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Kreyenfeld, Michaela
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Hornung, Anne
Anne
Hornung
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Kubisch, Karolin
Karolin
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The German Generations and Gender Survey
Some Critical Reflections on the Validity of Fertility Histories
Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany
2013
Fertility
Marriage
Germany
Data validation
Mikrozensus
Gender survey
10300 Demography, Population Research
Federal Institute for Population Research
0000000094455866
en
Article
da|ra.14.103
urn:nbn:de:bib-cpos-2013-02en8
10.4232/10.CPoS-2013-02en
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Comparative Population Studies Vol 38, No 1 (2013)
This paper validates the fertility histories of the German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). Focusing on the cohorts 1930-69 of West German women, the total number of children, the parity distribution and the parity progression ratios are comparedto external sources. One major result from this validation is that the German GGS understates the fertility for the older cohorts and overstates it for the younger ones.