SOEP-Core v31.1 (update, data 1984-2014)

Publications using this file should refer to the above DOI infoFind an explanation on the usage of DOI here.and cite following references

• Goebel, Jan, Markus M. Grabka, Stefan Liebig, Martin Kroh, David Richter, Carsten Schröder, and Jürgen Schupp. 2019. The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics) 239 (2), 345-360. (https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2018-0022)

If you do not exclude the cases of the migration samples in your analysis, then please also cite the following reference:

• Herbert Brücker, Martin Kroh, Simone Bartsch, Jan Goebel, Simon Kühne, Elisabeth Liebau, Parvati Trübswetter, Ingrid Tucci & Jürgen Schupp. 2014. The new IAB-SOEP Migration Sample: an introduction into the methodology and the contents. SOEP Survey Paper 216 (PDF, 444.25 KB), Series C. Berlin, Nürnberg: DIW Berlin.

If you do not exclude the cases of the refugee samples in your analysis, please also cite: 

If you use data from the SOEP-LEE2 surveys, please also cite:

• Wenzel Matiaske, Torben Dall Schmidt, Christoph Halbmeier, Martina Maas, Doris Holtmann, Carsten Schröder, Tamara Böhm, Stefan Liebig, and Alexander S. Kritikos. 2023. SOEP-LEE2 : Linking Surveys on Employees to Employers in Germany. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik Data Observer, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2023-0031.

If you would like to refer more specifically, please also cite:

• Schröder, Carsten, Johannes König, Alexandra Fedorets, Jan Goebel, Markus M. Grabka, Holger Lüthen, Maria Metzing, Felicitas Schikora, and Stefan Liebig. 2020. The economic research potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel study. German Economic Review 21 (3), 335-371. (https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2020-0033)
• Giesselmann, Marco, Sandra Bohmann, Jan Goebel, Peter Krause, Elisabeth Liebau, David Richter, Diana Schacht, Carsten Schröder, Jürgen Schupp, and Stefan Liebig. 2019. The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology. European Sociological Review 35 (5), 738-755. (https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz029)
• Jacobsen, Jannes, Magdalena Krieger, Felicitas Schikora, and Jürgen Schupp. 2021. Growing Potentials for Migration Research using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 241 (4), 527-549. (https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2021-0001)
• Fedorets, Alexandra, Stefan Kirchner, Jule Adriaans, and Oliver Giering. 2022. Data on Digital Transformation in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 242 (5-6), 691-705. (https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2021-0056)

In the file with generated longitudinal data on children (KIDLONG) in SOEP-Core v31.1 another correction had to be implemented: Some few data that only had been asked in the FiD study were missing.

This applies to the variables KA06$$ (Activities for children below the age of 6) and KA16$$ (Activities for children aged 6 to 16).

If you want to analyze these variables there are three ways to use the corrected data:

1. You use the original data from SOEP-Core (in the files $$KIND)
2. You use the data set KIDL in SOEPlong (there the data had been implemented correctely)
3. You may ask for the correct data set KIDLONG at our hotline (soepmail@diw.de). We can provide you with an individualized download link.

Field-de Field-en
Individual (PAPI) 2014: Field-de Field-en
Household (PAPI) 2014: Field-de Field-en
Biography (PAPI) 2014: Field-de
Catch-up Individual 2014: Field-de
Youth (16-17 year-olds) 2014: Field-de
Pre-Teen (11-12 year-olds) 2015: Field-de
Mother and Child (Newborns) 2014: Field-de
Mother and Child (2-3-year-olds) 2014: Field-de
Mother and Child (5-6-year-olds) 2014: Field-de
Parents and Child (7-8-year-olds) 2014: Field-de
Mother and Child (9-10-year-olds) 2014: Field-de
Deceased Individual 2014: Field-de

Please find all sample specific questionnaires of this year and all questionnaires of previous years on this site

1) SOEP 2014 – Methodenbericht zum Befragungsjahr 2014 (Welle 2) des IAB-SOEP-Migrationssamples 2013 (M1)

2) SOEP 2014 – TNS Report of SOEP Fieldwork in 2014

3) SOEP 2014 – Methodenbericht zum Befragungsjahr 2014 (Welle 31) des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels

4) SOEP 2014 – Documentation on Biography and Life History Data for SOEP v31 and v31.1

5) Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) (1984 until 2014)

6) SOEP Glossary

7) Die Vercodung der offenen Angaben zur beruflichen Tätigkeit nach der International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO08) - Direktvercodung - Vorgehensweise und Entscheidungsregeln bei nicht eindeutigen Angaben

8) Die Vercodung der offenen Angaben zur beruflichen Tätigkeit nach der Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 (KldB 2010): Vorgehensweise und Entscheidungsregeln bei nicht eindeutigen Angaben

9) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Person-Related Meta-Dataset PPFAD for SOEP v31

10) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Person-related Meta-dataset PPFAD for SOEP v31.1

11) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Household-Related Meta-Dataset HPFAD for SOEP v31

12) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Household-related Meta-dataset HPFAD for SOEP v31.1

13) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of Person-Related Status and Generated Variables in PGEN for SOEP v31

14) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of Person-related Status and Generated Variables in $PGEN for SOEP v31.1

15) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of Household-Related Status and Generated Variables in HGEN for SOEP v31

16) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of Household-related Status and Generated Variables in $HGEN for SOEP v31.1

17) SOEP 2014 – Codebook for the $PEQUIV File 1984-2014: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

18) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Person-Related Meta-Dataset HEALTH for SOEP v31

19) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Person-related Meta-dataset HEALTH for SOEP v31.1

20) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of Person-related Variables on Children in BEKIND for SOEP v31.1

21) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Pooled Dataset on Children in KIDLONG for SOEP v31.1

22) SOEP 2014 – Documentation of the Dataset INTERVIEWER: Detailed Information on SOEP Interviewers for SOEP v31

1) Zur Erhebung des adaptiven Verhaltens von zwei- und dreijährigen Kindern im Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

2) Assessing the distributional impact of "imputed rent" and "non-cash employee income" in microdata : Case studies based on EU-SILC (2004) and SOEP (2002)

All documentation for filtering can be found on this page

1) SOEP 2014 – Methodenbericht zum Befragungsjahr 2014 (Welle 2) des IAB-SOEP-Migrationssamples 2013 (M1)

2) SOEP 2014 – TNS Report of SOEP Fieldwork in 2014

3) SOEP 2014 – Methodenbericht zum Befragungsjahr 2014 (Welle 31) des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels