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Fertility and mortality data for Germany: recent progress and future challenges
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Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
Abstract
"In recent years, considerable progress has been made in improving the data infrastructure for fertility and morality researchers in Germany. Several large scale data sets have been made available through the research data centers: the microcensuses of the 1970s and 1980s, the censuses of the GDR an... view more
"In recent years, considerable progress has been made in improving the data infrastructure for fertility and morality researchers in Germany. Several large scale data sets have been made available through the research data centers: the microcensuses of the 1970s and 1980s, the censuses of the GDR and FRG, the microcensus panel, data from the pension registers, individual level data from the vital statistics, and the central foreigner registers have become available for scientific usage. Vital statistics have been reformed, and the micro-census now includes information on number of children ever born. Despite these improvements, there are still some “weak spots” in Germany’s data infrastructure. Germany is lacking official counts of reconstituted families. We know little about the mortality risks of immigrants. In addition, the data infrastructure for studying the socio-economic differences in mortality risks could be improved, thus enabling Germany to catch up with international developments in this area. This paper concludes by making some suggestions for improving the data available." [author's abstract]... view less
Keywords
official statistics; population statistics; fertility; data collection method; Federal Republic of Germany; demographical structure; socioeconomic effects; fertility rate; infrastructure; research practice; mortality; family research; empirical social research; family; data capture
Classification
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
12 p.
Series
RatSWD Working Paper Series, 110
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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