The Wave 2 Scientific Use File of the German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) is now available!

The SCP is a longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021 (n=17,027). In addition to randomly selected anchor persons, the annual survey also targets their adult household members. The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), led in cooperation by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and implemented by the survey institute infas.

The SCP 2021-22 W1-2:

The dataset "German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-22 – Wave 1-2" (DOI: 10.60532/scp.2021-22.w1-2.v1) includes survey data and generated indicators of the first and second panel waves. The new data release includes, for example:

• The data of the second wave (n=8,642, including 274 new household members surveyed for the first time in this wave).
• Updated nonresponse weights for all waves, which now also include the school degree as an additional raking variable.
• Newly generated variables, such as the RISC milieu classifications.

A detailed overview of all changes can be found in the changelog.

Data Access:

The SCP can be ordered at the RISC Research Data Centre (RDC-RISC) by all post-doctoral researchers affiliated with a scientific institution. For that purpose, please set up a data user account at https://fgz-risc-data.de/en/registration if not yet done. You can use this account in the future to order all Scientific Use Files available at the RDC-RISC.

Account holders (primary users) may share the data with researchers under their supervision (secondary users). Secondary users must be listed in the primary user's data user account and must sign a privacy policy, which must be archived by the primary user.

We would like to point out that the data are provided for scientific use only.