PropertyValue
?:analysisUnit
  • Individual (en)
  • Individuum (de)
?:citationString
  • GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (2016): German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2014. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA4584 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12574 (en)
  • GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (2016): German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) - Cumulation 1980-2014. GESIS Datenarchiv, Köln. ZA4584 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12574 (de)
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  • Description of variable:
    Household classification (Porst), condensed
    (de)
  • Note:
    Household Classification, Detailed; Household Classification, Condensed; Family Typology

    Variables V1492, V1493 and V1494 contain classifications of household and family structures. These classifications are based on the systematics introduced by Porst (1984), which was subsequently operationalized in an SPSS script by Funk (1989). It should be noted that Porst’s systematics differs from the logic of other widely used classifications, e.g. the classification of life forms used by the Federal Statistical Office. Porst, for example, only classifies two-generation households as families if the parents are married or one of the parents has previously been married (comp. V1494). Thus, unmarried parents and their children or same sex couples with children are not classified as families. For a comparison of Porst’s definition of ‘family’ and ‘household’ and the definitions used by the Federal Statistical Office compare Porst (1984). For an up-to date definition of relevant terms please refer to Statistisches Bundesamt (2013).
    Please also note that Porst’s systematics is based on the data available in ALLBUS 1982. Since 1982, there have been a number of changes in the range of answer options available in the ALLBUS program for both the kinship relations within the household and the respondent’s marital status. Two cases are relevant for Porst’s classifications. Firstly, as of ALLBUS 1990 household members can be explicitly identified as step parents. In this case, Porst’s classification rules have been amended such that step parents are treated in the same way as the category ‘mother or father’. Secondly, answer options for same sex couples are included in the question on marital status since ALLBUS 2010. For Porst’s classifications, these categories are treated analogous to the corresponding categories for heterosexual couples.
    V1492 contains a taxonomy of households based on the type of kinship relations between household members and the number of generations living together. It differentiates 32 different household constellations (e.g. unmarried singles living alone, married couples living with their unmarried children or complete three-generation households). Household types are furthermore differentiated by the respondents generational position within the household - i.e. wether the respondent is, for example, parent or child - so that the classification comprises a total of 42 valid categories.
    V1493 groups the detailed data from V1492 into 9 general categories. The condensed classification differentiates between one-person households, one- to four-generation households, households of relatives with and without a family core and cohabiting groups with and without a family core.
    V1494 contains Porst’s typology of families, which derives its categories from the detailed household classification in V1492. Please note that this typology uses a very narrow definition of family. Only three types of groups are considered families: a) married couples living with children or grand-children, b) three- and four-generation households (irrelevant of marital status within the generations) and c) married couples living with at least one other person (related or unrelated). The typology consists of 10 valid family-types differentiated by the number of generations living together, the completeness or incompleteness of the generational line and the presence of persons outside of the generational line within the household (e.g. cousins, nieces or unrelated persons).
    For a comprehensive description of household- and family-types and a definition of terms like ‘completeness’ and ‘incompleteness’ please refer to Porst (1984).
    ‘Appendix F’ in the Variable Report provides a mapping of the categories in the detailed household classification to the categories of the family-typology.



    Literature:
    Beckmann, Petra and Reiner Trometer 1991: Neue Dienstleistungen des ALLBUS : Haushalts- und Familientypologien, Klassenschema nach Goldthorpe, in: ZUMA Nachrichten 15(28): 7-17.

    Funk, Walter 1989: Haushalt - ein SPSSx-Programm zur Erfassung personaler Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen, in: ZUMA Nachrichten 13(25): 7-23.

    Porst, Rolf 1984: Haushalte und Familien 1982: zur Erfassung und Beschreibung von Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen mit Hilfe repräsentativer Bevölkerungsumfragen, in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie 13(2): 165-175.

    Statistisches Bundesamt 2013: Fachserie 1 Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit, Reihe 3 Haushalte und Familien. Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2013, Wiesbaden.

    (de)
?:dataCollection
  • Persönliches Interview: PAPI (Papierfragebogen) (de)
  • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper (en)
?:datasetDatatype
  • Numeric (en)
  • Numerisch (de)
?:dateCreated
  • 2016 (xsd:gyear)
?:dateModified
  • 1980-01-01 (xsd:date)
?:endDate
  • 1980 (xsd:gyear)
?:groupDescription
  • Mit der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften (ALLBUS) werden aktuelle Daten über Einstellungen, Verhaltensweisen und Sozialstruktur der Bevölkerung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland erhoben. Seit 1980 wird alle zwei Jahre ein repräsentativer Querschnitt der Bevölkerung mit einem teils konstanten, teils variablen Fragenprogramm befragt. Die Daten stehen unmittelbar nach ihrer benutzergerechten Aufbereitung und Dokumentation allen Interessenten für Forschung und Lehre zur Verfügung. (de)
  • The German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) collects up-to-date data on attitudes, behavior, and social structure in Germany. Every two years since 1980 a representative cross section of the population is surveyed using both constant and variable questions. The ALLBUS data become available to interested parties for research and teaching as soon as they are processed and documented. (en)
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  • true (xsd:boolean)
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?:inLanguage
  • Deutsch (de)
  • German (en)
?:linksGroup
?:locationsId
  • DE (xsd:string)
?:measurementTechnique
  • Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section (en)
  • Längsschnitt: Trend/Wiederholter Querschnitt (de)
?:name
  • HOUSEHOLD CLASSIFICATION, CONDENSED (de)
  • v1493 (xsd:string)
  • v1493 - (en)
  • v1493 - HOUSEHOLD CLASSIFICATION, CONDENSED (de)
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?:selectionMethod
  • Probability: Stratified: Disproportional (en)
  • Wahrscheinlichkeitsauswahl: Mehrstufige Zufallsauswahl (de)
?:sourceInfo
  • GESIS-ExploreData (xsd:string)
?:spatialCoverage
?:startDate
  • 1980 (xsd:gyear)
?:studyGroup
  • ALLBUS (de)
  • ALLBUS (en)
rdf:type
?:variableLabel
  • HOUSEHOLD CLASSIFICATION, CONDENSED (de)
?:variableName
  • v1493 (xsd:string)