The DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers with a Higher Education Entrance Qualification investigates the transition from school to higher education, vocational education and career paths. GSL2012 recruited students who were six months before graduation from schools across Germany. At baseline in 2011, over 34,000 participants were included in the study. Participants were followed up six months and six and a half years after graduation.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
34,185 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (Deutsche Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, DZHW)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups