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SOEP-Core v18 - Changes in the Dataset

Änderungen am Datensatz

Dataset Information

With the 18th wave of the SOEP the concept for the construction of cross-sectional weights has slightly been changed. This change affects neither the derivation of the staying probabilities nor the construction of the weights for Subsample D units.

For more details, please see the Newsletter 60, April 2003.

With the current release of SOEP data (survey years 1984-2001), the coding frame for industry and occupation (first and second job) has been changed to the international standard of NACE and ISCO88, respectively. Especially „old friends" among SOEP-users should be aware that the variables ISCO$$, ISCOU$$, ISCOH$$ and $BRANCHE are no longer available. The respective new variables in the files $P and $PGEN are described in detail in the documentation of the generated variables at person-level (see file pgen.pdf).

Other than that, the SOEP-group at DIW is currently fixing some minor bugs and deficiencies in the current data release. Firstly, the variables TODJAHR and TODINFO in the file PPFAD, which give year of death and the source of death information, will include all mortality information as given by a recent follow-up study („Verbleibstudie 2001") carried out by Infratest. Secondly, the variable $ERWZEIT in the file $PGEN will be updated so that there is valid information on the number of years with the current employer for all employed respondents in subsample C. Thirdly, the variable RP4002 in the file RP (occupational status: self-employed) and the variables RHHTAGIN, RHHMONIN, RHINTNR in RH (day and month of the interview as well as the interviewer‘s ID) had not been defined properly. All these problems will be fixed with the next release of data. However, users who need to use these variables should subscribe to our listserver so they will receive information about these updates sooner.

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