 3 [wid5]); 659 (Familienformat CATI 3 [wid6]), 5068 (Familienformat F2F 4 [wid7]); 712 (Familienformat CATI 4 [wid8])
Notes: Survey unit: adults; teenagers; preschool children; parents; others Die Datenlieferung v8-0-0 besteht aus 26 Datendateien im SPSS- und Stata-Format: • Master (ZA6701_master_v$): Der Masterdatensatz enthält Informationen über die Bruttostichprobe, wie z.B. konsistenzgeprüfte, zeitinvariante Variablen (Geschlecht, Geburtsjahr, Beziehung zu den Zwill ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Diewald, Martin - Universität Bielefeld | Kandler, Christian - Universität Bremen | Riemann, Rainer - Universität Bielefeld | Spinath, Frank M. - Universität des Saarlandes | Andreas, Anastasia - Universität des Saarlandes | Baier, Tina - Universität Bielefeld | Bartling, Annika - Universität des Saarlandes | Baum, Myriam A. - Universität des Saarl ... more
Publication year: 2024
DOI: 10.4232/1.14331 | 10.4232/1.14186 | 10.4232/1.14118 | 10.4232/1.13987 | 10.4232/1.13932 | 10.4232/1.13747 | 10.4232/1.13658 | 10.4232/1.13539 | 10.4232/1.13208 | 10.4232/1.13072 | 10.4232/1.12888 | 10.4232/1.12665
Study number: ZA6701
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project-homepage | documentation | paneldata.org

Versions

Current Version: 8.0.0, 2024-06-25, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14331
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Reference publications

Publications: Rohm, T., Andreas, A., Deppe, M., Eichhorn, H., Instinske, J., Klatzka, C. H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Mönkediek, B., Paulus, L., Piesch, S., Ruks, M., Starr, A., Weigel, L., Diewald, M., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2023). Data from the German TwinLife study: Genetic and social origins of educational predictors, processes, and ... more
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Diewald, Martin, Kandler, Christian, Riemann, Rainer, Spinath, Frank M., Andreas, Anastasia, Baier, Tina, Bartling, Annika, Baum, Myriam A., Deppe, Marco, Eichhorn, Harald, Eifler, Eike F., Gottschling, Juliana, Hahn, Elisabeth, Hildebrandt, Jannis, Hufer, Anke, Instinske, Jana, Kaempfert, Merit, Klatzka, Christoph H., Kornadt, Anna E., . . . Weigel, Lena (2024). TwinLife. GESIS, Cologne. ZA6701 Data file Version 8.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14331.

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