Dear participants of the survey “My way in Germany”,
Welcome to our information pages. Thank you for participating in our survey. Here we would like to inform you about the background of the survey and the next steps.
Between December 2024 and April 2025, around 50,000 people took part in our survey. In the coming years, you will again have the opportunity to participate in further survey rounds. We greatly appreciate your support. Without your responses, it would not be possible to paint an accurate picture of life in Germany and abroad, which is essential for science and politics. So far, there are hardly any scientific studies that survey people of working age in Germany and abroad about their living and working conditions in this way.
In order to provide you and the general public with insights into the study, the IAB has compiled the information below based on the survey. This also includes comments from the people who plan and conduct the survey.
The study is conducted by:
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
We guarantee the protection of your data.
Compliance with data protection regulations is strictly monitored by the IAB. All results are presented exclusively in anonymised form, i.e. without names, addresses or contact information. No data that could identify you personally will be passed on. You can cancel your registration for the survey at any time. Further information can be found under Data Protection.
Your participation is important!
Only when we know what experiences migrants have in everyday life or in the labour market, how they think and live, can we give good advice to politicians.
Data protection
The information obtained from the surveys will be processed in accordance with strict data protection regulations and stored separately from your name and address. The Federal Employment Agency, represented by its Executive Board, Regensburger Str. 104, 90478 Nuremberg, is responsible for processing personal data in the context of this survey. The technical implementation of the survey is carried out by the company Ingress as a contractor of the Institute for Employment Research. Ingress acts exclusively on the instructions of the Institute for Employment Research and is bound to strict confidentiality. Further information on Ingress can be found at: www.ingress.de. Within the Institute for Employment Research, only the researchers involved have access to the data from the survey. All participants are also contractually bound to strict confidentiality. The various data sources of the BA include employment information from companies, as well as information from the BA on unemployment or measures.
Unfortunately, it happens time and again that companies or even BA employees report the wrong nationality. If this applies to you, we apologise for any inconvenience.
Publications based on the survey:
- Germany as a stopover? Insights into return and International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany (IMPa)
- Ein Viertel der Eingewanderten in Deutschland zieht Auswanderung in Betracht
Recording of the Federal Press Conference on June 11, 2025, on the first survey results:
„Deutschland als Zwischenstation?“ – Rückkehr- und Weiterwanderungsabsichten