Family and working life in the 21st century - Family and working life

The project 'Family and Working Life in the 21st Century' (YAPS) began in 1998. The aim was to establish a longitudinal database for studying the mutual relationship between values and demographic behavior. The values one holds influence how crucial decisions are made, such as moving in with a partner, having children, or changing jobs. The project analyzes both the significance of values for partnership formation and childbearing in early adulthood (up to 35 years of age) and how values regarding family and work change over time, depending on changes in family situation. To achieve this, panel data is required, meaning data from the same individuals at two or more points in time. This allows for distinguishing between selection and adaptation effects. The first survey was conducted in the spring of 1999 and targeted individuals who were 22, 26, or 30 years old at the time of the survey. There were two different samples: one consisting of individuals with two Swedish-born parents, and one of individuals with one or both parents born in Poland or Turkey. A second survey round took place in the spring of 2003, when the respondents were four years older. The 2003 survey also included a new group of 22-year-olds in the Swedish sample. A third data collection was conducted in the spring of 2009. In addition to variables collected through the surveys, a number of background variables were obtained from Statistics Sweden’s Total Population Register (RTB) and Education Register. These data refer to January 1999 and January 2003, respectively. The response rate for the 1999 survey was 67% for the Swedish sample, 60% for respondents with a Polish background, and 49% for respondents with a Turkish background. In the 2003 survey, the response rate for the Swedish sample was 72%—78% for respondents who also participated in the 1999 survey and 60% for the new sample (born in 1980)—and for the second-generation sample, the response rate was 67% (69% for those with a Polish background and 65% for those with a Turkish background).《21世纪的家庭与职场生活》（YAPS）项目于1998年启动，其核心目标为构建一套纵向数据库，用于探究价值观与人口行为之间的相互关联。个体所持有的价值观，会影响其诸如组建伴侣关系、生育子女或更换工作等重大决策的制定逻辑。本项目既分析价值观在成年早期（35岁及以下）的伴侣关系组建与生育决策中所发挥的作用，也探究家庭与职场相关价值观如何随家庭境况的变化而发生改变。为达成上述研究目标，需使用面板数据——即同一研究对象在两个或多个时间节点采集到的数据，以此区分选择效应与适应效应。 首轮调研于1999年春季开展，调研对象为调研时年龄处于22岁、26岁或30岁的人群。本次调研设置两类样本：其一为父母双方均在瑞典出生的个体，其二为父母一方或双方出生于波兰或土耳其的个体。第二轮调研于2003年春季开展，此时受访对象年龄较1999年调研时增长了4岁。2003年的调研还新增了瑞典样本中的22岁受访群体。第三次数据采集工作于2009年春季完成。 除调研直接采集的变量外，本项目还从瑞典统计局的总人口登记系统（RTB）与教育登记系统中获取了一批背景变量，对应数据时间节点分别为1999年1月与2003年1月。 1999年调研的有效回收率为：瑞典本籍样本67%，波兰裔背景受访对象60%，土耳其裔背景受访对象49%。2003年调研中，瑞典本籍样本整体有效回收率为72%——其中曾参与1999年调研的受访对象回收率为78%，新增的1980年出生样本回收率为60%；二代移民样本整体回收率为67%（波兰裔背景受访者为69%，土耳其裔背景受访者为65%）。