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Information for participants

Dear participants of the Cologne High School Panel!

The Cologne High School Panel has accompanied you on your path through life since 1969! We would like to thank all participants very much for remaining loyal to us over this long period of time and for supporting our project.

Results of the fourth follow-up survey

We have compiled the initial, basic results of the fourth re-survey in a brief report for you. 

Besides general information on the CHisP, you will also find details on sociodemographic characteristics such as the age, gender, education and marital status of the respondents. In addition, the brief report provides an overview of how attitudes (e.g., religiosity, political interest) and the importance of areas of life change over the life course, whether there are differences in life satisfaction, how one´s life is evaluated at the average age of 66, and more. Simply click on the link below and the report will open as a PDF (in german). 

Kurzbericht. Erste Ergebnisse der vierten Wiederbefragung des Kölner Gymnasiastenpanels (KGP).

Results of the third follow-up survey

Here you will find a short report on the most important results obtained from the data of the third re-survey in 2010 (in german). Simply click on the link below and the report will open as a PDF.

Lebensdeutung und Lebensplanung als Aufgaben der Lebensmitte. Eine Zusammenfassung wichtiger Ergebnisse des Kölner Gymnasiastenpanels.

A more comprehensive publication is the anthology by Klaus Birkelbach & Heiner Meulemann (2017): Lebensdeutung und Lebensplanung in der Lebensmitte. From grammar school to retirement planning. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Online to be found at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-15362-5#about