Correctly referencing the use of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam) is important for the research community and for demonstrating the scientific value of such a large-scale study. Therefore, we kindly request you to follow these citation rules in your publications.

• Refer to the study and the data version (currently release 14.1) by including the following (or a similar) phrase in your text:

Analyses are based on data of the German Family Panel (pairfam), release 14.1 (Brüderl et al. 2023). A detailed description of the study can be found in Huinink et al. (2011).

• Add the respective bibliographic details to your list of references:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Christof Wolf, Philipp Alt, Irina Bauer, Simon Böhm, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Pablo Christmann, Rüdiger Edinger, Felicitas Eigenbrodt, Madison Garrett, Svenja Geissler, Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Nicolai Gröpler, Tobias Gummer, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Renate Lorenz, Katharina Lutz, Timo Peter, Richard Preetz, Julia Reim, Barbara Sawatzki, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Katharina Timmermann & Martin Wetzel. 2023. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 14.1.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.14.1.0

Huinink, Johannes, Josef Brüderl, Bernhard Nauck, Sabine Walper, Laura Castiglioni, & Michael Feldhaus. 2011. Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam): Conceptual framework and design. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung - Journal of Family Research 23 (1): 77-101. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-376463

• The text should also include an acknowledgement like this:

This paper uses data from the German Family Panel pairfam, coordinated by Josef Brüderl, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, and Sabine Walper. From 2004 to 2022 pairfam was funded as priority program and long-term project by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

• If you wish to cite the Data Manual or Scales Manual, please specify the following:

Brüderl, Josef, Rüdiger Edinger, Felicitas Eigenbrodt, Madison Garrett, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Renate Lorenz, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, and Katharina Timmermann (2023): pairfam Data Manual, Release 14.1. LMU Munich: Technical report. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data File Version 14.1.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.14.1.0

Thönnissen, Carolin, Julia Reim, Svenja Geissler, Philipp Alt, Barbara Sawatzki, Simon Böhm, and Sabine Walper (2023): pairfam Scales and Instruments Manual, Release 14.1. LMU Munich: Technical report. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data File Version 14.1.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.14.1.0

• To cite the Codebooks and other materials without explicitly naming authors, please use "pairfam Group". For the Codebook for example of the anchor person survey of wave 1 (Release 14.1) the following suggested citation results:

pairfam Group (2023): Codebuch Ankerperson, Welle 1 (2008/2009), Release 14.1. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 14.1.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.14.1.0

The suggestions for citation of the manuals and codebooks can also be found on the cover pages of the corresponding pdf documents.

Citation of pairfam COVID-19 survey

For publication based on the pairfam COVID-19 data please cite the data set as well as the Technical Paper 15 as follows:

... for release 1.0.0:

Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen, and Martin Wetzel (2020). The pairfam COVID-19 survey. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA59589 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.0.0

Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen, and Martin Wetzel (2020). The pairfam COVID-19 survey: Design and instruments. Release Version. LMU Munich: pairfam Technical Paper 15

… for release 1.1.0:

Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen, and Martin Wetzel (2021). The pairfam COVID-19 survey. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA59589 Data file Version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5959.1.1.0

Walper, Sabine, Barbara Sawatzki, Philipp Alt, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Carolin Thönnissen, and Martin Wetzel (2021). The pairfam COVID-19 survey: Design and instruments. Release 1.1. LMU Munich: pairfam Technical Paper 15

Citation of Older Releases

If you have used an older release of the data, please cite the study as follows:

• Release 14.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Christof Wolf, Philipp Alt, Irina Bauer, Simon Böhm, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Pablo Christmann, Rüdiger Edinger, Felicitas Eigenbrodt, Madison Garrett, Svenja Geissler, Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Nicolai Gröpler, Tobias Gummer, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Renate Lorenz, Katharina Lutz, Timo Peter, Richard Preetz, Julia Reim, Barbara Sawatzki, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Katharina Timmermann & Martin Wetzel. 2023. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 14.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.14.0.0

• Release 13.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Madison Garrett, Svenja Geissler, Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Rüdiger Lenke, Renate Lorenz, Katharina Lutz, Timo Peter, Richard Preetz, Julia Reim, Barbara Sawatzki, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Katharina Timmermann & Martin Wetzel. 2022. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 13.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.13.0.0

•  Release 12.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Madison Garrett, Svenja Geissler, Tita Gonzalez Avilés, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Renate Lorenz, Katharina Lutz, Lara Minkus, Timo Peter, Trang Phan, Richard Preetz, Julia Reim, Barbara Sawatzki, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Katharina Timmermann & Martin Wetzel. 2021. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 12.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.12.0.0

•  Release 11.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Christiane Bozoyan, Christine Finn, Renate Frister, Madison Garrett, Tita Gonzalez Avilés,Henriette Greischel, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Lara Minkus, Timo Peter, Julia Reim, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2020. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 11.0.0, doi:doi.org/10.4232/pairfam.5678.11.0.0

•  Release 10.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Christiane Bozoyan, Petra Buhr, Christine Finn, Madison Garrett, Henriette Greischel, Nicolai Gröpler, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Lara Minkus, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2019. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 10.0.0, doi: 10.4232/pairfam.5678.10.0.0.

• Release 9.1:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Petra Buhr, Christine Finn, Madison Garrett, Henriette Greischel, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2018. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 9.1.0, doi: 10.4232/pairfam.5678.9.1.0.

• Release 9.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Christiane Bozoyan, Petra Buhr, Christine Finn, Madison Garrett, Henriette Greischel, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2018. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 9.0.0, doi: 10.4232/pairfam.5678.9.0.0.

• Release 8.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Elisabeth Borschel, Petra Buhr, Laura Castiglioni, Stefan Fiedrich, Christine Finn, Madison Garrett, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2017. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 8.0.0, doi: 10.4232/pairfam.5678.8.0.0.

• Release 7.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Petra Buhr, Laura Castiglioni, Stefan Fiedrich, Christine Finn, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Veronika Salzburger, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, Martin Wetzel & Barbara Wilhelm. 2016. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 7.0.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.7.0.0.

• Release 6.0:

Brüderl, Josef, Karsten Hank, Johannes Huinink, Bernhard Nauck, Franz J. Neyer, Sabine Walper, Philipp Alt, Petra Buhr, Laura Castiglioni, Christine Finn, Kristin Hajek, Michel Herzig, Bernadette Huyer-May, Rüdiger Lenke, Bettina Müller, Timo Peter, Veronika Salzburger, Claudia Schmiedeberg, Elisabeth Schubach, Philipp Schütze, Nina Schumann, Carolin Thönnissen, & Barbara Wilhelm. 2015. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 6.0.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.6.0.0.

• Release 5.0:

Nauck, Bernhard, Josef Brüderl, Johannes Huinink und Sabine Walper. 2014. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 5.0.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.5.0.0.

• Release 4.0:

Nauck, Bernhard, Josef Brüderl, Johannes Huinink und Sabine Walper. 2013. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 4.0.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.4.0.0.

• Release 3.1:

Nauck, Bernhard, Josef Brüderl, Johannes Huinink und Sabine Walper. 2012. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 3.1.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.3.1.0.

• Release 3.0:

Nauck, Bernhard, Josef Brüderl, Johannes Huinink und Sabine Walper. 2012. The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 3.0.0, doi:10.4232/pairfam.5678.3.0.0.