33 research outputs found

    Data Sharing in the Social Sciences

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    In social science research there is a push towards open research and open data. Open Data implies that researchers make their data available to other researchers so that the data can be re-used. This Guide describes the requirements and provides researchers with guidance on how and where to share social science research data with focus on the Swiss research environment

    Pre-registration and registered reports

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    Pre-registration and registered reports are increasingly advocated to improve the credibility and rigor of empirical research. Pre-registration and more strongly registered reports are expected to reduce reporting and publication bias because they request researchers to define a detailed research plan before the data are collected and before the research outcome is known. Thereby, confirmatory and exploratory research can clearly be distinguished

    Work-Family Arrangement and Conflict: Do Individual Gender Role Attitudes and National Gender Culture Matter?

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    This article examines the relationship between couples' work-family arrangement and individuals' perceived work–family conflict (WFC), considering individuals’ attitudes towards gender roles and national gender culture in 37 countries (N = 15,114). Previous research has shown that WFC depends on work and family demands and has mostly accounted for absolute time spent in paid and domestic work. We hypothesize that WFC depends on couples' work-family arrangement in terms of time spent in paid, domestic and care work. We further expect that the relationship between couples' work-family arrangement and WFC depends on individuals' gender attitudes and national gender culture. To test these assumptions, we use the ISSP-2012 data and apply multilevel linear regression analyses. The findings indicate that an egalitarian work-family arrangement - that is, sharing paid, domestic and care work equally with one's partner - is associated with lower levels of WFC. Moreover, individuals with egalitarian gender attitudes and an egalitarian work-family arrangement experience less WFC than individuals with inconsistent attitudes and behaviours. Individuals with consistent traditional attitudes and behaviours experience the most conflict. Finally, a more egalitarian gender culture relates to less WFC. Cross-level interactions indicate that the relationship between work-family arrangement and WFC is not mediated by countries' gender culture

    Jeunesse (non)mobile ? Les facteurs influençant la mobilité temporaire des jeunes adultes suisses

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    Les mobilités temporaires, à but éducatif, professionnel ou culturel, gagnent en popularité depuis une vingtaine d’années. Les études sur le sujet se sont princi- palement concentrées sur les étudiants universitaires, négligeant ainsi une grande partie des jeunes. Cet article comble cette lacune en analysant une base de données importante de jeunes Suisses afin de mesurer la prévalence des mobilités temporaires. Il recourt à une approche inspirée du parcours de vie ainsi qu’à des dimen- sions psychologiques afin de comprendre les facteurs influençant la propension à la mobilité temporaire. Différents critères de sélectivité sont identifiés, tels que la classe sociale et le cursus éducationnel, mais aussi le genre, l’entourage, les caractéristiques psychologiques, ainsi que la constitution d’un capital de mobilité, représentant l’accumulation des précédentes expériences de mobilité

    Parental Investment in Children’s Education. A TREE2 mixed methods study. Technical Report

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    PICE is an in-depth study of TREE that deals with the educational pathways of young adults and is particularly interested in how they are accompanied by their families on their way to professional life: PICE analyses what educational aspirations young people in Switzerland have and how they are supported by their parents. This technical report provides an overview of the theoretical framework of PICE, the research questions, and the study design of the mixed method study PICE: It documents the data collection and processing, the structure of the data, and the relationship to the TREE study (Transitions from Education to Employment)

    Data sharing and re-use: Researcher practices, attitudes and needs FORS survey of social science researchers in Switzerland

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    Between November 2016 and February 2017 FORS conducted a brief survey to better understand researchers’ attitudes, practices, and needs specifically regarding data sharing and re-use. The insight gained from this survey will be used to improve existing services and prioritize new ones

    Trotz allem erfolgreich - Bildungswünsche erfolgreicher Jugendlicher und ihrer Eltern aus schlechter gestellten Familien; La réussite malgré tout - Désirs de formation des jeunes réussissent et de leurs parents issus de familles défavorisées

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    Die meisten Eltern wünschen sich für ihre Kinder, dass diese «es später einmal gut haben sollen». Ein wichtiger Meilenstein auf diesem Weg ist eine gute Ausbildung. Aber wie in anderen Ländern auch, ist der Bildungserfolg in der Schweiz nicht nur von den Fähigkeiten und Wünschen der Jugendlichen abhängig, sondern zum grossen Teil von familiären Ressourcen und den Strukturen des Bildungssystems. So schneiden Jugendliche aus finanziell eher schlecht gestellten Familien im Schweizerischen Bildungssystem tendenziell schlechter ab und haben grössere Probleme auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Trotzdem gelingt es einigen, erfolgreich zu sein. Weshalb ist das so? Und welche Ausbildungswege gelten als erstrebenswert? Gibt es Unterschiede zwischen Familien mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund? Diesen Fragen geht der vorliegende Artikel anhand einiger Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts PICE nach. La plupart des parents souhaitent « un bon avenir » pour leurs enfants. Un jalon important sur cette voie est une bonne formation. Mais en Suisse comme dans d’autres pays également, le succès de formation ne dépend pas uniquement des aptitudes et désirs des jeunes, mais en grande partie également des ressources familiales et des structures du système éducatif. Ainsi, en tendance, les jeunes de familles financièrement défavorisées obtiennent de moins bons résultats dans le système éducatif suisse et ont davantage de problèmes sur le marché du travail. Néanmoins, certains parviennent à réussir. Pourquoi ? Et quelles formations sont jugées souhaitables ? Y a-t-il des différences entre les familles avec et sans origine migratoire ? C’est sur ces questions que se penche le présent article, sur la base de quelques résultats du projet de recherche PICE

    Data from the Mixed Methods Project PICE (Parental Investment in Children’s Education)

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    The Parental Investment in Children’s Education (PICE) study focuses on Switzerland and investigates parental strategies, resources, and aspirations and how they shape their children’s educational pathways. It contrasts families with a migration background to those without. PICE is a mixed-methods add-on-study of TREE (Transitions from Education to Employment). Within PICE one interview with young adults (N = 73, around age 20) and two interviews with one of their parents (N = 50) were conducted. The data are available for scientific analyses via SWISSUbase. They have reuse potential for analyses on parental investments, migration biographies as well as for methodological research on mixed methods
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