International Mobil
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6767 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12739
Abstract: The study focuses on three main aspects: first, on the socio-structural characteristics of internationally mobile Germans, second, on the motivation for individual mobility decisions, and third, on the consequences of international mobility on individual living conditions such as family life, professional career and well-being/ life satisfaction.
The questionnaires cover the following topics for emigrants:
1. Arrival at the current place of residence
2. Motivation for emigration
3. Living conditions before emigration
4. Return to Germany
5. Current living conditions
6. General questions co ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 26.03.2014 - 04.06.2014
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Emigrants:
Those German citizens, who have deregistered in Germany and have emigrated abroad between January, 1 and December 31, 2013 and who were born before January 1, 1995.
Returnees:
Those German citizens, who have emigrated from abroad and have registered in Germany between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013, and who were born before Jan ... more Number of Units:
Auswanderer / emigrants: 774
Rückwanderer / returnees: 895
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Emigrants:
On the first level: Selection of communities for which addresses of Germans living abroad were accessible. (Berlin, Erfurt, Freiburg, Cologne, Konstanz, Leipzig, Mannheim, Munich, Nürnberg).
On the second level: random selection of target persons.
On the third level: if multiple target persons are ... more Mode of Data Collection: Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview)
Postal contacting of survey participants, asking them to access a particular homepage via a personalized code and to complete there a standardized online questionnaire. Data Collector: SUZ, Duisburg, Germany
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables:
Auswanderer / emigrants: 168
Rückwanderer / returnees: 164
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Engler, Marcus - Netzwerk Migration in Europa, Berlin | Erlinghagen, Marcel - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Soziologie, Essen | Ette, Andreas - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), Wiesbaden | Sauer, Lenore - Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), Wiesbaden | Scheller, Friedrich - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut ... more Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12739
Study number: ZA6767
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2017-02-03, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12739
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Engler, Marcus; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Sauer, Lenore; Scheller, Friedrich; Schneider, Jan; Schultz, Caroline:
International Mobil - Motive, Rahmenbedingungen und Folgen der Aus- und Rückwanderung deutscher Staatsbürger.
Berlin: SVR-Forschungsbereich 2015 | Sauer, Lenore; Ette, Andreas; Engler, Marcus; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Scheller, F ... more Study group: German Emigration and Remigration (GERPS) |
show all hits of the groupThe German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS) is the data base developed within the project “Individuelle Konsequenzen internationaler Migration im Lebensverlauf” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). GERPS follows an origin-based sampling approach which allows to study individual consequences of international migrations form ... moreStudien des Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), Wiesbaden |
show all hits of the groupThe Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) examines the causes and consequences of demographic change and has the task of advising the Federal Government and the Federal Ministries on the basis of scientific research.
"Familienleitbilder in Deutschland (FLB II) - Welle 2" is available here.GESIS Community Data |
show all hits of the groupGESIS Community Data contains German and international research data that have been specially prepared for secondary analysis and academic teaching. These are studies that have been donated to GESIS by the scientific community and are processed by us in the spirit of open science. The collection constantly expands and contains data from six decades ... more 
