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SOEP Su ey Pape s, No. 1476
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1476
2025
Se ies D – Va iable Desc ip ions and Coding
SOEP-IS 2023 – HPATHL: Household-
Rela ed Me a-Da ase (Long)
SOEP-IS G oup
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,
DIW Be lin.
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da a p ocessing. The SOEP Su ey Pape s is comp ised o he ollowing se ies:
Se ies A – Su ey Ins umen s (E hebungsins umen e)
Se ies B – Su ey Repo s (Me hodenbe ich e)
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Se ies D – Va iable Desc ip ions and Coding
Se ies E – SOEPmoni o s
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SOEP-IS 2023 – HPATHL:
Household-Rela ed Me a-Da ase (Long)
SOEP-IS G oup
2025
The ile hpa hl is pa o a collec ion, which is eleased wi h doi:10.5684/soep.is.2023.
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) hpa hl
Con en s
1 P ima y Key, Fo eign Keys and Sample In o ma ion 3
cid – O iginal Houshold Numbe , Case ID ...................... 3
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe ........................... 3
syea – Su ey Yea ................................... 3
sample1 – Subsample Iden i ie ............................ 3
2 Su ey His o y 4
hne o – Ak uelle Be agungss a us ......................... 4
3 Basic Demog aphic In o ma ion 5
samp eg – Ak uelle S ichp oben egion ........................ 5
hpop – Ak uelle Popula ionszugehoe igkei ..................... 5
4 Weigh ing 5
hbleib – In e se S aying P obabili y .......................... 5
hh – PRELIMINARY: Weigh ing ac o ....................... 6
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1476 2
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) hpa hl
1 P ima y Key, Fo eign Keys and Sample In o ma ion
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.
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
1998 373
1999 388
2000 405
2001 428
2002 432
2003 443
2004 451
2005 463
2006 477
2007 476
2008 471
2009 1960
2010 2223
2011 1840
2012 4610
2013 6972
2014 7720
2015 4578
2016 8680
2017 4877
2018 4467
2019 4054
2020 4687
2021 2558
2022 3635
2023 13166
Su ey yea (Re e ence Yea o su ey ins umen s)
sample1 – Subsample Iden i ie
1A Ge man HH Head, Wes , 1984 0
2B1 Tu kish HH Head, 1984 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1476 3
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) hpa hl
3B2 Yugosla HH Head, 1984 0
4B3 G eek HH Head, 1984 0
5B4 I alian HH Head, 1984 0
6B5 Spanish HH Head, 1984 0
7C Ge man HH Head, Eas , 1990 0
8D1 Immig an W. Ge many (1984-1994), 1994/95 0
9D2 Immig an W. Ge many (1984-1994), 1994/95 0
10 E1 Re eshmen (PAPI), 1998 4941
11 E2 Re eshmen (CAPI), 1998 4628
12 F1 Re eshmen , 2000 0
13 F2 Re eshmen , Addi ional Fo eigne Add esses, 2000 0
15 G2 High Income, 2002 0
16 H Re eshmen , 2006 0
... (22 ows omi ed) 71265
60 L2/3 FiD Sc eening, Low Income, 2010/11 0
61 L2/3 FiD Sc eening, Single Pa en , 2010/11 0
62 L2/3 FiD Sc eening, Families wi h Se e al Child en, 2010/11 0
63 L1 FiD Bi h Coho 2007, 2010/11 0
64 L1 FiD Bi h Coho 2008, 2010/11 0
65 L1 FiD Bi h Coho 2009, 2010/11 0
66 L1 FiD Bi h Coho 2010, 2010/11 0
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 Implausible alue 0
-4 Inadmissable 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 0
2 Su ey His o y
hne o – Ak uelle Be agungss a us
1Success ul HH In e iew 50839
2HH In B u o Only 29995
3unsuccess ul, ini ial g oss sample 0
-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 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
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1476 4
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) hpa hl
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.
3 Basic Demog aphic In o ma ion
samp eg – Ak uelle S ichp oben egion
1Wes -Ge many 64041
2Eas -Ge many 14159
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 76
-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 2558
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 – Ak uelle Popula ionszugehoe igkei
1P i a e HH, Ge man HH-Head 46156
2P i a e HH, Fo eign HH-Head 2180
3Ins i u ionalized HH, Ge man HH-Head 244
4Ins i u ionalized HH, Fo eign HH-Head 26
-1 No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 32228
-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
POP was de i ed om WUM2 in HBRUTTO as well as PNAT_V* and STELL_V* (na ionali-
y and ela ionship o head o household in PBRUTTO). Missing alues we e impu ed based
on he pe son’s his o y. Thus, he only admissible missing alue is –2, meaning no appli-
cable. This a iable is he e o e pa icula ly impo an , as i en e s in o he de e mina ion o
c oss-sec ional weigh s. The a iable co esponds wi h POP in PPATH/L.
4 Weigh ing
hbleib – In e se S aying P obabili y
in e se p obabili y weigh s
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1476 5
SOEP Inno a ion Sample (2023) hpa hl
hh – PRELIMINARY: Weigh ing ac o
s anda d household weigh . The weigh ing o he 2023 su ey yea is based on he p e ious
yea ’s ma ginal dis ibu ion. The upda ed ma ginal dis ibu ions o he Fede al S a is ical
O ice o Ge many o 2023 we e no ye a ailable o us a he ime o he da a elease. We
he e o e ask you o apply he weigh ing o 2023 wi h cau ion. The newly d awn sample in
2023 had o be in eg a ed in o he weigh ing wi h he in o ma ion on he ma ginal dis ibu-
ions o he p e ious yea , which can lead o addi ional inaccu acies.
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1476 6
