DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers 2015 (GSL2015)
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. GSL2015 recruited students who were six months before graduation from schools across Germany. At baseline in 2014, over 29,000 participants were included in the study. Participants were followed up at 6 months, 2.5 years and 4.5 years after graduation.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
29,779 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
School leavers in Germany and its individual federal states.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2014
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
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
