PPFAD 2004
LOC1989
The basic demographic information in PPFAD has been expanded to include location of residence in 1989, i.e., where an individual lived when the Berlin wall fell (variable LOC1989). This information is differentiated into the categories "East Germany", "West Germany", and "Abroad" and is available for all respondents (adults and children, see further documentation in Biography and Life History Data).
Contact: Joachim R. Frick
PGEN 2004
LABGRO$$ and LABNET$$
New variables have been generated for all waves (A-U) providing information on monthly gross and net labor income (LABGRO$$ and LABNET$$), consistently declared in euro. Missing values in case of item non-response are imputed as indicated by the corresponding imputation flag variables IMPGRO$$ and IMPNET$$ respectively (see also additional documentation in PGEN.PDF).
Contact: Markus Grabka
HGEN 2004
HINC$$
$HGEN now includes the monthly net household income consistently named (HINC$$) and declared in euro over all waves (A-U).
Contact: Jan Goebel or Peter Krause
AHINC$$
A new variable has been generated for waves L-U (1995-2004) providing information on monthly net household income adjusted for possible underreporting (AHINC$$), also consistently declared in euro. Possible underreporting is checked with the help of the current individual incomes of all household members (see also additional documentation in HGEN.PDF).
Contact: Jan Goebel or Peter Krause
$PEQUIV or SOEP-CNEF 2004
M11101$$-M11127$$
The files $PEQUIV now also include a set of cross-nationally harmonized health-related variables M11101$$-M11127$$ (see also the additional documentation in the Codebook for the $PEQUIV File 1984 - 2004).
Contact: Markus Grabka