SOEP-Core - 2022: Catch-up individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1-M8b)

infas Research Report SOEP-Core - 2022: Catch-up individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1M8b) SOEP Survey Papers, No. 1443 Provided in Cooperation with: German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) Suggested Citation: infas (2025) : SOEP-Core - 2022: Catch-up individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1-M8b), SOEP Survey Papers, No. 1443, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), German SocioEconomic Panel (SOEP), Berlin This Version is available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316247 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. 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If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ 1443 2025 Series A – Survey Instruments (Erhebungsinstrumente) SOEP-Core – 2022: Catch-up Individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1-M8b) infas Running since 1984, the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is a wide-ranging representative longitudinal study of private households, located at the German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin. The aim of the SOEP Survey Papers Series is to thoroughly document the survey’s data collection and data processing. The SOEP Survey Papers is comprised of the following series: Series A – Survey Instruments (Erhebungsinstrumente) Series B – Survey Reports (Methodenberichte) Series C – Data Documentation (Datendokumentationen) Series D – Variable Descriptions and Coding Series E – SOEPmonitors Series F – SOEP Newsletters Series G – General Issues and Teaching Materials The SOEP Survey Papers are available at http://www.diw.de/soepsurveypapers Editors: Dr. Jan Goebel, DIW Berlin Dr. Christian Hunkler, DIW Berlin Prof. Dr. Philipp Lersch, DIW Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dr. Levent Neyse, DIW Berlin and Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) Prof. Dr. Carsten Schröder, DIW Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Sabine Zinn, DIW Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Please cite this paper as follows: infas, 2025. SOEP-Core – 2022: Catch-up Individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1-M8b). SOEP Survey Papers 1443: Series A – Survey Instruments (Erhebungsinstrumente). Berlin: DIW Berlin/SOEP This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. © 2025 by SOEP ISSN: 2193-5580 (online) DIW Berlin German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Mohrenstr. 58 10117 Berlin Germany [email protected] The German Socio Economic Panel at DIW Berlin SOEP-Core – 2022: Catch-up Individual (A-R+IAB-SOEP-M1-M8b) infas 2025 Dear Participant, Our study aims above all at depicting the changes that occur in personal and professional contexts over the course of people's lives. To achieve this goal, we need complete information on some aspects of life, without any gaps. This short supplementary questionnaire is only intended for people who did not take part in the 2021 survey. Please help us fi ll in the gaps that occurred as a result of missing this year. Thank you very much! Your participation is voluntary, but the scientifi c relevance of this study depends crucially on the participation of every member of every household. We therefore cordially request that you either – allow our staff member to interview you or – carefully fi ll out this questionnaire yourself. This questionnaire is to be fi lled out by (ggf. vom Interviewer auszufüllen): First name: Questionnaire Catch-up Questionnaire EN Kurzfragebogen Personen <Vorname> SOEP Survey Papers 1443 infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH Postfach 240101 53154 Bonn Tel. 0800/66 77 876 [email protected] www.leben-in-deutschland.de Falls eine Interviewerin/ein Interviewer vor Ort, bitte angeben: LFD Interviewernummer . . Datum (Tag . Monat . Jahr) 7704/K-PE_EN/2022 Questionnaire Catch-up Questionnaire Kurzfragebogen Personen Fragebogen SIE-Variante schwarzer Stift kurz infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH Postfach 240101 53154 Bonn Tel. 0800/66 77 876 [email protected] www.leben-in-deutschland.de We also off er an online questionnaire as an alternative to the paper version. To complete the questionnaire online, please enter the following address into your Internet browser: Your personal access code is: If you completed the questionnaire online, you don’t need to return this printed questionnaire. <LinkCAWI> <PWD-CAWI> <Barcode> <LFD/Personen-Nr> SOEP Survey Papers 1443 27704/2022 87701/2021 Make an X in the box next to the answer option that you think comes the closest. If you make a mistake, clearly cross out the wrong answer and make an X in the correct box. Example: Yes No If you change your mind and decide that you want to select the answer that you just crossed out, you will need to clearly cross out the second mistake and then make a circle around the box you had crossed out fi rst. Example: Yes No When fi lling out the questionnaire, please pay attention to the instructions for each question: Example: Please select one answer only. If there is a blank for you to write your answer in, please print your answer in the blank. Example: Country: Sometimes you are asked to give numerical answers. Please enter your answer by aligning numbers to the right in the spaces provided: Example: Number: If you should skip certain questions, there will be specifi c instructions: Example: Yes → Continue with question 11 Please make sure: that you fi ll out the questionnaire in black pen only. that your answers are clearly legible. and that your answers are inside the boxes. This makes our work much easier. Thank you very much! If you have any questions about fi lling out the questionnaire or about your participation in the study, you are welcome to contact us at infas. You can call us during normal business hours at our toll-free number, 0800–6677876, or send us an e-mail at [email protected]. We will respond to e-mails as quickly as possible. For more information on the study, please see the infas homepage at: www.leben-in-deutschland.de How should the questionnaire be fi lled out? Further information SOEP Survey Papers 1443 3 7704/2022 Please think back again on the year 2020. Below is a kind of calendar. On the left are statements about what you might have been doing in 2020. Please go through the list and select one answer for each month – employed, unemployed, etc. Please select one answer for each month! If you were unemployed, even if for less than a month, please select unemployed for that month. 2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec I was … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 … employed full-time … employed part-time … working reduced hours (short-time work) … working at a Mini-Job (up to 450€) … in first-time in-service training (betriebliche Erstausbildung) / apprenticeship (Lehre) … in further training (Fortbildung) / retraining (Umschulung), further occupational training (berufliche Weiterbildung) … registered unemployed … in retirement / early retirement (Vorruhestand) … on maternity leave (Mutterschutz)/ childcare leave (Erziehungsurlaub)/ parental leave (Elternzeit) … attending school / university / or vocational school (Fachschule) … military service, community service, voluntary social year, voluntary ecological year, federal volunteer service … Homemaker … Other ↓ please specify: 1 SOEP Survey Papers 1443 47704/2022 Did you leave a job or position at any time in the year 2020? This includes leaving a job due to leave of absence (Beurlaubung)/ maternity leave (Mutterschutz)/ parental leave (Elternzeit)! Yes 1 No 2 → Continue with question 6 ↓ In which month did you leave your job? Months: How long were you employed at your last job? years months How did that job end? Please select only one answer! My place of work or office closed 1 I resigned / quit 2 I was fired / laid off by my employer 3 I left by mutual agreement with employer 4 The job / apprenticeship was temporary and came to an end 5 I reached retirement age / retired 6 I took a leave of absence (Beurlaubung) / maternity leave (Mutterschutz) / parental leave (Elternzeit) 7 I gave up self-employment / closed my business 8 Did you receive any of the following benefits or financial support at any point in 2020? If so, for how many months? Please give an answer in each line. No Yes Number of months in 2020 2 1 Unemployment benefit (also while attending further education / re-/training or while receiving a transitional allowance) → Unemployment Benefit II / social Benefit → Parental allowance (Elterngeld) / maternity allowance (Mutterschaftsgeld) → BAföG grant / scholarship / vocational training allowance → Did you finish school, vocational training, or university / higher education in 2020? Yes 1 No 2 → Continue with question 11 ↓ In which month? 2 3 4 5 6 7 SOEP Survey Papers 1443