Eignet sich das Mikrozensus-Panel für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen? : Untersuchung am Beispiel der Frage nach den ökonomischen Determinanten der Familiengründung
Titelübersetzung:Can we use the micro-census panel for studying family dynamics? : first applications on the economic determinants of family formation
Quelle: Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung; Rostock (MPIDR Working Paper, 2009-024), 2009. 32 S.
Inhalt: "Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, das Analysepotential des Mikrozensus-Panels für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen darzustellen. Dazu wird zunächst aufgezeigt, wie die Daten in Episodenformat aufgearbeitet werden können, um ereignisanalytische Modelle des Geburtenverhaltens zu schätzen. Im Anschluss daran wird ein Modell zu den ökonomischen Determinanten des Übergangs zur Erstelternschaft vorgestellt. Darüber hinaus werden die spezifisch methodischen Probleme des Mikrozensus für Fertilitätsanalysen adressiert. In einer Sensitivitätsanalyse wird geprüft, inwiefern der Ausfall der räumlich mobilen Personen die Ergebnisse verzerrt. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer kritischen Reflektion über die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten des Mikrozensus-Panels für Fertilitätsanalysen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "The German microcensus is a rotating panel in which respondents are interviewed once per year for four years in a row. Recently, the microcensus panel 1996-1999 has been made available for scientific usage. This paper discusses the potential of the microcensus panel for investigations in the field of fertility research. In the first part of the paper, we demonstrate how the data can be transformed into spell format so that event history models can be applied. Respondents become 'under observation' when they are interviewed for the first time in 1996. The 'risk set' are female respondents aged 16-38 who are childless at first interview. They contribute exposure time to our investigation until the last interview is conducted or have a first child. Based on this data set up, we have estimated a first birth model. Estimates are very much in line with previous findings on fertility behavior in Germany. But even though that our first investigations provide reasonable results, there are several shortcomings of the data, which we also discussed: First, fertility histories are not surveyed in the microcensus. As others have done before, we have reconstructed fertility careers of female respondents based on the ages and numbers of the children who live in the same family unit. This procedure gives fairly good results for female respondents who are below age 39 at time of interview. Older respondents, and therefore fertility at higher ages, cannot be investigated with this data. A second drawback is that there are no monthly employment histories available. However, information on the employment status at time of interview can be used. We assumed here that the employment status that we measure at time of interview is fixed for the period of twelve months after interview. This is a very strong assumption for some indicators, such as unemployment. However, for other employment indicators (such as whether the person is working in a public or private enterprise, whether the working contract is term-limited or not) this assumption should not be problematic. A third downturn of the data is panel-attrition. The microcensus is a household-survey. When respondents leave the household, they are not surveyed any longer. This involves that panel-attrition is related to residential mobility. In a 'sensitivity analysis' we show that panel attrition does not seem to bias our investigations. The paper concludes with a critical discussion on the scope and limits of the microcensus panel for fertility investigations." (author's abstract)
Eignet sich das Mikrozensus-Panel für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen? : Untersuchung am Beispiel der Frage nach den ökonomischen Determinanten der Familiengründung
Titelübersetzung:Can we use the micro-census panel for studying family dynamics? : first applications on the economic determinants of family formation
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung : Beiträge zu Haushalt, Verwandtschaft und Lebenslauf, Jg. 21 (2009) H. 3, S. 264-285
Inhalt: "Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, das Analysepotential des Mikrozensus-Panels für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen darzustellen. Dazu wird zum einen aufgezeigt, wie die Daten in Episodenformat aufgearbeitet werden können, um ereignisanalytische Modelle des Geburtenverhaltens zu schätzen. Des Weiteren wird ein Modell zu den ökonomischen Determinanten des Übergangs zur Erstelternschaft vorgestellt. In einer Sensitivitätsanalyse wird geprüft, inwiefern der Ausfall der räumlich mobilen Personen die Ergebnisse verzerrt. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer kritischen Reflektion über die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten des Mikrozensus-Panels für Fertilitätsanalysen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This paper discusses whether the German microcensus panel can be used for investigations in the field of family dynamics. We show how data can be set up as spell data so that event history techniques can be applied. Furthermore, a model on the economic determinants of first birth risks is estimated. A sensitivity analysis addresses the question whether panel attrition biases the investigations. The paper concludes with a critical discussion on the scope and limits of the microcensus panel for fertility investigations." (author's abstract)
The social situation in the European Union 2007 : social cohesion through equal opportunities
Titelübersetzung:Die soziale Lage in der Europäischen Union 2007
Herausgeber/in:
Generaldirektion Beschäftigung, Soziales und Integration, Europäische Kommission
Quelle: Generaldirektion Beschäftigung, Soziales und Integration, Europäische Kommission; Brüssel, 2008. 199 S.
Inhalt: "The 2007 Social Situation Report presents some key findings from the EU's new tool for monitoring the social situation and, in the future, social trends, namely the EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions). It looks at income inequality and how this is related to economic performance and at how people on low incomes are distributed across the EU as a whole. Incomes are more evenly distributed within the EU than in the US, and in the EU a high level of economic performance often goes hand in hand with greater equality. In 2004, around 100 million Europeans (22% of the total population) had less than 60% of the EU median income of around EURO 8000 per year for a single person or EURO 22 a day. In a majority of member states the largest segment of the population at risk of poverty consists of couples with one or two children where one of the partners is not working (at least throughout the year) - the 'male breadwinner' family type. Single parents, while being exposed to a high risk of poverty, represent a large share of the population at risk of poverty only in countries where this type of household is widespread." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Demographie und Bevölkerungsfragen, Europa und Internationales, Statistik und statistische Daten, Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Geschlechterverhältnis
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) : towards a better understanding of relationships and processes in the life course
Titelübersetzung:Generations- und Gendersurvey (GGS) : für ein besseres Verständnis der Beziehungen und Prozesse im Lebenslauf
Autor/in:
Vikat, Andres; Spéder, Zsolt; Beets, Gijs; Billari, Francesco C.; Bühler, Christoph; Désesquelles, Aline; Fokkema, Tineke; Hoem, Jan M.; MacDonald, Alphonse; Neyer, Gerda; Pailhé, Ariane; Pinnelli, Antonella; Solaz, Anne
Quelle: Demographic Research, Vol. 17 (2007) Art. 14, S. 389-440
Inhalt: "The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describes how the theoretical perspectives applied in the survey, the survey design and the questionnaire are related to this objective. The key features of the survey include panel design, multidisciplinarity, comparability, context-sensitivity, inter-generational and gender relationships. The survey applies the life course approach, focussing on the processes of childbearing, partnership dynamics, home leaving, and retiring. The selection of topics for data collection mainly follows the criterion of theoretically grounded relevance to explaining one or more of the mentioned processes. A large portion of the survey deals with economic aspects of life, such as economic activity, income, and economic well-being; a comparably large section is devoted to values and attitudes. Other domains covered by the survey include gender relationships, household composition and housing, residential mobility, social networks and private transfers, education, health, and public transfers. The third chapter of the article describes the motivations for their inclusion. The GGS questionnaire is designed for a face-to-face interview. It includes the core that each participating country needs to implement in full, and four optional sub-modules on nationality and ethnicity, on previous partners, on intentions of breaking up, and on housing, respectively. The participating countries are encouraged to include also the optional sub-modules to facilitate comparative research on these topics." (author's abstract)