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SOEP-IS Release 2015

SOEP-IS Release 2015

Data access

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.


Citation

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)


Samples and fieldwork

Stichprobenentwicklung Befragte SOEP-IS
Stichprobenentwicklung Haushalte SOEP-IS

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)
in SOEP-IS

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)
in SOEP-IS

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
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)
in           SOEP-IS

Supplementary Sample 2014
(started in 2014 with 924 households and 1,667 individuals)
924 (1,665)
in SOEP-IS

672 (1,226)
in SOEP-IS

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.

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Innovative moduls

Data on the following innovative modules are included in this release:

Surveyed in 2011

  • Internalized Gender Stereotypes Vary Across Socioeconomic Indicators (more)
  • Justice Sensitivity (more)
  • Pension Claims (more)

Surveyed in 2012

  • Adaptive General Ecological Behaviour Scale (more)
  • Control Strivings (more)
  • Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) (more)
  • Expected Financial Market Earnings (more)
  • The Big Two Psychological Content Dimensions: Agency and Communion (more)
  • Dementia worry (more)
  • Just Sustainable Development Based on the Capability Approach (GeNECA) (more)
  • Anxiety and Depression (more)

Surveyed in 2013

  • Conspiracy mentality (CMQ) (more)
  • Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) (more)
  • Job Preferences and Willingness to Accept Job Offer (more)
  • Job task survey (more)
  • Regional Identification (more)
  • Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ-S) (more)
  • Sleep characteristics (more)
  • Socio-economic effects of physical activity (more)

Surveyed in 2014

  • Comparing Measures of Experimential and Evaluative Well-Being (more)
  • Computer-Assisted Measurement and Coding of Educational Qualifications in Surveys (CAMCES) (more)
  • Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) (more)
  • Cross-Cultural Study of Happiness (more)
  • Day Reconstruction Method (more)
  • Determinants of Attitudes to Income Redistribution (more)
  • Decisions from Description and Experience (more)
  • Determinants of Not Wanting to Know (more)
  • Expected Financial Market Earnings (more)
  • Flourishing Scale (more)
  • Future Life Events (more)
  • Inattentional Blindness (more)
  • Justice Sensitivity (more)
  • Lottery Play: Expenditure, Frequency, and Explanatory Variables (more)
  • Self-Evaluation and Overconfidence in Different Life Domains (more)
  • Separating Systematic Measurement Error Components Using MTMM in Longitudinal Studies (more)

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.

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Data collection

2011


2012

2013

2014

2015

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Data sets and documentation

  • H: Variables from the Household Question Module (documentation)
  • P: Variables from the Individual Question Module (documentation)
  • INNO: Variables from the Innovation Modules (documentation)
  • IDRM: Person-related Data from Innovative DRM Module (documentation)
  • IDRM_ESM: Person-related DRM Data from Innovative ESM Module (documentation)
  • IESM: Person-related ESM Data from Innovative ESM Module (documentation)
  • IRISK: Decision from Description vs. Decision from Experience (documentation)
  • BIO:Variables from the Life Course Question Module (documentation)
  • BIOAGE: Variables from the Modules of Questions on Children (documentation)
  • BIOBIRTH: Birth Biography of Female and Male Respondents (documentation)
  • BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents (documentation)
  • COGNIT: Cognitive Achievement Potentials (documentation)
  • KID: Pooled Dataset on Children (documentation)
  • HGEN: Household-related Status and Generated Variables (documentation)
  • PGEN: Person-related Status and Generated Variables (documentation)
  • PPFAD: Person-related Meta-dataset (documentation)
  • HBRUTTO: Household-related Gross File (documentation)
  • PBRUTTO: Person-related Gross File (documentation)

The datasets are available for Stata and SPSS in versions with German and English labels.

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