Formular FWS-en (english): Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen

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Anonymised microdata from the German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) are provided to external users free of charge for use in non-commercial research. Please note the conditions of use before filling in the application form.

Data are not provided for seminar papers. Bachelor candidates should have their supervisor apply and be registered as co-users.

You need statistical software such as Stata or SPSS to analyse the data. If your research only requires secondary statistical information, the reports published by the Survey on Volunteering provide ample information, figures, and tables of all survey years and thus provide a comprehensive overview of many volunteering-related topics. Publications based on data of the German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) you can find here.

Once you have completed the application form, please click the "Send Application to FDZ-DZA" button, and you should immediately receive an email with a summary of your data. If you do not receive this email, contact us directly via our contact form.

By sending the application, you grant permission to the FDZ-DZA to store and process the personal data you provided for purposes of handling your application. Your personal data will not be shared with other parties.

Contact address is*

institutional

private

Street & No. or PO Box*

Email (confirmation)*

Are there other persons involved in the project who will have access to the data?

yes

First Name(s) Co-User 1

Institution Co-User 1

First Name(s) Co-User 2

Institution Co-User 2

First Name(s) Co-User 3

Institution Co-User 3

Purpose of Usage*

Type of Project - check as many as apply

Purpose of Usage*

Research

Teaching

Other (please explicate below)

Thesis

Academic Discipline*

Expected End of Project (date)*

Requested Data Sets*

please check appropriate box

Requested Data Sets*

Data of the 1999 survey (SUF FWS1999)

Representative landline sample of the resident population aged 14 years and older (n=14,922)

Data of the 2004 survey (SUF FWS2004)

Representative landline sample of the resident population aged 14 years and older (n=15,000)

Data of the 2009 survey (SUF FWS2009)

Representative landline sample of the resident population aged 14 years and older (n=20,005)

Data of the 2014 survey (SUF FWS2014)

Representative telephone sample of the resident population aged 14 years and older (n=28,690)

Trend dataset 1999-2014 (SUF FWS Trend 1999-2014)

The trend dataset contains information from the four surveys 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 and can be used for trend analyses of volunteering in Germany.

Data of the 2019 survey (SUF FWS2019)

Representative telephone sample of the resident population aged 14 years and older (n=27,762)

How did you take notice of the FWS data?

Multiple answers possible, annotations welcome

How did you take notice of the FWS data?

The FWS has been recommended to me by colleagues/lecturer etc.

I have already worked with FWS data before.

I researched for suitable data to my project.

A FWS publication/ presentation triggered my interest to work with the data.

Other.

Annotations and comments

Information on the processing of your data can be found in the data protection note.

fws-antrag

Applicant

Are there other persons involved in the project who will have access to the data?

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

Purpose of Usage*

Requested Data Sets*

How did you take notice of the FWS data?

fws-antrag

Applicant

Are there other persons involved in the project who will have access to the data?

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

Purpose of Usage*

Requested Data Sets*

How did you take notice of the FWS data?

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