The adolescents in cohort 2 were 15 years old at the beginning of the study in 2006. This means that most of them were in the tranistional stage from middle school to vocational training or further secondary school (high school/sixth form). Since the transition from school to work is formative for one’s course of life, our goal is to accompany these adolescents until the age of 21. In order to look at the entire process, it is important to accompany the initial sample until 2012.
| Survey period: |
March until June 2006 |
| Interviewees: |
Adolescents, their principal caregivers and teachers |
| Survey instruments used: |
| Adolescents |
Personal interviews with a laptop at their home (CAPI) |
| Principal caregivers |
Paper and pencil questionnaires |
| Teachers |
Paper and pencil questionnaires |
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| Sample size: |
N=1258 |
Cohort 2, Wave 2
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May until August 2007 |
| Interviewees: |
Adolescents |
| Survey instruments used: |
| Adolescents |
Telephone interview (CATI) |
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| Sample size: |
N=1162 |
Cohorte 2, Wave 2: Intermediary Survey
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May until August 2008 |
| Interviewees: |
Adolescents (only those who were not yet doing an apprenticeship or at school to continue their education at the time of the second wave in 2007) |
| Survey instruments used: |
| Adolescents |
Telephone interview (CATI) |
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| Sample size: |
N=404 |
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May until October 2009 |
| Interviewees: |
Adolescents |
| Survey instruments used: |
| Adolescents |
Personal interviews with a laptop at their home (CAPI) |
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| Sample size: |
N=952 |
| Survey period: |
April until July 2012 |
| Interviewees: |
Young adults |
| Survey instruments used: |
| Young adults |
Personal interviews with a laptop at their home (CAPI) |
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| Sample size: |
N=816 |
