TwinLife is a longitudinal, interdisciplinary twin family study on the development of social inequality. It takes a genetically informed life course perspective on social inequalities that acknowledges the importance of both genetic and social influences, social structure, and individual agency. The combination of genetically sensitive data, the survey design, multiple indicators of social success or failure, and a variety of environmental variables enables a fine-grained investigation of the complex interplay between nature and nurture concerning social inequality.
It is funded as a twelve-year longtime research project by the German Research Association (DFG). The study has been ethically approved by the German Psychological Society. See more details on our page for the ➔ Ethics and Funding Statements. For information on how to properly cite the study as a data user, please visit the page on ➔ Citation.
1.2 Study Design and Sample Structure
1.3 Overview of the Panel Development
1.4 Where and how to get the Data