DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers 2018 (GSL2018)
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. GSL2018 recruited students who were six months before graduation from schools across Germany. At baseline in 2017, over 39,000 participants were included in the study. In addition to the students, over 600 school principals were also surveyed as part of the GSL2018 baseline data collection. GSL2018 is the first cohort of the DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers to be included in the Student Life Cycle (SLC) Panel. As part of the SLC Panel, GSL2018 participants have been followed up six months, two years and four years after graduation. Participants will be followed up until 2031.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
39,714 (participants)
652 (school principals)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Varied (school principals)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Varied (school principals)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
School leavers in Germany and its individual federal states.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
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)
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
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- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
