Time: Thursday (25/01/2024) from 12:00 to 13:00 (UK time).
Location: CON 1.01 (Connaught House, 1st Floor).
If you cannot join the meeting in person, feel free to register to join via the zoom link:
https://lse.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-ysqz8qHtGhcGP1mp2EpmctQptC_JaC
Title: The launch of the UK Generations and Gender Survey: fieldwork, survey methods & early substantive findings
Speaker: Grace Chang (University of Southampton, Department of Social Statistics and Demography)
Abstract: We will launch the first wave of the UK Generations and Gender Survey, GGS, this January 2024. The survey is part of an international research infrastructure called the Generations and Gender Project, that examines life and family dynamics, across countries in Europe and other parts of the world. The UK GGS is a push-to-web, online only survey of UK adults aged 18 to 59, living in private households. To improve representativeness of the survey, we use a stratified random probability selection of addresses, with over 7,000 complete cases. The talk will cover how the fieldwork was conducted, the representativeness of the survey, data quality, and some early substantive findings about fertility intentions and childcare. The survey collects a wealth of information about key life events, family, and inter-generational relationships, with a special focus on full partnership, marriage, and fertility histories. It is specifically designed to capture information on the complexity & diversity of modern family life. These questions can be used to study topics ranging from fertility & intimate partnerships, to housing & leaving home, to health & commuting, to intergenerational transfers of support. Potential researchers interested in using this data may be interested in attending the talk.
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