Growing up in Germany: Everyday Worlds (AID:A) Measuring change 14. January 2026 The panel study “Growing up in Germany: Everyday Worlds” (AID:A) provides important information on the living environments and circumstances of children, adolescents, young adults and their families and how they change over time. It is a central component of the survey research of the German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich. The study aims to describe factors and constellations that shape and influence the life course of individuals and their well-being. The focus is on family, friendships, peer groups and institutions, personal attitudes, experiences, activities and participation. The design as a replicative longitudinal survey allows changing social conditions to be illuminated. As →
Growing up in Germany: Everyday Worlds (AID:A) Measuring change The panel study “Growing up in Germany: Everyday Worlds” (AID:A) provides important information on the living environments and circumstances of children, adolescents, young adults and their families and how they change over time. It is a central component of the survey research of the German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich. The study aims to describe factors… →
infas entrusts Dr. Jennifer Weitz with the interim management of the market and business divisions Bonn, January 9, 2026 – With immediate effect, Dr. Jennifer Weitz will assume overall responsibility for the market and business divisions of the infas Institute on an interim basis. At the same time, Axel Glemser is leaving the management of the infas Institute. Dr. Christoph Preuß and Thomas Allerstorfer will remain on the Management Board.… →
Lagemaß 15 “Wandel” “Change” – this is the main topic of the new issue of the infas magazine Lagemaß. From an infas perspective, the merger with Ipsos, which is discussed in detail in this issue, fits in perfectly. Furthermore, change is also very present in empirical social research: the recruitment of study participants requires new approaches that take… →
Results report of the “Mobility in Germany 2023” study published On November 21, 2025, Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder presented the results of the “Mobility in Germany 2023” (MiD) study in Berlin. Around one million journeys by more than 400,000 people in over 200,000 households were recorded for this study between April 2023 and July 2024. The aim is to gain detailed insights into… →
Final report on the participation survey published On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), infas has already conducted the second wave of the comprehensive “Representative Survey on the Participation of People with Disabilities”, or Participation Survey for short. The final report is now available. The Participation Survey is the first survey of its kind in Germany. The… →
Panel “Health in Germany”: First results published On behalf of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), infas has been setting up a panel for the “Health in Germany” study series since 2024. With this series of studies, the RKI regularly collects up-to-date information on the state of health of people in Germany. In this way, answers to current health-related questions can be found… →
The first contact Surveys using face-to-face interviews are described in the literature as the “gold standard”. However, the high quality is associated with high costs compared to other survey methods, as each address has to be visited several times by the interviewer. How time-consuming contacting is also depends on the contact information available. In order to reduce the accessibility rate and the selective error due to non-accessibility, infas has carried out preliminary contacts in three large face-to-face studies in recent years. →
The video interview The choice of the appropriate survey method is often not only a question for researchers when designing a study, but also for the respondents themselves. In the mix of methods, target persons can now often decide for themselves how they want to participate in scientific surveys. →
Biological data in the social sciences Survey data is the central tool of empirical social research. At the same time, however, there is also a long tradition of combining this data with other forms of data collection: whether register data, document analyses, microgeographical data or interview observations. In recent years, biologically relevant data has therefore become increasingly important. On the one… →
