Summary information

Study title

Adult Education Survey (AES 2016 - Germany)

Creator

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Berlin

Study number / PID

ZA6887, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.13135 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Educational activities in the course of life. Access to information on learning and training opportunities. 1. Job-related information; 2. Characteristics of the main professional activity; 3. Educational background: attendance of regular courses of study: a) school education, b) vocational training; 4. Participation in various forms of learning in the last 12 months: Formal Education (FED); 5. Non-formal Education (NFE); 6. Information on selected continuing education activities; 7. (Further) education barriers; 8. Access to (further) education; 9. Informal learning (INF); 10. Social participation as a learning opportunity; 11. Foreign language skills. Demography: sex; age (year of birth, month of birth, age open and grouped); first language learned in childhood (mother tongue); mother tongue(s) if bilingual; German nationality; migration background; other nationality; born in Germany; other country of birth; continuous in Germany; number of years in Germany; age when moving to Germany; household type; living together with a partner; age of partner; marital status; children; total number of children; number and age of children in the household; children under 5 years in the household; children from 6 to 14 years in the household; other persons in the household; age group of other persons in the household (household size and household composition); net household income; satisfaction with household income; information on parents: born in Germany; country of birth of parents (migration background); school education and professional or academic education. Additionally coded: ID (respondent and courses); city size (BIK); west-east; weighting factors and raising factors.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

01/07/2016 - 26/10/2016

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability Sample: Multistage Sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview)

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

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