Publication of February 11, 2021
The study protocol of the CORONA-MONITORING nationwide study (RKI-SOEP study) has been published in the Journal of Health Monitoring and is freely available.
In the study, which was conducted in a collaboration between the Robert Koch Institute and the Socio-Economic Panel at DIW Berlin, SOEP respondents were sent self-tests in the form of PCR and DBS tests to be sent to the RKI for analysis. In addition, a short questionnaire - on clinical symptoms, previous illnesses and health behavior, among other things - was used.
Topics: Health , Survey methodology and data science