Data from the Panel Study ‘Refugees in the German Educational System (ReGES)’

Abstract

The study ‘Refugees in the German Educational System’ is a two-cohort panel addressing the integration of refugee children and adolescents into the German educational system. Data collection followed a multi-informant perspective as well as a multi-mode approach. It started at Wave 1 in January 2018 with a sample of 2,405 refugee children and 2,415 refugee adolescents. Participants were followed over seven survey waves for more than two years. ReGES data is stored at the Research Data Center of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories and is open for use for to scientific community without costs or any embargo.

Keywords

• refugees
• preschool
• school
• integration
• education