Table 1 Population and sample sizes for the cross-sections
Year | Population and sample sizes | |
|---|---|---|
1979 | German labor force (not included: apprentices and other people in qualification schemes, armed forces, foreign workers) age 15–65 | |
active | 28,828 | |
unemployed | 992 | |
Comparable sample | 28,088 | |
1985/86 | German active labour force age 15–65 | 26,361 |
Comparable sampe | 25,933 | |
1991/92 | West-German active labor force | |
German | 23,476 | |
German speaking foreign workers | 614 | |
Comparable sample | 22,900 | |
New Laender (east Germany) | ||
active | 7,851 | |
unemployed | 1,880 | |
people in retraining schemes | 456 | |
1998/99 | German active labor force (including German speaking foreign workers) age 15 and over, regular employment of 10 hrs/week | 34,343 |
Comparable sample | 25,513 | |
2005/06 | German active labor force (including German speaking foreign workers) age 15 and over, regular employment of 10 hrs/week | 20,000 |
Comparable sample | 15,671 | |
Total | Population 1979–2006 | 144,801 |
Comparable sample 1979–2006 | 118,105 | |