Table 1.
Sample characteristics by survey year
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observations | |||||||||
| Individuals (n) | 10,334 | 10,042 | 10,158 | 9,545 | 9,091 | 8,206 | 7,408 | 5,844 | 4,730 |
| Gendera | |||||||||
| Male (%) | 49.5 | 50.0 | 49.8 | 49.5 | 49.8 | 49.3 | 48.7 | 49.3 | 48.6 |
| Female (%) | 50.5 | 50.0 | 50.2 | 50.5 | 50.2 | 50.7 | 51.3 | 50.7 | 51.4 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| Mean | 15.1 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 23.6 |
| (SD) | (0.6) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.7) | (0.6) |
| Self-rated health | |||||||||
| Mean | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| (SD) | (0.9) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (0.8) | (0.7) | (0.8) | (0.8) |
| Subjective well-being | |||||||||
| Mean | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
| (SD) | (1.6) | (1.5) | (1.2) | (1.1) | (1.0) | (0.9) | (0.9) | (0.9) | (0.9) |
| STWT state | |||||||||
| School (%) | 100.0 | 88.3 | 60.1 | 57.3 | 24.1 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Prevocational program (%) | 0.0 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Vocational training (%) | 0.0 | 6.4 | 28.0 | 32.0 | 38.0 | 33.1 | 29.0 | 14.4 | 10.1 |
| University (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.5 | 34.1 | 41.0 | 45.8 | 47.1 |
| Employment (%) | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 35.2 | 38.9 |
| Unemployment (%) | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Inactive (%) | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Region | |||||||||
| West Germany (%) | 87.8 | 87.5 | 88.2 | 88.3 | 87.3 | 82.9 | 81.2 | 79.1 | 78.3 |
| East Germany (%) | 12.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 19.2 |
| Abroad (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| Household | |||||||||
| Living with parents (%) | 94.6 | 95.7 | 96.8 | 95.7 | 85.2 | 73.9 | 64.4 | 45.1 | 36.7 |
| Single-person household (%) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 12.3 | 15.9 | 21.5 | 26.6 |
| Couples without children (%) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 18.6 | 23.8 |
| Couples with children (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Single parents (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Other households (%) | 5.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 12.3 |
Data set: NEPS SC4, SUF 12.0.0. n = 11,098 individuals with 71,358 person-years. Number of individuals (n), column percentages (%) or means and standard deviations (SD)
a Time-constant variable