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 →
Is it all just structure? infas has been collecting the ilex, an index based on subjective assessments of individual life situations, since 2007. With this long duration, a comprehensive database of around 45,000 interviews is available. →
infas at the ESRA 2025 Conference The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference is taking place for the eleventh time this year. ESRA holds its main conference every two years to bring together survey researchers, methodologists and statisticians from Europe and beyond. The conference is a key event for the industry and offers the latest survey research findings as well as… →
General practitioner survey: Results and methodology report available On behalf of the Bertelsmann Stiftung and Philipps University, Marburg, infas surveyed GPs throughout Germany about how they would like to work in the future. The aim of the study was to find out how and how much GPs would like to work today and how their work should be organized in the future. The… →
Old-age provision in Germany 2023 – Final report and tables available On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), infas conducted the study “Old Age Security in Germany 2023” in cooperation with the Financial Research Institute at the University of Cologne (FiFo Köln). The final report and the associated tables are now available on the BMAS website. The aim of this study… →
Compulsory kindergarten The majority of Germans are in favor of a law requiring children to attend kindergarten from the age of four. 82 percent support this demand. If you only ask the mothers and fathers concerned, approval even rises to 87% – and this is largely across party and lifestyle boundaries. →
Please take over! Delegation for online surveys Company or business surveys usually cover a wide range of different topics, for example on the consequences of the Corona pandemic, digitalization and employee training, or simply company data. A respondent is then sought for the interview who can provide well-founded information on all the topics of the questionnaire, if possible.… →
New infas postal address The address for mailings to infas has changed. In future it will be sufficient to state: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH 53284 Bonn. It is no longer necessary to state the street or P.O. Box number. The visitor address of infas has not changed. →
New panel study “Health in Germany” launched On behalf of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), infas has been surveying around 200,000 people aged 16 and over across Germany about their health since the beginning of 2024. The study, called “Health in Germany (GID)”, is a central component of health monitoring: the RKI uses the data it collects for health reporting on the… →
Extension of the SOEP mandate up to and including 2030 The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is the largest and oldest long-term study on social developments and living conditions in Germany. Every year, over 32,000 people in 22,000 households are surveyed about their living situation and attitudes. Scientists all over the world use the data from the SOEP. infas has been commissioned to conduct the surveys since… →
