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Research Infrastructure

Research Data Centre of the German Centre of Gerontology

Description The Research Data Centre is a facility of the German Cente of Gerontology (Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen, DZA) and has received accreditation as research data center FDZ-DZA by the German Data Forum (RatSWD). Its main task is to make data of the German Ageing Survey DEAS and the German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) accessible to researchers by providing user-friendly Scientific Use Files (SUF), documentation of the contents and instruments as well support for scholars using the data. The German Ageing Survey (DEAS) is a nationwide representative cross-sectional and longitudinal survey program of the German population aged over 40. It is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on voluntary work, honorary office and civic engagement of the German population aged 14 and older. It is run every five years since 1999 and is the basic instrument for social accounting on volunteering in Germany. It is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ).
URL http://www.dza.de/en/fdz.html
Status Operational since 2010
Scientific Domains Social Sciences and Humanities
RI Categorization Research Facilities
Location Manfred-von-Richthofen-Str. 2, Berlin, 12101, Berlin, Germany
MERIL URL http://portal.meril.eu/meril/view/facilitys/15746