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SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
Con en s
1 Iden i ie 3
cid – Case-ID, O iginal Household Numbe ..................... 3
hid – Cu en Household Numbe .......................... 3
pid1 – Ne e Changing Pe son Id Playe 1 ...................... 4
pid2 – Ne e Changing Pe son Id Playe 2 ...................... 5
syea – Su ey-Yea ................................... 5
2 Collec i e s. Indi idual Risk A i udes 6
exp_spli – Spli „Sec e ly“ o „Openly“ a e Decision 1 ............... 6
exp_e g1 – Decision shee 1: Decision o Playe 1 .................. 6
exp_e g2 – Decision shee 1: Decision o Playe 2 .................. 6
exp_e g3 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 1 Playe 1 .............. 7
exp_e g4 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 2 Playe 1 .............. 7
exp_e g5 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 3 Playe 1 .............. 8
exp_e g6 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 4 Playe 1 .............. 8
exp_e g7 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 1 Playe 2 .............. 9
exp_e g8 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 2 Playe 2 ............. 9
exp_e g9 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 3 Playe 2 ............. 10
exp_e g10 – Decision shee 2: Decision scena io 4 Playe 2 ............. 10
exp_z1 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 1 Playe 1 ................. 11
exp_eu o1 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 1 Playe 1 .............. 11
exp_z2 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 1 Playe 2 ................. 12
exp_z3 – Random decision scena io in decision shee 2 ............... 12
exp_z4 – Random decision scena ios 1 and 2: Who is Playe A? ........... 12
exp_z5 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 2: Scena io 1 o 2? ............ 13
exp_eu o2 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 1 ............ 13
exp_eu o3 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 2 ............ 14
exp_z6 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 o 4? ............ 14
exp_eu o4 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 and Tails ....... 14
exp_eu o5 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 and Heads . . . . . . 15
exp_N – Which playe has he lowes numbe in scena io 4? ............ 16
exp_eu o6 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 4 ............ 16
exp_eu o7 – Exac amoun o EUR won ........................ 17
exp_eu o8 – Rounded amoun o EUR won ..................... 17
exp_z7 – Random decision o payou (numbe 1 wins) ............... 18
exp_eu o9 – Amoun o EUR paid ou o household a e winning ......... 18
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 2
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
1 Iden i ie
cid – Case-ID, O iginal Household Numbe
921130 1
921238 1
921297 1
921386 1
921491 1
921610 1
921700 1
921726 1
921793 1
921815 1
921858 1
921874 1
922064 1
922412 1
923656 1
... (471 ows omi ed) 475
4087815 1
4087939 1
4088048 1
4088234 1
4089370 1
4089443 1
4089702 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
hid – Cu en Household Numbe
901644 1
901750 1
901873 1
902012 1
902110 1
902365 1
902527 1
902640 1
902802 1
902977 1
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 3
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
903493 1
903515 1
903779 1
904406 1
904716 1
... (475 ows omi ed) 475
4087815 1
4087939 1
4088048 1
4088234 1
4089370 1
4089443 1
4089702 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
pid1 – Ne e Changing Pe son Id Playe 1
9018703 1
9026402 1
9035102 1
9211302 1
9212304 1
9212901 1
9213801 1
9214901 1
9216103 1
9217001 1
9217201 1
9217901 1
9218101 1
9218501 1
9218701 1
... (475 ows omi ed) 475
40878101 1
40879301 1
40880401 1
40882301 1
40893701 1
40894401 1
40897001 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 4
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
pid2 – Ne e Changing Pe son Id Playe 2
9016402 1
9017502 1
9018704 1
9020102 1
9023602 1
9025202 1
9028002 1
9029702 1
9034902 1
9037702 1
9044002 1
9047102 1
9049002 1
9211303 1
9212302 1
... (475 ows omi ed) 475
40878102 1
40879303 1
40880402 1
40882302 1
40893702 1
40894402 1
40897002 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
syea – Su ey-Yea
2016 497
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 Answe imp obable 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 5
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
2 Collec i e s. Indi idual Risk A i udes
exp_spli – Spli „Sec e ly“ o „Openly“ a e Decision 1
1[1] Sec e ly 258
2[2] Openly 239
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_e g1 – Decision shee 1: Decision o Playe 1
1[1] Game 1 90
2[2] Game 2 17
3[3] Game 3 24
4[4] Game 4 19
5[5] Game 5 45
6[6] Game 6 118
7[7] Game 7 29
8[8] Game 8 21
9[9] Game 9 21
10 [10] Game 10 16
11 [11] Game 11 97
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_e g2 – Decision shee 1: Decision o Playe 2
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 6
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
-8 Ques ion no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_z5 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 2: Scena io 1 o 2?
1[1] Tails 126
2[2] Heads 134
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 237
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o2 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 1
0 8
11
2 4
3 1
4 2
5 10
6 7
7 4
8 5
9 5
10 35
12 5
14 7
16 5
18 4
20 4
22 2
24 2
26 3
28 2
30 9
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 372
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 13
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
exp_eu o3 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 2
0 4
1 4
2 6
3 4
4 4
5 10
6 4
7 8
8 10
9 12
10 11
12 4
14 4
16 9
18 7
20 16
22 4
24 3
26 3
28 1
30 7
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 362
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_z6 – Heads o Tails – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 o 4?
1[1] Tails 246
2[2] Heads 251
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o4 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 and Tails
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 14
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
10 2
12 1
13 3
14 5
15 1
16 2
17 4
18 1
19 6
20 11
21 7
22 5
23 2
24 3
25 2
26 3
27 1
28 1
30 3
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 434
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o5 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 3 and Heads
0 2
0.5 2
1 1
1.5 1
2 4
2.5 3
3 3
3.5 3
4 3
4.5 3
5 8
5.5 2
6 5
6.5 7
7 4
7.5 2
8 5
8.5 3
9.5 1
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 15
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 435
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_N – Which playe has he lowes numbe in scena io 4?
1[1] Playe 1 211
2[2] Playe 2 206
3[3] Bo h playe s 80
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o6 – Amoun o EUR – Decision shee 2: Scena io 4
0 2
1 4
2 1
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 7
8 4
9 7
10 40
12 4
14 3
16 8
18 7
20 5
22 1
24 4
28 2
30 4
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 385
-3 Answe imp obable 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 16
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o7 – Exac amoun o EUR won
0 1
1 2
4 2
5 3
8 2
9 1
10 1
11 2
12 2
12.5 1
13 2
13.5 1
14 3
15 5
15.5 1
... (68 ows omi ed) 453
66 4
70 5
74 1
80 1
82 2
85 1
86 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o8 – Rounded amoun o EUR won
0 3
5 5
10 8
15 24
20 32
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 17
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
25 60
30 74
35 57
40 66
45 53
50 42
55 24
60 25
65 13
70 5
75 1
80 3
85 2
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_z7 – Random decision o payou (numbe 1 wins)
1[1] wins payou 102
2 99
3 84
4 113
5 99
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
exp_eu o9 – Amoun o EUR paid ou o household a e winning
5 1
10 5
15 6
20 6
25 7
30 16
35 11
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 18
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) ilo e y
40 16
45 8
50 12
55 3
60 8
70 2
80 1
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 395
-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 no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1483 19
