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TIES Germany is part of an international survey, conducted in 8 countries (Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria). It is about children of immigrants from Turkey, Yugoslavia and Morocco. Personal details; educational biography; labour market and occupational biography; biography of partner and parents; housing and neighbourhood; social relations and political participation; gender roles and child care; identity, language and transnationalism; religion and religiosity; income. Topics: 1. Personal details: moved out of parents household; age at the time of moving; reason for moving; number and age of siblings; number of children that live elsewhere; German citizenship; German citizenship by birth; year of receipt the German citizenship; allegiance to other nations; intention to achieve the German citizenship within the next two years; reasons for no intention; other citizenship; received that citizenship by ancestry, marriage or naturalization. 2. Educational biography: age at first school experience (including pre-school and kindergarten); attendance of pre-school or kindergarten and its duration; kind of most important primary school; reason for attending that primary school; number of children of immigrant origin at that primary school; ever changed schools in primary school; ever repeated a grade or class in primary school; ever interrupted primary school in Germany to go abroad for a period of more than three months; age of leaving primary school; teacher’s recommendation at the end of primary school; recommended and actually entered kind of school; country specific level at which entered secondary school; still attending that school or level; completed that school or level and obtained a diploma or certificate; reason for quitting; age when completed or left the school; teacher’s recommendation for another education at the end of that school level; level or school attended next; returned to attend school again later...