Regulation of biographical transitions in second generation immigrants in Germany and Israel

The study "Regulation of Biographical Transitions among Second-Generation Migrants in Germany and Israel," commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, investigates the question of which factors promote the positive development of children, adolescents, and young adults. For this purpose, biographical transitions during the first three decades of life among natives, members of minorities, and people with a migration background in Germany and Israel were examined from a longitudinal perspective. In particular, the focus was on the following four biographical transitions: Entry into kindergarten and school enrollment in childhood, first partnerships in adolescence, and living together as a couple in young adulthood. In Germany, native Germans, ethnic German repatriates, Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and Turkish migrants were interviewed using standardized personal interviews. In Israel, native Israelis, persons belonging to the Arab minority, and Russian Jewish immigrants were the target group of the survey. In Germany, a random sample was drawn based on register data from Frankfurt and Stuttgart for all survey groups. Since Russian-Jewish immigrants were not identifiable based on the register data, they were recruited through snowball sampling. In Israel, a multistage random sample was formed based on statistical areas followed by telephone screening.