The Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (NKPS) is the Dutch participant in the GGP. The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), Utrecht University (UU), the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the University of Amsterdam participated in the development of this large-scale database on Dutch families: the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. The NKPS received an investment grant from the Dutch national research foundation (NWO).
The research questions revolve around the theme of solidarity, which is defined as ‘feelings of mutual affinity in family relationships and how these are expressed in behavioural terms’. Four waves of an extensive face-to-face interview have been conducted (Wave 1 in 2002-2004, Wave 2 in 2006-2007, Wave 3 in 2010-2011, Wave 4 in 2014). The NKPS has four special features that make it highly innovative:
- Large sampel: N = 9,500 at Wave 1.
- Panel design: prospective longitudinal design.
- Multi-method approach: data collection includs both structured interviews and in-depth open interviews.
- Multi-actor data: data is collected not only from individual respondents but also from their family members.
Data from the NKPS provide researchers and policy makers with an important source to measure and study the dynamics of family relationships and to gain more insight into the causes and consequences of changes in family relationships.
The dataset can be downloaded from the GGP Data Portal.
