MPIDR Working Paper
The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Program
Spielauer, M.
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2006-030, 18 pages.
Rostock, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung (September 2006)
Abstract
The increasing recognition that the study of human behaviors has to take into account the multiple contexts in which they occur has opened a promising research avenue in social sciences. It also presents new challenges, e.g., to complement micro-level surveys with the collection of meaningful contextual data within a common conceptual framework. The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Program aims at responding to the new data demands by providing a comparative collection of around 210 variables on a national and sub-national level, thus complementing the individual-level data collected in the Generations and Gender Survey.
Schlagwörter: Welt, comparative analysis, data banks