Who Can Access the Data?
All datasets are freely available for scientific, non-commercial use via the Data Portal, with some subject to additional conditions.
GGP Data Documentation
GGP documents its data in the Colectica Portal, where users can access information on data collection methods, variables, and other metadata.
Citing the GGP Data
Cite all datasets used and acknowledge country funding to ensure transparency, recognise contributors, and support the GGP.
Data Collections
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)
The GGS is a cross-national panel survey on life-course and family dynamics of individuals aged 18–79. With its longitudinal design, it tracks key life transitions such as leaving home, forming or dissolving unions, parenthood, and more.
The GGS runs in rounds, with each round starting a new sample every 10–15 years and one or two waves of follow-up about three years apart. To date, two rounds are available, with Round II ongoing, along with a dedicated GGS teaching dataset.
GGS - Round I
GGS-I is one of the largest cross-national longitudinal resources on families and life course trajectories, collected from over 200,000 people in 19 countries between 2004 and 2012.
Read moreGGS - Round II
Starting in 2020, GGS-II introduced updated questions, new modules, and renewed methodology to provide high-quality, comparable data for today’s demographic challenges.
Read moreGGS Teaching Dataset
A simplified dataset for students and teachers, extracted from GGS-II Wave 1 data, designed specifically to facilitate learning and teaching with real-world survey data.
Read moreRelated datasets
Harmonized Histories
A comparative dataset standardizing survey data, primarily from the GGS, for event history analysis, focusing on fertility and partnership histories.
Read moreContextual Database
This database provides aggregated demographic, economic, and policy data, designed to be linked to GGS microdata, covering national indicators across Europe and North America.
Read moreFertility & Families Survey
The surveys were conducted in the 1990s across 23 UNECE member states. The project concluded in 2000 and it is the direct predecessor to the GGS.
Read moreNational datasets
GGP disseminates and promotes GGS-related studies that build on or contribute to its objectives. These include national implementations and methodological resources that support the wider research community and contribute to the broader GGP research infrastructure.
Netherlands Kinship Panel Study
The Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) is a large scale panel survey that allows the examination of family and kinship ties in the Netherlands.
Read moreFamilies of Poles in the Netherlands
The Families of Poles in the Netherlands (FPN) survey is a GGS-based dataset that captures various aspects of Polish migrant family life.
Read moreTurning Points of the Life Course Panel Survey (Hungary)
The Turning Points of the Life Course (TPLC) is a Hungarian GGP panel dataset that follows adults from 2001 to 2017 to document post-1990 demographic changes.
Read moreData Alerts
Latest updates to our datasets.
GGS-II Wave 1 Croatia Minor Update
June 19, 2025
GGS-II Wave 1 Moldova Major Update
June 17, 2025
GGS-II Wave 1 UK Minor Update
June 17, 2025
Harmonized Histories Austria, Croatia and Germany Released!
June 5, 2025
GGS-II Wave 1 France Released!
June 3, 2025
GGS-II Wave 1 Uruguay Minor Update
April 28, 2025
