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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 interest was the question of how young women and men succeed in reconciling career and family/partnership against the background of growing mobility requirements. The questionnaire programme of the repeat survey is based on that of previous life course studies. Since an important focus of the repeat survey is on examining the compatibility of partnership and family, special attention was also paid to the retrospective survey of childcare. Topics: Residence history: information on all residence episodes, e.g. place of residence in Germany or abroad; federal state; month and year of beginning and end; current place of residence; reasons for moving away. Children, parental leave, desire to have children: children; existing pregnancy; expected date of birth (month, year); desire for (further) children; number of desired (further) children; period up to the next child; reason for childlessness; infant suffers when the mother is gainfully employed; best care alternative when the mother is gainfully employed; ID child; sex of the child; month and year of birth of the child; relationship with child; child deceased; month and year of death of the child; willingness to answer further questions about the deceased child; always lived together with child; beginning and end of the episode lived together (month and year); child in the household; child was desired child; time planning of the...