Summary information

Study title

Education and Life

Creator

Hummell, Hans J. (Fb 1, Fach Soziologie, Universität Gesamthochschule Duisburg)
Meulemann, Heiner (Zentralarchiv für empirische Sozialforschung, Universität zu Köln)
Wieken-Mayser, Maria (Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, Florenz)
Wiese, Wilhelm (Zentralarchiv für empirische Sozialforschung, Universität zu Köln)
Ziegler, Rolf (Institut für Soziologie, Universität München )

Study number / PID

ZA1441, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1441 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

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Abstract

Re-interview of high school students after ca. 15 years on data on the course of private and occupational life as well as questions on attitudes. Topics: conclusion of education; contacts with former students; detailed information on school and occupational training as well as activities after leaving high school; type of entitlement to university admission and average grade in high school graduation; reasons for not attending college; questions on sequence of college and vocational training; interest in other training occupations and additional vocational training; desired studies; college goal; planned activity instead of college; identity of original studies desired and actual studies; preferred subjects; conclusion or discontinuation of studies; attitude to studies; change of major; detailed information about preliminary examinations, intermediate examinations and final examinations and information on points in time; sources of income or financing of studies; employment alongside studies and influence of this activity on duration of studies; usable experiences for studies and later occupational career from activities during studies; connection between main focus of studies and first occupational activity; year of first full-time employment; detailed information about occupational development; activity description and changes as well as length of time and area of business of first jobs; occupational position and time worked each week; income changes between start and end of the job; reasons for change of position; satisfaction with occupational development and expected development of one´s own occupational position in the next few years; satisfaction with education up to now; interest in employment; assumed point in time for start of employment; preferred occupation; participation in measures for occupational further education; detailed information about form and content of these courses; judgement on these measures for further education for occupational...
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Methodology

Data collection period

06/1984 - 08/1985

Country

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Panel

Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage
Two-stage cluster sample. The sample is identical to ZA Study No. 0600. Of the original initial sample (3295 cases) it was possible to obtain 2999 current addresses. Based on this information 1989 persons were interviewed.

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1986

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

Related publications

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