The dataset contains information on name, date of birth, date of arrival in Germany, sex, country of origin, first city of residence and a unique code that identified members of the same family. After sample size calculation the cohort was restricted to a representative sample of 34,393 Aussiedler who were at least 15 years old when they migrated to Germany. To ascertain vital status of each cohort member until the 31st December 2005 a follow up procedure was performed: Letters were sent to local registry offices in the cities of residence. In case of someone moving to another city, the registry provided the new city of residence and.
