Generations and Gender Programme (GGP)

SND-ID: EXT 0212

This study is part of the collection NEAR - National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research in Sweden

Description Data and documentation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Elizabeth Thomson - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

Gunnar Andersson - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

Description

The Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) is a Social Science Research Infrastructure that provides micro- and macro-level data which significantly improve the knowledge base for social science. The Infrastructure is run by institutes with strong traditions in academic and policy-related research on population and family change and on survey methodology.

The survey was conducted in two waves. Up till now, 19 countries have conducted at least one wave of data collection, with an average of 9,000 respondents per country. The Generations and Gender Programme is unique in its large coverage of Central and East European countries. Respondents are interviewed every 3 years and changes in the family life are recorded. GGP covers the whole adult life-course, between the age of 18 and 79. The Programme’s main goal is to provide data that can contribute to enhanced understanding of demographic and social developments and of the factors that influence these
developments, with particular attention given to relationships between children and parents (generations) and those between partners (gender). A b

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Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Jönköping University

Responsible department/unit

Jönköping University

Contributor(s)

United Nations, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method

Unit of analysis

Population

People aged 18-79 years residing in one of the 19 countries included in the study

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Proportional-to-size sampling with a simple random sampling (SI) within strata. Samples were to be stratified by sex, age and metro/non-metro residence.

Time period(s) investigated

2001–ongoing

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Georgia, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Austria

Geographic description: Wave 1 was conducted in 19 countries. Wave 2 was conducted in 12 countries.

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES), SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Work Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

ageing, marital status, gender, economic activity, fertility, retirement, age differences, generation gap, ggs

Publications

Access to data via

Information about using data
Dataset
Generations and Gender Survey Sweden Wave 1

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Elizabeth Thomson - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

Gunnar Andersson - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Description of the mode of collection: Self-administered postal questionnaire or online alternative for information on: household economy, household work, decision making, social and economic exchange, Health and Wellbeing, values, beliefs, Subjective norms, and intentions.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2012-04–2013-04
  • Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Telephone interview
  • Description of the mode of collection: Telephone interview (CATI WinDATI at Statistics Sweden) and Registers for information on: family of origin, current partner, children, partner history, fertility intentions, education, employment, occupation and income (respondent and current partner).
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2012-04–2013-04
  • Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects

9688

Response rate/participation rate

53.8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z5z-xn8g

Published: 2017-04-10
Last updated: 2020-05-05