About Data Access

FReDA has published the complete data set of the first survey wave. The data from the three sub-waves W1R, W1A, W1B as well as the data from the W1A partners are available to researchers and can be requested through the dataservices@gesis.org. The FReDA dataset allows representative analyses of the situation and changes in family life, including family forms, family dynamics, fertility, parenthood, socialization, and separation and divorce in the context of, for example, labor market, mobility, and health.

The data are available to researchers for scientific and non-commercial purposes and are distributed by GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Access is free of charge.

Here we have compiled a short overview with the most important information for you.

In the freely accessible FReDA DATA PORTAL you can get a first impression of our data set.

If you are interested in using the data, you will need to sign a data use contract and verify that you belong to the scientific community. After verification of the contract, the data will be made available to you as "scientific use files" by GESIS. The data can also be searched and retrieved via the GESIS search tool. If you have any questions regarding data access, please contact dataservices@gesis.org.

By the way: students also have the opportunity to work and research with FReDA data as part of their thesis. They can apply for data access via their lecturer. After they have signed a user agreement with GESIS, they also receive data access to the data set published and anonymized for researchers.

For the published data from the FReDA surveys, you can find the corresponding documentation here.

Here you can download the data use agreement.

If you have any questions regarding the content of the FReDA data, please contact our support team.