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SOEP-IS 2023 – IDRM: Pe son-Rela ed
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Running since 1984, he Ge man Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is a wide- anging ep esen a i e lon-
gi udinal s udy o p i a e households, loca ed a he Ge man Ins i u e o Economic Resea ch,
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SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
Con en s
1 O e iew 3
2 Va iables in File IDRM 3
cid – Case-ID, O iginal Household Numbe ..................... 3
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe ........................... 3
pid – Ne e Changing Pe son ID ........................... 3
syea – Su ey Yea ................................... 3
im_d m_p e – Inno a i e Module: P e es Day Recons uc ion Me hod ...... 4
im_d m – Inno a i e Module: Day Recons uc ion Me hod ............. 4
d m_w – Weekday o su ey ............................. 4
d m_a – When did you ge up yes e day? ....................... 5
ak n – Numbe o episode .............................. 5
ak – Ac i i y ...................................... 6
ak _s – S a o ac i i y ................................. 7
ak _e – End o ac i i y ................................. 8
ak _sek_jn – Seconda y ac i i y yes / no ....................... 8
ak _sek – Seconda y ac i i y .............................. 9
ak _sek_s – S a o sec. ac i i y ............................ 9
ak _sek_e – End o sec. ac i i y ............................ 10
ak _pleasan – Episode pleasan / unpleasan .................... 11
o – Place o episode .................................. 11
a ound1 – Nobody a ound ............................... 11
a ound2 – Pa ne / spouse a ound .......................... 12
a ound3 – F iend(s) a ound .............................. 12
a ound4 – Colleague(s) a ound ............................ 12
a ound5 – Clien s a ound ............................... 13
a ound6 – Child en a ound .............................. 13
a ound7 – Rela i es a ound .............................. 13
a ound8 – Supe iso a ound ............................. 13
a ound9 – O he pe son(s) a ound .......................... 14
a ound10 – No in o ma ion on pe son(s) a ound .................. 14
emo ion1 – Happiness ................................. 14
emo ion2 – Ange ................................... 15
emo ion3 – F us a ion ................................. 15
emo ion4 – Fa igue ................................... 15
emo ion5 – Sadness .................................. 16
emo ion6 – Wo ies .................................. 16
emo ion7 – Pain .................................... 17
emo ion8 – En husiasm ................................ 17
emo ion9 – Sa is ac ion ................................ 17
emo ion10 – Bo edom ................................. 18
emo ion11 – Loneliness ................................ 18
emo ion12 – S ess ................................... 19
emo ion13 – Meaning ................................. 19
q13d m – How ypical was ha day o you, al oge he ? ............... 19
q14d m – And how pleasan did you ind his day o e all? .............. 20
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 2
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
1 O e iew
Expe ien ial measu es o subjec i e well-being assess a ec i e eac ions o e ime, ei he by
sampling expe iences as hey happen o by e ospec i ely ec ea ing expe iences soon a e
hey occu . In his module, esponden s econs uc a ull day, desc ibing wha hey did, who
hey we e wi h, and how hey el h oughou he day.
2 Va iables in File IDRM
cid – Case-ID, O iginal Household Numbe
-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 Wa e HH Numbe
-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
pid – Ne e Changing Pe son ID
-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
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 3
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
2012 69090
2013 57600
2014 52890
2015 49050
-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
im_d m_p e – Inno a i e Module: P e es Day Recons uc ion Me hod
0[0] Does no apply 221100
1[1] Does apply 7530
-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
im_d m – Inno a i e Module: Day Recons uc ion Me hod
0[0] Does no apply 7530
1[1] Does apply 221100
-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
d m_w – Weekday o su ey
1[1] Sunday 3030
2[2] Monday 22470
3[3] Tuesday 56280
4[4] Wednesday 50580
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 4
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
5[5] Thu sday 44520
6[6] F iday 32190
7[7] Sa u day 19500
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 60
-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
d m_a – When did you ge up yes e day?
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 60
-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
00:05 1200
00:10 60
00:20 60
00:25 30
00:30 120
00:40 180
00:50 660
... (112 ows omi ed) 225210
13:15 30
13:30 180
13:45 30
14:00 300
14:15 30
14:30 30
14:55 30
15:00 120
15:15 30
16:00 90
16:15 30
17:00 60
17:30 30
19:30 30
23:00 30
ak n – Numbe o episode
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 5
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
1 7621
2 7621
3 7621
4 7621
5 7621
6 7621
7 7621
8 7621
97621
10 7621
11 7621
12 7621
13 7621
14 7621
15 7621
... (8 ows omi ed) 60968
24 7621
25 7621
26 7621
27 7621
28 7621
29 7621
30 7621
-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
ak – Ac i i y
1[1] On he way o wo k/ s udy o way home om he e 5010
2[2] Way o spa e ime ac i i y, way back home 3055
3[3] Wo king / s udying 4538
4[4] Shopping 2653
5[5] P epa ing ood 6647
6[6] Ea ing 15162
7[7] Washing / showe ing / ba hing / b ushing ee h / d essing onesel 9857
8[8] Doing housewo k 6138
9[9] Taking ca e o child en, aking hem o school, ac i i ies 2606
10 [10] Mee iends 1522
11 [11] Res ing, aking a nap 2443
12 [12] Relaxing 2654
13 [13] In ima e ela ions 67
14 [14] Wo ship, medi a ion 192
15 [15] Wa ching TV 7438
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 6
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
a ound5 – Clien s a ound
0[0] Does no apply 22442
1[1] Does apply 325
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
a ound6 – Child en a ound
0[0] Does no apply 20833
1[1] Does apply 1934
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
a ound7 – Rela i es a ound
0[0] Does no apply 22022
1[1] Does apply 745
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
a ound8 – Supe iso a ound
0[0] Does no apply 22558
1[1] Does apply 209
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 205863
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 13
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
-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
a ound9 – O he pe son(s) a ound
0[0] Does no apply 22151
1[1] Does apply 616
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
a ound10 – No in o ma ion on pe son(s) a ound
0[0] Does no apply 22718
1[1] Does apply 0
-1 No Answe 49
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion1 – Happiness
1[1] No a all 3558
2 1788
3 2877
4 4869
5 4389
6 2748
7[7] Ve y s ongly 1766
-1 No Answe 772
-2 Does no apply 205863
-3 Answe imp obable 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 14
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
-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
emo ion2 – Ange
1[1] No a all 15962
2 2821
3 1301
4 1170
5 482
6 196
7[7] Ve y s ongly 87
-1 No Answe 748
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion3 – F us a ion
1[1] No a all 16807
2 2439
3 1079
4 961
5 451
6 178
7[7] Ve y s ongly 104
-1 No Answe 748
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion4 – Fa igue
1[1] No a all 10460
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 15
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
2 2569
3 2568
4 2574
5 2063
6 1133
7[7] Ve y s ongly 680
-1 No Answe 720
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion5 – Sadness
1[1] No a all 18889
2 1683
3 542
4 629
5 173
6 67
7[7] Ve y s ongly 39
-1 No Answe 745
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion6 – Wo ies
1[1] No a all 16551
2 2388
3 1298
4 1085
5 454
6 171
7[7] Ve y s ongly 81
-1 No Answe 739
-2 Does no apply 205863
-3 Answe imp obable 0
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 16
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
-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
emo ion7 – Pain
1[1] No a all 16694
2 1734
3 1168
4 1200
5 710
6 353
7[7] Ve y s ongly 173
-1 No Answe 735
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion8 – En husiasm
1[1] No a all 6921
2 2447
3 3313
4 4077
5 2841
61544
7[7] Ve y s ongly 894
-1 No Answe 730
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion9 – Sa is ac ion
1[1] No a all 2425
2 1188
3 2691
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 17
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
4 5205
5 4991
6 3540
7[7] Ve y s ongly 2040
-1 No Answe 687
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion10 – Bo edom
1[1] No a all 16694
2 2491
3 1125
4 1043
5 414
6 169
7[7] Ve y s ongly 96
-1 No Answe 735
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion11 – Loneliness
1[1] No a all 17954
2 1871
3 785
4 794
5 331
6 176
7[7] Ve y s ongly 120
-1 No Answe 736
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 18
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
-8 Ques ion no pa o he su ey p og am his yea 0
emo ion12 – S ess
1[1] No a all 16309
2 2144
3 1292
4 1169
5 649
6 320
7[7] Ve y s ongly 152
-1 No Answe 732
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
emo ion13 – Meaning
1[1] No a all 11483
2 1846
3 1582
4 2615
5 1724
6 1293
7[7] Ve y s ongly 1216
-1 No Answe 1008
-2 Does no apply 205863
-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
q13d m – How ypical was ha day o you, al oge he ?
0[0] no ypical a all 4080
1 2880
2 5700
3 5670
4 4080
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1479 19
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) id m
5 10620
6 7530
7 13830
8 21780
9 12360
10 [10] e y ypical 13320
-1 No Answe 30
-2 Does no apply 60
-3 Answe imp obable 0
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 126690
-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
q14d m – And how pleasan did you ind his day o e all?
0[0] e y unpleasan 630
1 690
2 1050
3 2880
4 3240
5 13500
6 11610
7 19740
8 29070
9 12600
10 [10] e y pleasan 6810
-1 No Answe 60
-2 Does no apply 60
-3 Answe imp obable 0
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 126690
-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 1479 20
