Forschung SOEP: Subjektives Wohlbefinden, Persönlichkeit, Gesundheit

From Feeling Depressed to Getting Diagnosed: Determinants of a Diagnosis of Depression after Experiencing Symptoms

Receiving a formal diagnosis for a depressive disorder is a prerequisite for getting treatment, yet the illness inherently complicates care-seeking. Thus, understanding the process from depression symptoms to diagnosis is crucial. Aims: This study aims to disentangle (1) risk factors for depression symptoms from (2) facilitators and barriers to receiving a diagnosis after experiencing depression symptoms. ...

Menschen mit geringem Einkommen haben größtes Risiko, einsam zu sein

Studie untersucht Einsamkeit in Deutschland auf Basis von aktuellen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) – 19 Prozent der Menschen fühlen sich manchmal oder häufiger einsam – Im Westen und Süden Deutschlands kommt das Gefühl, Gesellschaft zu vermissen, häufiger vor als im Osten – Besonders einsam sind Menschen mit niedrigem Einkommen Die Zahl der Menschen in Deutschland, die sich einsam fühlen, ...

Einsamkeit in Deutschland: die gefährdetste Gruppe sind Menschen mit niedrigem Einkommen

Einsamkeit stellt ein ernstzunehmendes Gesundheitsrisiko dar. Sie beeinträchtigt die Lebensqualität und kann sogar die Lebensdauer verkürzen. Diese Studie untersucht Einsamkeit in Deutschland basierend auf den aktuellen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zur Einsamkeit aus dem Jahr 2021. Die Analysen beleuchten die Verbreitung verschiedener Facetten von Einsamkeit (Alleinsein, Isolation, Ausgeschlossenheit) ...

Soziodemografische Merkmale spielen für Einsamkeit eine maßgebliche Rolle: Interview

Fast jeder Fünfte in Deutschland fühlt sich manchmal einsam

Soziodemografische Merkmale spielen für Einsamkeit eine maßgebliche Rolle: Interview mit Theresa Entringer

Occupations, Disability Insurance, and Career Choices

Work-limiting disabilities pose a significant risk to the earnings potential and welfare of older workers. While coverage of public disability insurance (DI) systems is almost universal, the risk of becoming dependent on DI varies across occupations. In this paper, I study the value of public DI across different occupations using data from administrative social security records in Germany. I...

Life Events and Life Satisfaction: Estimating Effects of Multiple Life Events in Combined Models

How do life events affect life satisfaction? Previous studies focused on a single event or separate analyses of several events. However, life events are often grouped non-randomly over the lifespan, occur in close succession, and are causally linked, raising the question of how to best analyze them jointly. Here, we used representative German data (SOEP; N = 40,121individuals; n = 41,402 event occurrences) ...

Mental Health in East and West Germany from Reunification to the Present

This chapter provides the first extensive overview of mental health in Germany since reunification. Relying on data from the Socio-Economic Panel, an annual, representative panel study running since 1984 (in East Germany since 1990), this chapter reports the prevalence of mental health conditions in West and East Germany across 30 years. Specifically, the data provides insights into life satisfaction, ...

Navigating Uncertainty: Do Communicable Diseases Influence Risk Preferences?

This paper explores the effect of COVID-19 infection rates on individuals’ risk preferences using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Findings show that the spread of COVID-19 does not significantly alter risk preferences. While we do find that individuals with prior cardiovascular diseases reduce their preference for risk-taking, this zero effect is remarkably stable across subgroups of the population. ...