SOEP-IS is a panel for short-term experiments and long-term surveys that are not possible in the SOEP-Core—for instance, because they require instruments that are not yet well established or that deal with very specific research topics. Since 2011 the annual interviews have contained not only questions from the SOEP-Core but also innovative modules, which are selected in a peer-reviewed competition as of the 2013 survey year to identify the "best" research questions. The survey is conducted by Kantar Public Germany using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and is representative for Germany as a whole. Some of the many topics include earnings, employment, education, and health.
Title: SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), data from 1998-2020
DOI : 10.5684/soep.is.2020
Collection period: 1998-2020
Publication date: 2022-xx-xx
Principal investigators: Jan Goebel, Stefan Liebig, David Richter, Carsten Schröder, Jürgen Schupp, Knut Wenzig
Data collector: Kantar Public Deutschland GmbH
Population: Persons living in private households in Germany.
Selection method: All samples of SOEP are multi-stage random samples which are regionally clustered. The respondents (households) are selected by random-walk.
Collection mode: The SOEP-IS is conducted using CAPI (Computer-assisted personal interviewing) exclusively. In principle, an interviewer tries to obtain face-to-face interviews with all members of a given survey household aged 16 and over. Additionally, one person (head of household) is asked to complete a household questionnaire covering information on housing, housing costs, and different sources of income. This also includes some questions about children up to 16 years of age in the household (e.g., kindergarten attendance, elementary school attendance, etc.).
Citation of the Data Set: SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), data from 1998-2020. 2022. DOI: 10.5684/soep.is.2020
Publications using this file should refer to the above DOI and cite following reference
David Richter, Jürgen Schupp. 2015. The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS). Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (3), 389-399 (doi: 10.3790/schm.135.3.389)
(prepublished 2012: SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) - Description, Structure and Documentation.SOEPpaper 463 | PDF, 162.91 KB : Berlin. DIW Berlin)
1) SOEP-IS 2020 – HRF: Weights for Households
2) SOEP-IS 2020 – PPFAD: Person-Related Meta-Dataset
3) SOEP-IS 2020 – PBRUTTO: Person-Related Gross File
4) SOEP-IS 2020 – HBRUTTO: Household-Related Gross File
5) SOEP-IS 2020 – PGEN: Person-Related Status and Generated Variables
6) SOEP-IS 2020 – HGEN: Household-Related Status and Generated Variables
7) SOEP-IS 2020 – PHRF: Weights for Persons
8) SOEP-IS 2020 – P: Variables from the Individual Question Module
9) SOEP-IS 2020 – H: Variables from the Household Question Module
10) SOEP-IS 2020 – BIO: Variables from the Life Course Question Module
11) SOEP-IS 2020 – BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents
12) SOEP-IS 2020 – BIOAGE: Variables from the Modules of Questions on Children
13) SOEP-IS 2020 – BIOBIRTH: Birth Biography of Female and Male Respondents
14) SOEP-IS 2020 – KID: Pooled Dataset on Children
15) SOEP-IS 2020 – INNO: Variables from the Innovation Modules
16) SOEP-IS 2020 – INNO_H: Household-Variables from the Innovation Modules
17) SOEP-IS 2020 – IBIP_PARENT: Variables from Bonn Intervention Panel (Parents)
18) SOEP-IS 2020 – IBIP_PUPIL: Variables from Bonn Intervention Panel (Children)
19) SOEP-IS 2020 – ILANGUAGE: Variables from Innovative Language Modules
20) SOEP-IS 2020 – ILOTTERY: Variables from an Innovative Lottery Experiment in 2016
21) SOEP-IS 2020 – IDRM: Person-Related Data from Innovative DRM Module
22) SOEP-IS 2020 – IDRM_ESM: Person-Related DRM Data from Innovative ESM Module
23) SOEP-IS 2020 – IESM: Person-Related ESM Data from Innovative ESM Module
24) SOEP-IS 2020 – IRISK: Decision from Description vs. Decision from Experience
1) Categorizing Open Answers in the DRM Module of SOEP-IS
2) SOEP-IS modules 2011-2018 – Descriptions
All documentation for filtering can be found on this page
1) SOEP-IS 2020 – Methodenbericht zum Befragungsjahr 2020 des Bonn Intervention Panel
2) SOEP-IS 2020 – Methodenbericht zum „ARB COV Survey 2020“
3) SOEP-IS 2020 – Survey Report on the 2020 SOEP Innovation Sample
4) SOEP-IS 2020 – Survey Report on the 2020 SOEP Innovation Sample on Social Cohesion (GZ)