Number of Children of German Elite Politicians (2006/2017)

This dataset contains information on number of children and other biographical data of 670 women and men who held elite positions in German politics in year 2006 and/or 2017. All data, except for the politician’s position and party, is respective to the year 2017. Four kinds of data sources were used for data collection, in order of priority: (1) Munzinger biographical online database (www.munzinger.de), (2) numerous volumes of Kürschner's collection of self-written short biographies of members of federal and state parliaments, (3) the encyclopedia Wikipedia and (4) media reports; webpages of the politician, parties or parliaments. This dataset contains information on number of children and other biographical data of 670 women and men who held elite positions in German politics in year 2006 and/or 2017. All data, except for the politician’s position and party, is respective to the year 2017. Four kinds of data sources were used for data collection, in order of priority: (1) Munzinger biographical online database (www.munzinger.de), (2) numerous volumes of Kürschner's collection of self-written short biographies of members of federal and state parliaments, (3) the encyclopedia Wikipedia and (4) media reports; webpages of the politician, parties or parliaments.