The SOEP group at DIW Berlin introduced the SOEP-IS panel for short-term experiments but also for long-term surveys that are not possible in the SOEP-Core—for instance, because they require instruments that are not yet well established or that deal with very specific research topics. In addition to Samples E and I from SOEP-Core, which were started in 1998 and 2009, respectively, new samples were drawn in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 to achieve the final number of 5,000 respondents. The annual interviews since 2012 have contained not only questions from the SOEP-Core but also innovative modules, which are selected in a peer-reviewed competition as of the 2013 survey year to identify the "best" research questions. The survey is conducted by specially trained interviewers from the fieldwork organization TNS Infratest Sozialforschung using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and is representative for Germany as a whole. Some of the many topics include earnings, employment, education, and health. The international version contains 95% of all cases surveyed.
Title: SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), data from 1998-2016
DOI: 10.5684/soep.is.2016.1
Collection period: 1998-2016
Publication date: May 18, 2018
Principal investigators: Jan Goebel, Stefan Liebig, David Richter, Carsten Schröder, Jürgen Schupp, Knut Wenzig
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| soep-is.2016_stata_de.zip | 594b886177b64f6101133e298bb24021 |
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Publications using this file should refer to the above DOI and cite 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)
1) SOEP-IS 2016.2—PPFAD: Person-related Meta-dataset
2) SOEP-IS 2016—PPFAD: Person-related Meta-dataset
3) SOEP-IS 2016.2—PBRUTTO: Person-related Gross File
4) SOEP-IS 2016—PBRUTTO: Person-related Gross File
5) SOEP-IS 2016.2—HBRUTTO: Household-related Gross File
6) SOEP-IS 2016—HBRUTTO: Household-related Gross File
7) SOEP-IS 2016.2—PGEN: Person-related Status and Generated Variables
8) SOEP-IS 2016—PGEN: Person-related Status and Generated Variables
9) SOEP-IS 2016.2—HGEN: Household-related Status and Generated Variables
10) SOEP-IS 2016—HGEN: Household-related Status and Generated Variables
11) SOEP-IS 2016.2—PHRF: Weights for Persons
12) SOEP-IS 2016.2—HHRF: Weights for Households
13) SOEP-IS 2016.2—P: Variables from the Individual Question Module
14) SOEP-IS 2016—P: Variables from the Individual Question Module
15) SOEP-IS 2016.2—H: Variables from the Household Question Module
16) SOEP-IS 2016—H: Variables from the Household Question Module
17) SOEP-IS 2016.2—BIO: Variables from the Life Course Question Module
18) SOEP-IS 2016—BIO: Variables from the Life Course Question Module
19) SOEP-IS 2016.1—BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents
20) SOEP-IS 2016.2—BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents
21) SOEP-IS 2016—BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents
22) SOEP-IS 2016.2—BIOAGE: Variables from the Modules of Questions on Children
23) SOEP-IS 2016—BIOAGE: Variables from the Modules of Questions on Children
24) SOEP-IS 2016.2—BIOBIRTH: Birth Biography of Female and Male Respondents
25) SOEP-IS 2016—BIOBIRTH: Birth Biography of Female and Male Respondents
26) SOEP-IS 2016.2—KID: Pooled Dataset on Children
27) SOEP-IS 2016—KID: Pooled Dataset on Children
28) SOEP-IS 2016.2—INNO: Variables from the Innovation Modules
29) SOEP-IS 2016—INNO: Variables from the Innovation Modules
30) SOEP-IS 2016.2—INNO_H: Household-Variables from the Innovation Modules
31) SOEP-IS 2016—INNO_H: Household-Variables from the Innovation Modules
32) SOEP-IS 2016.2—IDRM: Person-related Data from Innovative DRM Module
33) SOEP-IS 2016—IDRM: Person-related Data from Innovative DRM Module
34) SOEP-IS 2016.2—IDRM_ESM: Person-related DRM Data from Innovative ESM Module
35) SOEP-IS 2016—IDRM_ESM: Person-related DRM Data from Innovative ESM Module
36) SOEP-IS 2016.2—IESM: Person-related ESM Data from Innovative ESM Module
37) SOEP-IS 2016—IESM: Person-related ESM Data from Innovative ESM Module
38) SOEP-IS 2016.1—IRISK: Decision from Description vs. Decision from Experience
39) SOEP-IS 2016.2—IRISK: Decision from Description vs. Decision from Experience
40) SOEP-IS 2016—IRISK: Decision from Description vs. Decision from Experience
41) SOEP-IS 2016.2—COGNIT: Cognitive Achievement Potentials
1) Categorizing Open Answers in the DRM Module of SOEP-IS
2) SOEP-IS modules 2011-2018 – Descriptions
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