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Early Careers and Starting a Family: Life Courses of the 1971 Birth Cohorts in East and West Germany (Life History Study LV-Panel 71)

Mayer, Karl U.
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5099 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5099
Abstract: The study is the most recent subproject of the German Life History Study. It follows directly on from the two previous life history surveys. In a repeat survey, the 1971-born who had participated in the 1996-1998 study ´Ostdeutsche Lebensverläufe im Transformationsprozess (LV-Ost 71)´ or in the 1998-1999 study ´Ausbildungs- und Berufsverläufen der Geburtskohorten 1964 und 1971 in Westdeutschland (LV-West 64/71)´ were interviewed again. The repeat survey was initiated because the observations of the 1971 birth cohort in these two surveys reached a maximum of 28 years of age. The focus of intere ... more
Topics: Working conditions | Unemployment | Employment | EDUCATION | Community, urban and rural life | Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions | Family life and marriage | Specific social services: use and availability | Income, property and investment/saving | Housing

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 24.11.2004 - 30.06.2005
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All persons born in 1971 who had declared their willingness to participate in the Life History Study LV-Ost 71 or the Life History Study LV-West 64/71.
Number of Units: 1043
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Simple random • Probability: Multistage; Probability Sample: Simple Random Sample Probability Sample: Stratified Sample
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI); Telephone interview: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview)
Data Collector: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 658
Notes: Survey unit: adults### The data set is part of an extensive project in which different cohorts, survey instruments and populations were used. The datasets are archived under the ZA study numbers 2644 to 2648 and 3925 to 3927.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Mayer, Karl U. - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publication year: 2014
DOI: 10.4232/1.5099
Study number: ZA5099
Contributor, Institution, Role: GESIS - Distributor | GESIS - HostingInstitution
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Homepage of the German Life History Study (WZB)

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2014-07-17, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5099
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Reference publications

Publications: Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Annäherungen an den Geburtsjahrgang 1971. In: Beckers, Tilo; Birkelbach, Klaus; Hagenah, Jörg; Rosar, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Komparative empirische Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2010, S. 65-90
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Mayer, Karl U. (2014). Early Careers and Starting a Family: Life Courses of the 1971 Birth Cohorts in East and West Germany (Life History Study LV-Panel 71). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5099 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5099.

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