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The ENTRA Survey: Recent Immigration Processes and Early Integration Trajectories in Germany

GESIS, Cologne. ZA7773 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14014
Abstract: The main objective of the ENTRA (Recent Immigration Processes and Early Integration Trajectories in Germany) Survey was to collect data on new immigrants in Germany that capture immigration and settlement dynamics as well as integration trajectories. The study consists of a two-wave panel survey of four different immigrant groups: Italians, Poles, Syrians, and Turks. In the first wave, new immigrants were interviewed in the first years of their stay in Germany. About a year and a half later, they were interviewed a second time to track their early integration progress. During the survey period ... more
Content: I. Waves 1 and 2: A. Demography: Migration Biography: date of leaving the country; date of arrival in Germany (year, month, day); lived in a refugee camp; respondent knew people in Germany before moving (from own country, from Germany or from other countries, did not know people in Germany); spent time in Germany before; first time in Germany (mon ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 10.05.2019 - 21.04.2021
Date(s) of Data Collection: 10.05.2019 - 31.10.2019, wave 1 | 11.05.2020 - 22.06.2020, COVID-19 survey | 20.11.2020 - 21.04.2021, wave 2
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Immigrants from Italy, Poland, Syria, and Turkey who were between 18 and 40 years old (18 to 41 at the time of the first interview) and had the nationality of the respective country of origin and no German citizenship.
Number of Units: 10420
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Purposive • Probability: Simple random;
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI) • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI) • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI);
Data Collector: ENTRA-Team (online surveys (CAWI) and the face-to-face interviews (CAPI)); Bamberg Center for Empirical Studies (BACES), Bamberg (telephone interviews (CATI))
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 780

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Diehl, Claudia - Universität Konstanz | Koenig, Matthias - Universität Göttingen | Kristen, Cornelia - Universität Bamberg
Publication year: 2024
DOI: 10.4232/1.14014
Study number: ZA7773
Publisher: GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2024-01-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14014
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Reference publications

Publications: Seuring, Julian; Degen, Daniel; Rüdel, Julia; Ries, Felix; Diehl, Claudia; Kristen, Cornelia and Matthias Koenig (2023): The ENTRA Survey : Recent Immigration Processes and Early Integration Trajectories in Germany. Methodological Report.
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Diehl, Claudia, Koenig, Matthias, & Kristen, Cornelia (2024). The ENTRA Survey: Recent Immigration Processes and Early Integration Trajectories in Germany. GESIS, Cologne. ZA7773 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14014.

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