Scientific Use File German Ageing Survey (SUF DEAS) 2008, Version 3.0

Version
3.0
Resource Type
Dataset
Creator
  • Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas (German Centre of Gerontology (DZA))
  • Tesch-Römer, Clemens (German Centre of Gerontology (DZA))
  • Wurm, Susanne (German Centre of Gerontology (DZA))
Publication Date
2016-06-10
Publication Place
Berlin
Contributor
  • Infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaften GmbH, Bonn (Data Collector)
Funding Reference
  • Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)
Language
German
Classification
  • GESIS:
    • Sociology
    • Psychology
    • Gerontology, Sociology of Aging
    • Political Economy
    • Business Administration
  • DZA Scheme:
    • Soziology
    • Psychology
    • Gerontology
    • Economics
Controlled Keywords
  • TheSozWiss:
    • old age
    • elderly worker
    • family
    • Intergenerational relations
    • social network
    • retirement
    • health
    • residential behavior
    • grandparents
    • value
Free Keywords
age; ageing; family; intergenerational relations; social networks; older workers; retirement; health; housing; grandparenthood; values; perceptions of ageing; loneliness; age discrimination; ageism; participation; care; caregiving relatives; living conditions; employment; life satisfaction; well-being; social inequality; social change; adulthood; social support; longitudinal; panel survey; economic situation; old age; cohort; volunteer work; volunteering; leisure activities; poverty; pension; life events
Description

  • Abstract

    The German Ageing Survey (DEAS) is a longitudinal survey for the analysis of life situations and biographies of people in the second half of their lives. The data is based on nationally representative surveying (cross-sectional and longitudinal) of some thousand participants from the age of 40 onwards.

    Up to now data of the DEAS have been collected in 1996, 2002, 2008, 2011 and 2014. In 2002, 2008, 2011 and 2014, previous participants have been re-surveyed (panel).

    In 2008 as in the previous survey years, the following topics
    have been conducted:

    •         Occupational Biography, Work and Retirement
    •         Social Participation and Voluntary Work
    •         Partnership, Family and Intergenerational Relations
    •         Household and Social Network
    •         Living Arrangements and Mobility
    •         Economic Status and Saving
    •         Social and Financial Support
    •         Quality of Life and Well-Being
    •         Health and Health-Related Behaviour
    •         Help and Care-Dependency
    •         Attitudes, Norms, Values and Images of Old Age 
Temporal Coverage
  • 2008-04-01 / 2008-11-30
Geographic Coverage
  • Germany (DE)
Sampling

Base Sample (N=6205): Disproportionally stratified population register sampling according to age (40-54, 55-69, 70-85 years old), Gender and geographical location (East/West) of the German population living in private households.


Panel Sample (N=1991, corrected number of respondents compared to version 2.0): repeated survey of participants from the previous base samples.

Collection Mode
  • Face-to-face interview: CAPI/CAMI
  • - computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
  • - drop-off questionnaire
  • - testing of lung volume
Data and File Information
  • Unit Type: Individual
    Number of Units: 8196
    Number of Variables: 2135
    Type of Data: SPSS and Stata
Note
further survey years: 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2014
Availability
Not available
The anonymised data sets of the DEAS are available for secondary analysis. The data has been made available to scientists at universities and research institutes exclusively for scientific purposes. The use of data is subject to written data protection agreements. Interested scholars fill out the application form, receive and sign a data distribution contract and then gain password-protected access to data and documentation.
Rights
Die Nutzungsrechte liegen beim Deutschen Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA), Berlin.
Relations
  • Is documented by
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2008.D.001
  • Is documented by
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2008.D.002
  • Is new version of
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2008.M.002
  • Is continued by
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2014.M.001
  • Is continued by
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2011.M.002
  • Continues
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.2002.M.003
  • Continues
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.1996.M.004
  • Is documented by
    DOI: 10.5156/DEAS.1996-2011.D.001

Update Metadata: 2020-12-15 | Issue Number: 19 | Registration Date: 2016-09-22