Study title

This survey is now fully integrated in pairfam . Complementary Study to the German Family Panel (pairfam) Financed by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, DemoDiff is a longitudinal study that provides prospective and retrospective information for the analysis of family dynamics in eastern Germany. It mainly follows the concept and design of the nationwide German Family Panel study pairfam. Anchor respondents of the birth cohorts 1971-73 and 1981-83 from eastern Germany (excluding West Berlin and including East Berlin) and their partners are interviewed on an annual basis. Data from DemoDiff are distributed together with the scientific use file of the German Family Panel. Data access is supervised by the pairfam data research center. The survey program of DemoDiff is broadly in compliance with the pairfam program. This multi-subject study focuses on aspects of partnership and family dynamics. 1.) Partnership formation and development 2.) Transition to first and consecutive births 3.) Intergenerational relationships 4.) Parenting and child development Numerous issues from other life domains and demography are also gathered by the survey. Most of the instruments are utilized either annually in each survey wave (core modules) or are rotated every two or every three years (extended modules). In the main survey, the anchor persons report - among other things - retrospectively on changes related to their partnerships, children, residences, and educational and occupational career since the last wave (Event History Calendar). The questionnaires for partners are similar to the main survey in terms of topics but differ in length and content. Topics: 1.) Partnership formation and development: Partnership biography since age 14 (sex and age of partners, partnership, cohabitation and marriage episodes by month); Getting to know each other (current partner); Institutionalization of partnership (plans, ambivalence, stages); Sexuality (sexual...