addressing new research questions using the netherlands kinship panel study

Addressing new research questions using

the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study

Pearl A. DykstraErasmus University Rotterdam

6th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland

Lausanne, June 8 – 9, 2011

Aat LiefbroerEva-Maria Merz

Trudie KnijnAafke Komter

Claartje Mulder

Matthijs Kalmijn

Pearl Dykstra

Funding:

• Major investments

• Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Participating institutes

New research questions:

• from the start

• as opportunities presented themselves

Three central research questions:

1. nature and strength of family ties, and changes

over time (solidarity)

2. differences: how to explain?

3. differences: implications for individuals, families,

and society

(questions of inequality, cohesion, modernization,

and identity)

26 September 2006

24 January 2007

23 March 2007

6 October 2007

7 December 2007

25 January 2008

Ingrid DoortenThe Division of Unpaid Work in theHousehold: A Stubborn Pattern?

15 September 2008

26 May 2009

26 June 2009

25 September 2009

6 November 2009

12 February 2010

17 May 2010

2 December 2010

8 December 2010

14 January 2011

25 January 2011

New research questions from the start

Netherlands Kinship Panel Study:

A multi-actor,

multi-method, go to

panel study go to

on solidarity in family relationships

Anchor(17<age<80) Current Partner

Children (max. 2) (age>14)

Parent 1

Sibling 1 (age>14)

Parentin-law 1

Sibling n (age>14)Sibling 3

(age>14)Sibling2 (age>14)

Parentin-law 2

Grandparents

Parent 2

Ex-partner

Friend

Family members in the NKPS

Grandchild

Child n (age>14)Child 4

(age>14)Child 3 (age>14)

Multi-actor (1)

Discrepancies in parent’s and child’s reports

(Mandemakers & Dykstra, JMF 2008)

Hypotheses:

• generational stake

• self-enhancement*

• family obligations*

• dissatisfaction*

• relationship quality*

Multi-actor (2)

Intergenerational transmission of kinship norms

(De Vries, Kalmijn & Liefbroer, SSR 2009)

Hypotheses (sibling model)

• direct norm transmission*

• socialization of obedience*

• shared background back

Multi-method (1)

• combination CAPI / CAWI / CATI

• qualitative studies supplementing quantitative

analyses

Multi-method (2)

Selected topics qualitative studies

• black sheep in the family

(Komter, Voorpostel & Pels, JFI 2010)

• non-standard work schedules

(Mills & Täht, JMF 2010)

• ethnicity and intergenerational solidarity

(Schans & Komter, JAS forthcoming)

• young and late parenthood

(Rijken & Knijn, DR 2009)

• etc. back

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3

Year 2002-04 2006-07 2010-11

N (main sample) 8161 6026 4390

Response 45% 74% 73%

Method

CAPI 100% 95% 18%

CATI 3% * 27% **

CAWI 1% * 55% **

* option only at later stage; ** option from the start

New research questions as opportunities

presented themselves

• collaboration with historians

• record linkage

• Generations and Gender Programme

Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN)

• life history information taken from population

registers (a.o. fertility, residential, employment)

• HSN: cohorts ≤ 1922

• NKPS: cohorts ≥ 1923

• span past and present

E.g.: Long-term changes in the living arrangements

of children in the Netherlands

Van Gaalen & Van Poppel, JFI 2009

Changes in privacy regulations

• linkage of survey data with registry information

(via NCBS)

• in wave 2: 93% of respondents provided

permission for linkage

• 99% of respondents identified in registers

• registry information: a.o. social security benefits,

taxable income, health care usage

E.g. Family care and public care. Schenk, Dykstra,

& Maas, A & S forthcoming

NKPS: model for GGP (PAU –UNECE)

• GGP is successor of Family & Fertililty Surveys

• 20 countries participating at present

• combination of survey and contextual data

• wave 1 data currently available for 11 countries

• NKPS = Dutch GGP

New questions

• how are interactions in families shaped

by welfare state provisions?

• can our theoretical paradigms be

transplanted to Eastern Europe?

• are social trends characterized by

convergence?

In conclusion, the NKPS

• has put Dutch family scholars on the academic map

• has been a training ground for young scholars

• serves as a source of information for policy makers

• exemplifies that families are about both the young

and the old

For further information:

dykstra@fsw.eur.nl

www.nkps.nl

www.ggp-i.org