Repository details

Pairfam

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Name of repository
Pairfam
Additional name(s)
  • Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics
  • Forschungsdatenzentrum pairfam
  • FDZ pairfam
Repository URL
https://www.pairfam.de/en/
Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<< This is an archived website (as of 2025-07-09), data access can still be requested>>>!!!>>> The 2008-launched German Family Panel pairfam (“Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics”) is a multi-disciplinary, longitudinal study for researching partnership and family dynamics in Germany. The annually collected survey data from a nationwide random sample of more than 12,000 persons of the three birth cohorts 1971-73, 1981-83, 1991-93 and their partners, parents and children offers unique opportunities for the analysis of partner and generational relationships as they develop over the course of multiple life phases. A restocking and refreshment sample in wave 11 has added the birth cohort 2001-03.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
sample of more than 12.000 persons of the three birth cohorts 1971-73, 1981-83, 1991-93 and their partners, parents and children
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.pairfam.de/en/study/concept-and-design/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • German
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Started
2008-05-01
Closed
2025-07-09

Institutions (6)

Institution name
Chemnitz University of Technology
Additional name(s)
  • Technische Universität Chemnitz
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Additional name(s)
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
German Research Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • DFG
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
LMU Munich
Additional name(s)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • LMU
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Bremen
Additional name(s)
  • Universität Bremen
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Cologne
Additional name(s)
  • Universität zu Köln
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy name
Kriterien des RatSWD
Policy name
Access to pairfam Data

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database license
Copyrights

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (1)

Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.pairfam.de/en/data/citation/

Remarks

Remarks
FDZ pairfam was a member of the RatSWD research data infrastructure until 2024. FDZ pairfam was RatSWD accredited from 2010 until 2024. The pairfam data are archived and described in the GESIS data catalog: https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5678
Entry date
2013-07-11
Last update
2025-07-09
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re3data.org: Pairfam; editing status 2025-07-09; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R36W3R last accessed: 2026-06-13