FReDA Autumn School 2024

"FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study" is organising the "FReDA Autumn School" in cooperation with the research focus "Interdisciplinary Public Policy" (IPP) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. The three-day workshop will take place from 30 September - 2 October 2024 in Mainz and is aimed at researchers who would like to work with FReDA data.

At the event, researchers from the FReDA project team will provide a practical introduction to working with the panel's datasets. Participants will also have the opportunity to work with the data themselves. The workshop is aimed at advanced Bachelor's and Master's students, doctoral candidates and postdocs with knowledge of Stata.

In addition to introductions to working with panel data, the FReDA questionnaires and methodological issues, hands-on sessions with FReDA data are also planned. Researchers from FReDA will be on hand throughout the workshop to answer any questions you may have.

A flyer with the preliminary program of the Autumn School 2024 can be found here.

The provisional program for this year's Autumn School includes the following agenda (subject to change):

Monday, September 30

13.00-13.30 Registration
13:30-13:45 Welcoming of Participants
13:45-15:15 Introduction to FReDA, Data-Access and Documentation
15:15-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Hands-On Session I
17:00-17:30 Potential Research Topics
17:30-19:00 Evening Reception (on campus, with drinks and finger food, sponsored by FReDA)

Tuesday, October 1

9:45-10:45 Practical Use of FReDA Data
10:45-11:45 Hands-On Session II
11:45-12:30 GGS and its Relationship to FReDA
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:15 The Strength of Panel Data
14:15-15:15 Hands-On Session III
15:15-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:15 pairfam and its Relationship to FReDA
16:15-17:30 Hands-On Session IV
18:30 Dinner at a local restaurant

Wednesday, October 2

9:45-10:30 Dyadic Analyses, Using Data from Partner Interviews
10:30-11:45 Hands-On Session V
11:45-12:00 Evaluation
12:00-12:15 Closing of the Autumn School
12:15-13:15 Optional common lunch

FReDA is available to researchers free of charge

FReDA is an interdisciplinary long-term study on families and partnerships in Germany that surveys people between the ages of 18 and 49 twice a year. The data from the sample is available free of charge to the scientific community for scientific and non-commercial purposes. Further information can be found on the FReDA website.

If you have any questions, please contact the relevant contact address at the freda@uni-mainz.de or freda@bib.bund.de.