This tutorial introduces the different identifiers used for individuals, households, and interviewers, and explains how you can use pointers to merge information on different units of analysis.
This tutorial introduces the general structure of the Socio-Economic Panel Study and explains the naming conventions for datasets and variables in the study.
This tutorial explains who we survey each year. It illustrates the household-centered survey design and the methodologies used to follow respondents throughout the life course. It also briefly describes the sample’s evolution since 1984 and introduces the various subsamples that have been added over the years.
This tutorial introduces the different questionnaires currently used in the SOEP survey. It illustrates how we design the questionnaires to cover the entire life course, including important events, transitions, and moves into and out of the study.
This video presents the various topics covered in the SOEP and introduces some exemplary items for each of the topics.
Every week the DIW Wochenbericht features one or two research studies of current political relevance. Concise and up-to-date, these include clearly presented data compilations and incisive comments and they are scientifically founded as well as easily understood. The DIW Wochenbericht is in German but offers abstracts in English. Selected articles of the DIW Wochenbericht are published in English ...
The DIW Weekly Report is a DIW Berlin online publication. Every week selected articles of the Wochenbericht are being published online in English.
Background: Marijuana use carries risks for adolescents’ well-being, making it essential to evaluate effects of recent marijuana policies.Objectives: This study sought to delineate associations between state-level shifts in decriminalization and medical marijuana laws (MML) and adolescent marijuana use.Methods: Using data on 861,082 adolescents (14 to 18+ years; 51% female) drawn from 1999 to 2015 ...
