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Time Since Separation, Repartnering, and Homeownership in England and Wales, and Germany

Separation, divorce, and repartnering are increasingly common across European societies. These partnership transitions are closely related to individuals' housing careers. For example, after separation, individuals are likely to move out of homeownership and experience a period of elevated residential mobility. However, little is known about the role of repartnering for post-separation housing ...

Ein-Eltern-Haushalte unter Migrantinnen in Deutschland. Trends und Strukturen

Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht die Vielfalt unter Ein-Eltern-Haushalten in Deutschland, indem Mütter mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund verglichen werden. Der Beitrag verfolgt drei Forschungsfragen: 1) Wie hat sich die Prävalenz von Ein-Eltern-Haushalten in Deutschland unter Personen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund im Zeitverlauf entwickelt? 2) Welche Einflussfaktoren sind mit dem Eintritt in ...

Exploring integration and migration dynamics: the research potentials of a large-scale longitudinal household study of refugees in Germany

Forced migration has intensified in the 21st century, driven by conflicts, persecution, and political instability in regions such as the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America and, most recently, Ukraine. Germany has become a primary destination for refugees within the European Union and one of the largest among the OECD countries. The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, ...

Fieldwork Monitoring in Practice: Insights from 17 Large-scale Social Science Surveys in Germany

This study provides a synopsis of the current fieldwork monitoring practices of large-scale surveys in Germany. Based on the results of a standardized questionnaire, the study summarizes fieldwork monitoring indicators used and fieldwork measures carried out by 17 large-scale social sciences surveys in Germany. Our descriptive results reveal that a common set of fieldwork indicators and measures exist ...

From Concurrent to Push-To-Web Mixed-Mode: Experimental Design Change in the German Social Cohesion Panel

Research shows that concurrent and sequential self-administered mixed-mode designs both have advantages and disadvantages in terms of panel survey recruitment and maintenance. Since concurrent mixed-mode designs usually achieve higher initial response rates at lower bias than sequential mixed mode designs, the former may be ideal for panel recruitment. However, concurrent designs produce a high share ...

Gender Effect on relative concerns

This thesis investigates whether there is a gender difference on the relative income effect, evaluated using subjective well-being data as a proxy for individual utility. The data set we use is a cross section of SOEP (the Socio-Economic Panel) of Germany collected during the last decade (2010-2019). We estimate subjective well-being regressions in which we control for the absolute level of income, ...

Gendered pathways to wealth? The self-assessed relevance of different accumulation channels among women and men across the wealth distribution

Wealth inequality results from stratified access to accumulation opportunities, relating to differences in income, financial behavior, and transfers. Yet, it remains unclear whether these wealth accumulation channels differ in their perceived relevance for women and men along the wealth distribution. A deeper understanding of such perceptions is crucial for explaining attitudes toward inequality, shaping ...

German basketball coaches' life satisfaction compared to that of teachers, managers, and the general population: Derivatives for sports practice and sustainable education

This study investigates the life satisfaction of basketball coaches, addressing a gap in research on sports professionals. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), it examines life satisfaction scores among basketball coaches, categorized by license level, and compares them to teachers and managers. While previous research leads to the assumption of above-average life satisfaction of ...

German dialect regions as spatial units: a data analysis instrument

Although Standard German is the official language and the language of the majority in Germany, regional varieties of German are prominent in the country. German dialects show a regional distribution that does not coincide with administrative borders. In this article, we present an instrument that we created for analyzing linguistic survey data regionally. This instrument can also be used for analyzing ...

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