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Description of Starting Cohort 6—Adults

Main Study 2012/13, Study Number B69



1 Master sample: Adults (panel entry in 2007/08, ALWA)

1.1 Target persons: Adults of birth cohorts 1956 to 1986

  • Sample: Panel sample. Follow-up survey with interviewees willing to participate in the panel of the birth cohorts 1956 to 1986 of the forerunner study 2007/08 (ALWA).

2 Complementary sample: Adults (panel entry in 2009/10)

2.1 Target persons: Adults of birth cohorts 1944 to 1986

  • Sample: Panel sample. Follow-up survey with interviewees willing to participate in the panel.

 3 Complementary sample: Adults (panel entry in 2011/12)

2.1 Target persons: Adults of birth cohorts 1944 to 1986

  • Sample: Sample drawn from the register of residents (with the selection stages communities and individuals). The sample contains individuals from the birth cohorts 1944 to 1986.

 Number of cases:

n (approx.)
explanation
13,671 Interviewees, of these:
  5,380 1.1 interviewees from the master sample  
  3,324 2.1 interviewees from the complementary sample 
  4,967 3.1 interviewees from the refreshment sample


Field time: October 04, 2012, to May 14, 2013

Data collection: Infas – Institute for Applied Social Sciences, Bonn

Mode of survey: Computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) or computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)

Starting Cohort Adults