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SOEP-Co e 39 – HPATHL: Household-
Rela ed Me a-Da ase
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SOEP-Co e ( 39) hpa hl
Con en s
1 Gene al In o ma ion 3
2 P ima y Key, Fo eign Keys and Sample In o ma ion 3
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe ........................... 3
syea – Su ey Yea ................................... 3
cid – O iginal Houshold Numbe , Case ID ...................... 4
hsample – Sample Membe .............................. 4
3 Su ey His o y 5
hne o – Cu en su ey s a us ............................. 5
hiyea – In e iew Yea ................................. 5
4 Basic Demog aphic In o ma ion 6
samp eg – Cu en sample egion ........................... 6
hpop – Cu en sample membe ship ......................... 6
5 Weigh ing 7
hbleib – In e se S aying P obabili y .......................... 7
hh – PRELIMINARY: Weigh ing ac o ....................... 7
hh 0 – PRELIMINARY: Weigh ing ac o o new samples (wa e 1 o new sample) 7
hh 1 – PRELIMINARY: Weigh ing ac o wi hou new samples (wa e 1) . . . . . 7
h g oup – Random G oups .............................. 7
weigh ed – Reason he household has no weigh ................... 8
comple e – Indica o o a houshold being ealized comple ely, pa ial, o has miss-
ing ins umen s ................................. 8
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SOEP-Co e ( 39) hpa hl
1 Gene al In o ma ion
The pa h da ase s should be he building block o any analysis. Pa h Files indica e he o al
popula ion a he household and indi idual le el (o e ime) and p o ide all IDs necessa y o
access u he iles a di e en le els (K ause/Glass/Rehe 2019a,b). Pa h-Files a e deli e ed
in h ee da a o ma s – in long- o ma [H|P-PATHL] (as he mos comp ehensi e e sion
including weigh ing a iables), in wide- o ma [H|P-PFAD] ( he adi ional e sion), and in
a sho - e sion [H|P-PATH] as a educed popula ion ile (indica ing he o al o popula ion
o households and indi iduals) Household Le el [HID|SYEAR] {Na iga ion File: H-PATH-
L (long- o ma )} Indi idual Le el [PID|SYEAR] {Na iga ion File: P-PATH-L (long- o ma )}
Household Le el [HID] {Popula ion File: H-PATH} Indi idual Le el [PID] {Popula ion File:
P-PATH} Household Le el [HID (HHNRAKT)] {Pa h File: HPFAD (wide- o ma )} Indi id-
ual Le el [PID (PERSNR)] {Pa h File: PPFAD (wide- o ma )}. The cons i u ing SOEP popu-
la ion conside s h ee le els – cases, households, and indi iduals. Due o he SOEP sampling
and su ey p ocess, hese le els ollow an implici hie a chy. All samples e e o p ima y
sou ce households – indica ed by he household id a he ime when he su ey s a s – he
( ixed) Case ID [CID]. New Households may eme ge om hese o iginal households du ing
he longi udinal su ey p ocess by spli -o s o amily membe s – all (cu en ) households
a e he e o e indica ed by a ( a iable) Household ID [HID]. IDs o indi iduals li ing in he
households a e de i ed om he households, whe e hey we e li ing when hey we e su -
eyed o he i s ime – he ( ixed) Pe sonal ID [PID].
2 P ima y Key, Fo eign Keys and Sample In o ma ion
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe
The membe s and con igu a ion o a household wi h a gi en ID (HID) can change be ween
yea s. Depending on he espec i e esea ch issue i may be necessa y o check al e a ions
using PPATHL, whe e pe sons a e assigned o a household in each yea .
syea – Su ey Yea
1984 10363
1985 6142
1986 5878
1987 5512
1988 5403
1989 5213
1990 7270
1991 7335
1992 7359
1993 7334
1994 7431
1995 7717
1996 7529
1997 7423
1998 9403
... (9 ows omi ed) 131250
2008 12651
2009 16642
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2010 21479
2011 25896
2012 22331
2013 31231
2014 19699
2015 28293
2016 43343
2017 28242
2018 29228
2019 45577
2020 57341
2021 22724
2022 71808
Su ey yea (Re e ence Yea o su ey ins umen s)
cid – O iginal Houshold Numbe , Case ID
Case Id - Household Sou ce Iden i ie ( ixed). The ixed household sou ce id poin o he i s
SOEP ances o households o which cu en households can be aced back o. This a iable
is ele an o sampling in o ma ion and calcula ing he weigh s.
hsample – Sample Membe
1A 1984 Ini ial Sample (Wes ) 124057
2B 1984 Mig a ion (un il 1983, Wes ) 32314
3C 1990 Ini ial Sample (Eas ) 56513
4D 1994/5 Mig a ion (1984-1994, Wes ) 10074
5E 1998 Re eshmen 13236
6F 2000 Re eshmen 86857
7G 2002 High Income 21242
8H 2006 Re eshmen 17552
9I 2009 Inno a ion Sample 6499
10 J 2011 Re eshmen 33421
11 K 2012 Re eshmen 15863
12 L1 2010 Bi h Coho (2007-2010) 21732
13 L2 2010 Family Type (Low-Income, Single-Pa en , La ge Families) 24212
14 L3 2011 Family Type (Single-Pa en , La ge Families) 9045
15 M1 IAB-SOEP 2013 Mig a ion (1995-2011) 28822
... (6 ows omi ed) 90433
22 P 2019 Top-Sha eholde 28489
23 Q 2019 Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual (LGB) pe sons 2250
24 M6 IAB-BAMF-SOEP 2020 Re ugee 5245
25 M7 IAB-SOEP 2020 Mig a ion 21236
26 M8 IAB-SOEP 2020 Mig a ion P o essionals 15111
27 R 2022 Re eshmen 30197
28 M8b IAB-SOEP 2022 Re eshmen 20647
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
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-3 Answe imp obable 0
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 0
-6 Ve sion o ques ionnai e wi h modi ied il e ing 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o Su ey p og am 0
Unchanging sample membe ship a i s con ac wi h SOEP (a he poin o selec ion o he
o iginal household in o he sample).
3 Su ey His o y
hne o – Cu en su ey s a us
1Success ul HH In e iew 449274
2HH In B u o Only 84285
3unsuccess ul, ini ial g oss sample 181480
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 Answe imp obable 8
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 0
-6 Ve sion o ques ionnai e wi h modi ied il e ing 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o Su ey p og am 0
Wa e-speci ic su ey s a us: o HNETTO=1 he e is a HH in e iew in he espec i e yea ,
i.e. an en y in he ile HL. Fo HNETTO=2 he e is only an en y in he ile HBRUTTO, bu
he HH could no be in e iewed ( he eason o which is gi en by he a iable HERGS in he
ile HBRUTTO).HNETTO=3 indica es un ealized Households o new samples in HBRUTT-
Files.
hiyea – In e iew Yea
1984 5921
1985 6109
1986 5838
1987 5472
1988 5365
1989 5171
1990 7225
1991 7275
1992 7264
1993 7226
1994 7373
1995 7498
1996 7447
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SOEP-Co e ( 39) hpa hl
1997 7391
1998 8330
... (11 ows omi ed) 143243
2010 17355
2011 19232
2012 19223
2013 20861
2014 19572
2015 19267
2016 21065
2017 22148
2018 24109
2019 24588
2020 23501
2021 14371
2022 23876
2023 1212
-2 200519
In e iew Yea (indica es household in e iews ealized also ou side o s anda d SYEAR)
4 Basic Demog aphic In o ma ion
samp eg – Cu en sample egion
1Wes Ge many 513077
2Eas Ge many 128939
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 73023
-3 Answe imp obable 8
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 0
-6 Ve sion o ques ionnai e wi h modi ied il e ing 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o Su ey p og am 0
The a iable SAMPREG ells whe he a HH was loca ed in Wes o Eas Ge many in he
espec i e yea . This a iable app oxima es also o me egional di e ences wi hin Be lin
acco ding o zip-codes.
hpop – Cu en sample membe ship
1P i a e HH, Ge man HH-Head 435450
2P i a e HH, Fo eign HH-Head 82086
3Ins i u ionalized HH, Ge man HH-Head 3599
4Ins i u ionalized HH, Fo eign HH-Head 7380
-1 No Answe 0
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