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System of Social Indicators for the Federal Republic of Germany: Population

Noll, Heinz-Herbert; Weick, Stefan
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8640 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12774
Abstract: The system of social indicators for the Federal Republic of Germany - developed in its original version as part of the SPES project under the direction of Wolfgang Zapf - provides quantitative information on levels, distributions and changes in quality of life, social progress and social change in Germany from 1950 to 2013, i.e. over a period of more than sixty years. With the approximately 400 objective and subjective indicators that the indicator system comprises in total, it claims to measure welfare and quality of life in Germany in a differentiated way across various areas of life and to ... more
Content: The data for the area of life ´population´ is made up as follows: Agglomeration and migration: external migration, number of immigration, net migration, share of immigration from the EU in total immigration, number of asylum seekers per 10,000 inhabitants. Population density: population density, population density in independent cities, population ... more
Topics: DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES) | Migration | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | Economic conditions and indicators | Social conditions and indicators | Family life and marriage | Social change

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.01.1950 - 31.12.2013
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Number of Units: 65 Zeitpunkte
Sampling Procedure: Sources: Official statistics, Large survey programs.
Temporal Research Design: Time series
Analysis Unit: Political-administrative area
Mode of Data Collection: • Aggregation;
Analysis System(s): Excel
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 197 Zeitreihen

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Noll, Heinz-Herbert - GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim | Weick, Stefan - GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12774
Study number: ZA8640
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Online-Database SAFE

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2017-04-27, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12774
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Noll, Heinz-Herbert (1995): The digital information system social indicators: a new form of presentation of the German system of social indicators. Statistical Journal of the United Nations ECE 12, 369-378. | Noll, Heinz-Herbert (2004): Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research: Background, Achievements and Current Trends. In: Genov, N. (Ed.), ... more
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System sozialer Indikatoren für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland | show all hits of the group
The system of social indicators for the Federal Republic of Germany provides time series data on levels, distributions and changes in the quality of life, social progress and social change in Germany from 1950 to 2013. It covers the following 14 areas of life: - Population - Socio-economic classification and stratification - Labour market and emplo ... more

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