Surveying recently arrived refugees in Germany: the approach of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Study 3rd Policy Forum on Strength through Diversity (OECD) and Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO): Learning from Data 12-13 February 2018, Paris Nina Rother Research Centre for Migration, Integration and Asylum (FZ) at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)
The Situation in Germany 2016 The IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Goals Population, Sampling Design Contents Challenges Measuring educational outcomes
Asylum Applications in Germany from 1991 to 2017 Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 2
Countries of Origins 2016 (First Applications) Total of first applications : 722.370 Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 3
The Situation in Germany 2016 The IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Goals Population, Sampling Design Contents Challenges Measuring educational outcomes
The German IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Goals Filling knowledge gaps Obtaining reliable information for politics and administration (e.g. labour market, social und educational policies) Surveying the life situation of persons who came to Germany seeking asylum Analysis of the impact of legal and institutional frameworks Analysis of the effect of programs aiming at the target population Representative data for scientific community Cooperation between German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Research Centre for Migration, Integration and Asylum at the BAMF (BAMF-FZ) Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 5
The German IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Population Persons who came to Germany between 1st of January 2013 and 31st of January 2016 and applied for asylum: Asylum seekers Individuals granted asylum, recognized refugees or with subsidiary protection Individuals whose asylum claims have been rejected but who are permitted to remain in the country temporarily with the status of Duldung Sampling via German Central Register of Foreigners (AZR), access limited to BAMF-Research Centre Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 6
The German IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Design Household concept (typical as in GSOEP): interview with anchor person 18+ and all other household members (from wave 2 on: incl. children ) Panel study with at least 3 waves 2016, 2017 and 2018 First wave: 4.500 individuals in 3.200 households; response rate: 50,1% Additional refreshment sample: 1.500 additional interviews, first surveyed 2017 Integration into GSOEP Linkage with Employment Data of the IAB Mode: CAPI, translated into 8 most common languages, audio-files available e.g. for illiterates Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 7
The German IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Contents Wave 1 +2 Origin and path to Germany Status of asylum procedure Accommodation in Germany Knowledge, needs and use of support/counseling offers Knowledge of languages and attendance of language courses Education and vocational training abroad and in Germany Labour market participation and income abroad and in Germany Health Personality, attitudes, values Social networks, social participation Family Situation School Attendance of children Cognitive skills Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 8
The Situation in Germany 2016 The IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey Goals Population, Sampling Design Contents Challenges Measuring educational outcomes
Challenges Measuring educational outcomes Basic problems: Institutional differences across countries, translation of names of educational qualifications quite impossible Transferability and comparability difficult Collapsed educational systems Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 10
Challenges Measuring educational outcomes - questionnaire Solution 1 abstract measures for education: Years of schooling School attendance School leaving certificate Vocational training/university attendance and certificates Transformation into ISCED11 Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 11
Challenges Measuring educational outcomes - ISCED Educational level upon arrival in Germany ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED11 ISCED 0 1 2 3 4 6 / 7 8 Missings Total 16 19 18 23 3 10 1 11 Citizenship Syria 8 18 19 29 2 14 1 10 Afghanistan 30 18 12 18 4 3 0 15 Irak 22 23 17 16 1 10 1 10 Source: IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey, 2016, weighted Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 12
Challenges Measuring educational outcomes - CAMCES Solution 2 Camces-Tool: Computer-Assisted Measurement and Coding of Educational Qualifications in Surveys (developed by GESIS) Elements: Country-specific database of educational qualifications Questionnaire module currently available in 5 languages Software interface to allow database searches and provide context-sensitive response categories Universal coding scheme for educational attainment Advantages: Efficiency through standardization and automation of data collection, coding and harmonization processes Better coverage of foreign, rare, and outdated educational qualifications More accurate information through detailed measurement Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 13
Challenges Measuring educational outcomes - CAMCES Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 14
Challenges Measuring Educational Outcomes Other Problems Problem: collapsed educational systems educational level as proxy for capacity does not work anymore Solution : cognitive skills test (SOEP-numbers-symbols-test) Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 15
To Sum-Up IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Survey is the only representative survey of refugees in Germany benchmark data for other refugee surveys Very rich dataset Innovative approaches to deal with challenges to ensure high quality data 1 st wave: available for researchers at data research centre of GSOEP Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 16
More information at Research Reports (also in English): http://www.bamf.de/shareddocs/projekte/de/dasbamf/forschung/integration /iab-bamf-soep-befragung-gefluechtete.html?nn=1363666 Questionnaires of IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Study (also in English): http://panel.gsoep.de/soep-docs/surveypapers/diw_ssp0361.pdf http://panel.gsoep.de/soep-docs/surveypapers/diw_ssp0362.pdf CAMCES-Tool: Ortmanns, Verena (o.j.). Computer-assisted measurement and coding of educational qualifications (CAMCES). 2015 International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation. Better: SOEP-documentation (soon to be published) Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 17
Contact information: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Research Centre Migration, Integration and Asylum Research Field II Integration and Social Cohesion Dr. Nina Rother nina.rother@bamf.bund.de www.bamf.de Tel. +49 (0) 911 943 24700 Fax +49 (0) 911 943 24032 Rother OECD 12.02.2018 Page 18