- Sociology and Education Studies
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health and Medical Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Social Capital and Networks
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Sports Science and Education
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- German Economic Analysis & Policies
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Healthcare Policy and Management
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
2013-2023
Goethe University Frankfurt
2014-2023
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
2020-2023
University of Oklahoma
2022
Texas A&M University
2022
University of Delaware
2022
Auburn University
2022
University of Chicago
2022
Social capital addresses networks and ties, which deliver support, information trust for the members of these networks. Being a member such network is your social capital, in turn might improve quality life. This paper investigates impact on health behaviour children their growing up process. Therefore, panel design employed includes 10 to 12-year-old school children, followed three annual waves. The data used from German survey Health Behaviour Injuries School-Age–A Panel Study 2013–2020 (N...
In times of declining response rates and over-surveying, improving our understanding why people participate in surveys is more important than ever. Previous research showed that online panel participants have intrinsic (e.g., topic interest, altruism) extrinsic incentives) participation reasons. Our study expands this by implementing an experiment using two common forms survey measurement: ranking rating. The was fielded a professional respondents’ sample from German ( n = 407) address-based...
Abstract Objective With response rates of large‐scale surveys having decreased significantly over the years and rebounds seeming unlikely, many studies now examine how vary with methodological design incentives. This investigation delves into individual‐level factors shape survey participation. Specifically, we influence individuals’ democratic engagement their trust in institutions on intent to participate surveys, both directly indirectly through perceptions surveys. Methods We collected...
Zusammenfassung Die aktuelle Lebensstilforschung weist in der Frage nach Prägung und Persistenz von Lebensstilen im Lebenslauf ein bedeutsames Defizit auf. So ist unklar, ob Lebensstile primär durch Kohorten- oder Lebenszykluseffekte determiniert werden, sich also ihrer Ausbildung verfestigen aber mit zunehmendem Alter Wandlungsprozessen unterliegen. Ausgehend Bourdieus Konzept des Habitus handlungstheoretischen Überlegungen zur Funktion wird einer Lebensstils die Kohortenzugehörigkeit...
In the 1990s, Patrick West argued that, in contrast to childhood and adulthood, youth was characterised by relative social equality health. This equalisation hypothesis has since been empirically tested several times, but with inconclusive results. The objective of present study provide an up-to-date contribution question health drawing on data from German longitudinal Health Behaviour Injuries at School Age (GUS). target population GUS comprised students who were 5th grade public secondary...
School injuries are an important adolescent health problem. Previous research suggests that relevant risk behaviors for school injuries, risk-taking and aggression, highly susceptible to peer effects. Specifically, evidence the ratio of men women in groups (sex ratio) affects individuals' propensity aggression risk-taking. However, potential associations classroom sex ratios with injury risks have not been studied so far. The purpose this paper is investigate association compositions...
Abstract More survey results are available today than ever before. This increase in data has been accompanied by growing concerns about their quality. With the present study, we aim to investigate what extent public draws on quality information when evaluating trustworthiness of results. We implemented a vignette experiment an online panel (N = 3,313), which respondents each received four different descriptions with varying methodological information. Compared respondent characteristics, had...
The article deals with the role of volunteer services provided for and by families. This includes care consulting children, adolescents seniors is supposed to disburden families in a direct or indirect way. Data from German “Freiwilligensurvey” (Volunteer Survey) suggest that proportion 35 percent all volunteers aim their at On other side, belong main actors volunteering. In household more than 40 are engaged Against background current problems family life demographic change, raise demand...
Self-administered mixed-mode surveys are increasingly used as an alternative to face-to-face for collecting data from the general population. However, little is known about how decisions regarding incentive scheme and mode-choice design jointly affect key outcomes such response rates, net sample composition, survey costs. To study this, we drew a probability of residential population city Mannheim, Germany ( N = 2,980) randomly assigned target persons one four schemes (€0, €1, or €2 prepaid...
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Injuries of children and adolescents rank among the most immediate problems in public health Germany. Alongside accidents household during leisure time, school is great importance. However, there are significant gaps knowledge about causes injuries. This starting point this article, which analyses individual contextual factors that influence occurrence injuries schools deals explicitly with happening schoolyard.The data foundation second wave panel study "Gesundheitsverhalten und...
Zusammenfassung Seit 2014 ist die Zahl der Neuerkrankungen an Tuberkulose (TB) in Deutschland um rund 20% angestiegen. Diese Entwicklung fällt mit einer hohen Zuwanderung von Asylsuchenden zusammen, z. T. aus Ländern stammen, denen TB deutlich weiter verbreitet als hierzulande. Vor diesem Hintergrund setzt sich vorliegende Beitrag zum Ziel, Hemmnisse bei Diagnose und Therapie asylsuchender TB-Patienten zu identifizieren erklären. Zugleich sollen Verbesserungspotenziale diesen Bereichen...
Abstract Up until recently incidences of tuberculosis (TB) had been declining for many years in Germany. The rise TB cases coincided with a large increase the number people applying asylum. We combine data from various sources to estimate at-entry prevalence asylum seekers 18 countries origin and rely on survey explain varying risk suffering TB. Our results reveal that Eastern Africa show much higher than Afghanistan, Syria, or Iraq. suggests were by far more underprivileged their respective...
This study provides a synopsis of the current fieldwork monitoring practices large-scale surveys in Germany. Based on results standardized questionnaire, summarizes indicators used and measures carried out by 17 social sciences Our descriptive reveal that common set exist which studied rely. However, it also uncovers need for additional design-specific indicators. Finally, underlines importance close cooperation between survey representatives agencies to optimize processes German context....
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Previous research on the correlates of unintentional school injuries is based either process or cross‐sectional data. This study aims at approaching causal effects risk‐seeking behavior, mental health problems, physical activity, and exposure to bullying in environment by relying longitudinal survey METHODS The data comes from a German panel survey, including more than 10,000 students. We estimate fixed‐effects regression models that only take into account variation...
German Abstract: Nicht erst die Ergebnisse der Bundestagswahl 2013 haben verdeutlicht, dass ältere Menschen besonders häufig Unionsparteien wählen, aber nahezu keinerlei Sympathien für Grünen hegen. Angesichts einer fortwährenden Alterung Elektorats stellt sich folglich Frage: Führt demografische Wandel zu wachsenden Verschiebung politischen Machtverhältnisse zugunsten Union? Der vorliegende Beitrag nimmt den Wahlerfolg von CDU/CSU in älteren Bevölkerung unter Lupe und untersucht, ob dieser...