Family Research and Demographic Analysis (FReDA): Evolution, framework, objectives, and design of "the German Family Demography Panel Study"

This article introduces the evolution, framework, objectives, and design of the new data infrastructure "FReDA - The German Family Demography Panel Study", which has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2020. FReDA is rooted in the Generation an...

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Published in:Comparative population studies Vol. 46; pp. 149 - 186
Main Authors: Schneider, Norbert F, Bujard, Martin, Wolf, Christof, Gummer, Tobias, Hank, Karsten, Neyer, Franz J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) 01.01.2021
Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)
Federal Institute for Population Research
Subjects:
Cross cultural studies
Data infrastructure
Demography
Dyadic multi-actor design
Dyads
Familienforschung
Family conflict
Family research
Family work relationship
FReDA, GGS
Gender relations
Gender roles
GGS
Health behavior
Infrastructure
Intergenerational relationships
Job performance
Longitudinal studies
Marital disruption
Occupational roles
pairfam
Panel survey
Polls & surveys
Reproductive health
Social attitudes
Social demography
Social inequality
Well being
ISSN:1869-8999, 1869-8980, 1869-8999
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Summary:This article introduces the evolution, framework, objectives, and design of the new data infrastructure "FReDA - The German Family Demography Panel Study", which has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2020. FReDA is rooted in the Generation and Gender Survey (GGS) and the German Family Panel (pairfam). FReDA was initiated to facilitate research on family and demography by providing a comprehensive panel study allowing for international comparisons as well as dyadic analyses through a multi-actor design. The survey covers major fields of family research, such as fertility behaviour, reproductive health, work-family conflict, dyadic division of work, gender roles, intimate relations, separation and divorce, parenting and intergenerational relations, social inequalities, family attitudes, and well-being. FReDA interviews are conducted in a self-administered web-based (CAWI) or paper-based (PAPI) manner. The infrastructure consists of two different samples. First, the new FReDA-GGS survey started in early 2021, with a wave 1 study population of individuals aged 18 to 49 years and their partners. Second, the FReDA-pairfam survey will continue the 14-wave pairfam sample from 2022 onwards. The questionnaires of both samples will be harmonised as FReDA evolves. Data accessibility, organisation, and future perspectives of the data infrastructure are described and discussed in the paper's conclusions.
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ISSN:1869-8999
1869-8980
1869-8999
DOI:10.12765/CPoS-2021-06