To ensure the confidentiality of respondents’ information, the SOEP adheres to strict security standards in the provision of SOEP-IS data. The data are reserved exclusively for research use, that is, they are provided only to the scientific community. For individuals and institutions that already have a valid SOEP data distribution contract, an informal application can be submitted to the SOEP in the form of a letter or e-mail requesting a supplemental contract allowing expanded use of the SOEP data.
After users have signed or updated their data distribution contract with DIW Berlin, they will receive the SOEP-IS dataset by personalized encrypted download. At the SOEP Data Research Center, users can also access small-scale regional data that can be linked to the SOEP-IS data.
Additional information and all the required forms can be found on the SOEP webpage.
Publications using these data should cite the DOI (doi: 10.5684/soep.is.2015 or 10.5684/soep.is.2015.1)and include the following reference:
David Richter, Jürgen Schupp. 2015. The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS). Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (3), 389-399 (doi: 10.3790/schm.135.3.389)
(prepublished 2012: SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) - Description, Structure and Documentation.SOEPpaper 463 (PDF, 162.91 KB): Berlin. DIW Berlin)
Anzahl der Haushalte (Anzahl der Personen)
Sample\Erhebungsjahr | 1998-2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
2015 |
Sample E (started in 1998 with 373 households and 963 individuals) |
373 (963) in the SOEP |
447 (934) in the SOEP |
453 (936) in the SOEP |
464 (944) in the SOEP |
339 (642) in the SOEP-IS |
310 (603) |
298 (570) in SOEP-IS |
282 (540) in SOEP-IS |
Sample I (started in 2009 with 1,495 households and 3,052 individuals) |
1,495 (3,052) im SOEP |
1,175 (2,450) im SOEP |
1,040 (2,113) in SOEP-IS |
928 (1,826) in SOEP-IS |
830 (1,728) in SOEP-IS |
798 (1,596) in SOEP-IS |
741 (1,441) |
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Supplementary Sample 2012 (started in 2012 with 1,010 households and 2,005 individuals) |
1.010 (2,005) in SOEP-IS |
833 (1,698) in SOEP-IS |
772 (1,611) in SOEP-IS |
710 (1,399) in SOEP-IS |
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Supplementary Sample 2013 (started in 2013 with 1,166 households and 2,256 individuals) |
1,166 (2,256) in SOEP-IS |
928 (1,870) in SOEP-IS |
840 (1,617) |
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Supplementary Sample 2014 (started in 2014 with 924 households and 1,667 individuals) |
924 (1,665) in SOEP-IS |
672 (1,226) |
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Households total (individuals total) | 373 (963) | 1,942 (3,986) | 1,628 (3,386) | 1,504 (3,057) | 2,277 (4,529) | 3,173 (6,297) | 3,721 (7,137) |
3,245 (6,196) |
The 2015 release contains the five samples (Samples E and I, Sup. Samples 2012, 2013, and 2014) and the information from the years 1998 to 2015 as well as the variables on the innovation modules in the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 survey years.
Variables on the innovation modules in the 2015 survey year are included in the 2016 release. Variables on the innovation modules in the 2016 survey year will be included in the 2017 release.
Data on the following innovative modules are included in this release:
Surveyed in 2011
Surveyed in 2012
Surveyed in 2013
Surveyed in 2014
The data from the 2015 SOEP-IS modules will be provided exclusively to the researchers who proposed the respective ideas for an initial period of 12 months. They will be released to the rest of the SOEP user community in Spring 2018.
Short descriptions of the innovative modules up to date you will find here.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
The datasets are available for Stata and SPSS in versions with German and English labels.