The German Socio-Economic Panel Study is a representative panel study for the German population, collecting data on a broad variety of topics of everyday life, including general wellbeing, household composition, educational aspirations and educational status, income and occupational biographies, leisure time activities, housing, health, political orientation and more. With its long running panel structure, the breadth of topics and the representative nature of the data, the SOEP has become a central resources for quantitative research in the social sciences in Germany.
This online two-day workshop-series offers a well-grounded and practically oriented introduction to the data of the Socio-economic panel study. Participants will be introduced to the content of the study, its data-structure, sample selection and weighting strategy and they will be provided with an overview over the study documentation.
The entire process from identifying and finding variables containing specific information in the dataset to the creation of the final dataset for analysis and first empirical investigations will be discussed. (Participants who already have access to the data via their home-institutions will be able to practice hands-on.) All hands-on problems will be exercised jointly as well. This practical part of the workshop requires familiarity with methods of empirical analysis and basic programming skills in STATA. An overview of the required STATA skills can be found here (PDF, 274.09 KB). Ideally, participants should have access to the dataset via their institutions already to fully benefit from the hands-on sessions. Although participation without data-access is also possible.
This is an online seminar using Cisco Webex. To join the workshop, please register (name, institution) with Janina Britzke (jbritzke@diw.de) and you will receive the login data one week before the event.
The workshop will be held in English and participation is free of charge. The seminar will run the whole day. We will include numerous shorter and longer breaks throughout the day to make the online format as bearable as possible.
Questions will be taken throughout the workshop!
We aim for an interactive workshop, so please feel free to ask questions and join the discussion. The more people participate the better the experience for everyone!
For questions regarding the content of the workshop, please contact Sandra Bohmann (sbohmann@diw.de).
Thursday, August 25, 2022
09:00 - | 09:15 | Arrival and Tech-Check + Welcome and Organizational Points |
09:15 - | 12:15 | Contents and Structure of the SOEP (Incl. Short Break) |
12:15 - | 13:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30 - | 14:30 | Online Services and Paneldata.org |
14:30 - | 14:45 | Coffee Break |
14:45 - | 17:00 | Hands-On Session I: Constructing an Analysis Dataset in Panel Format and Event History Analysis with Panel Data (with Break) |
Friday, August 26, 2022
09:00 - | 10:30 | Sampling Design and Weighting Strategy in the SOEP |
10:30 - | 11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00 - | 12:30 | Longitudinal Data Analysis with the SOEP: Potentials and Limitations |
12:30 - | 13:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30 - | 15:00 | Hands-On Session II: Intergenerational and Contextual Analysis |
15:00 - | 15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30 - | 17:00 | Q&A Session |