In autumn 2020, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) joined forces with the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to launch the study “Living in Germany–Corona Monitoring” on the prevalence of current and past SARS-CoV-2 infections in a sample of the adult population in Germany. The survey began shortly thereafter, in October 2020. Participation was voluntary and entailed completion of a questionnaire on COVID-19 ...
This paper details the sampling design, results from the field, analysis of selectivities, as well as raking procedures used in the SOEP-CoV study. The sample consists of a random selection of 12,000 households in the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). The sample was divided and surveyed in nine successive tranches. The largest tranches were surveyed first starting April 1, 2020. By the end of May, ...