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FReDA –The German Family Demography Panel Study | 24.03.2025Call for Abstacts for the Third User Conference
Analyses based on FReDA data (and/or the pairfam relationship and family panel and/or the Generations and Gender Survey GGS) can be submitted to the FReDA user conference on 20 and 21 October 2025. National and international researchers from all disciplines are welcome. The deadline for submissions is 9 May 2025.
Relevant research topics could include: Family planning, fertility, parenting, partnerships, gender roles and the division of paid and unpaid work among couples, attitudes towards family and gender roles, intergenerational relationships, mental health and individual well-being, families during the COVID-19 pandemic, and methodological issues in panel and survey research.
Interested researchers are invited to submit the abstract for a presentation by email to freda@bib.bund.de. Abstracts should be no longer than one DIN 4 page and must include the title of the presentation as well as the names, e-mail addresses and institutional affiliations of all authors. Please also include the data set used, the research question(s), the theoretical background, the method and initial results.
The deadline for submitting abstracts to the FReDA User Conference is 9 May 2025 and acceptance will be communicated by 23 May 2025. Depending on the number of submissions, the review team may assign some submissions to an additional poster session. The best conference presentation will be selected by a jury and awarded a prize.
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for both early career researchers and experienced researchers to present preliminary results, receive comments and feedback from experienced data scientists, and discuss the results of their work.
What is the FReDA panel?
The FReDA panel is a self-administered panel survey (online and paper) of people aged 18 to 49 and their partners, which takes place every six months. The survey was fielded for the first time in spring 2021. The thematic focus is on family life and the population in Germany.