About GGS Teaching Datasets
The GGS Teaching Datasets are a simplified extract from GGS-II Wave 1 data, designed specifically to facilitate learning and teaching with real-world survey data. It provides a unique opportunity for students and educators to engage in quantitative analysis using real, cross-national survey data, allowing them to explore key themes in family formation, gender attitudes, and well-being.
Who is it for?
The GGS Teaching Dataset is tailored for:
Students
who are new to data analysis and want to practice key techniques using real survey data.
Educators
who are looking to bring the richness of GGS into their classrooms for teaching quantitative methods.
Researchers
with limited experience in working with complex datasets, who are interested in exploring demographic and family-related topics.
Two Versions: Starter and Advanced
The GGS Teaching Dataset is available in two versions. Both versions cover the same countries and respondents, ensuring comparability and seamless progression for students moving from basic to advanced levels.
Starter Dataset – Designed for introductory statistics and simple analysis. It includes a smaller set of variables and is perfect for first-time users of survey data.
Advanced Dataset – Contains more variables, including information on life events, making it suitable for more complex analyses such as survival analysis and event history analysis.
Key Topics and Themes
The GGS Teaching Dataset covers a wide range of important topics, offering a comprehensive view of individual and family life in various countries. Some of the key themes explored in the data include:
- Basic Demographics: Gender, age, education, and employment status.
- Family Formation: Partnership status, satisfaction with relationships, cohabitation, marriage, and fertility intentions.
- Fertility and Children: Number of children, fertility histories, fertility intentions, and the impact of children on family life.
- Partnership Quality: Relationship satisfaction, division of household labor, and partnership histories.
- Well-being: Mental health, happiness, and loneliness scales.
- Work-Life Balance: Employment status, working conditions, and satisfaction with work-life balance.
- Family and Gender Attitudes: Attitudes toward family roles, gender equality, and ideal family sizes.
- Survival and Event History (Advanced Dataset): Timing of life events, partnership and fertility histories, which allow for retrospective data analysis and survival analysis techniques.
Accessing the Data
The dataset is available in SPSS, Stata, and Excel formats. You can download the GGS Teaching Datasets from the GGP Colectica platform.
Supporting Materials
To help teachers and students make the most of the GGS Teaching Dataset, we provide a User Guide, along with two explanatory videos.
Introductory to the GGS Teaching Datasets
The Variables in the GGS Teaching Datasets
Acknowledgement
The GGS teaching datasets were funded by the European Union. They were produced by the Hungarian Demographic Research Institute in collaboration with the GGP Central Coordination Team located at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. Additional help of the French Institute for Demographic Studies in the GGS teaching dataset production was much appreciated.
