"Lessons learned from the UK Generations and Gender Survey: survey method insights and initial findings on family change"

The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is part of a global data collection infrastructure focused on population and family dynamics. The GGS collects demographic, economic, and social attitude data on young and mid-life adults (18-59) as they enter into adulthood, form partnerships, and raise children. In this seminar, I will describe the design and launch of the UK GGS (N=7200), which has been conducted online using push-to-web approach to data collection. I will reflect on the challenges of conducting a probability-based online data collection in the UK context, and present methodological findings on data quality and survey length. I will also highlight some of our early substantive findings related to fertility intentions, childcare, and online partnership formation.

Brienna Perelli-Harris (University of Southampton)