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SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
Con en s
1 Gene al In o ma ion 5
2 Iden i ie s 5
pid – Ne e Changing Pe son ID ............................. 5
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe ............................. 5
cid – O iginal Houshold Numbe , Case ID ......................... 5
syea – Su ey Yea .................................... 5
3 Own Na ionali y and Residen ial S a us 6
pgna ion – 1. Na ionali y ................................. 6
pgs a us_asyl – S a us quo, Applica ion o Asylum .................... 7
pgs a us_ e u – Re ugee esidence s a us ......................... 7
4 Familiy S a us and Pa ne ship 8
pgpa z – Pa ne Indica o ................................ 8
pgpa n – Pa ne Pe son Numbe ............................ 8
pg ams d – Ma i al S a us In Su ey Yea ......................... 9
5 Wages and Sala y 10
pglabg o – Cu en G oss Labo Income in Eu o ...................... 10
pgimpg o – Impu a ion lag o LABGROxx ........................ 10
pglabne – Cu en Ne Labo Income in Eu o ....................... 11
pgimpne – Impu a ion lag o LABNETxx ........................ 11
pgsndjob – Cu en G oss Seconda y Income In Eu o ................... 12
pgimpsnd – Impu a ion Flag Fo SNDJOBxx ........................ 12
pgsndjob1 – Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (1) In Eu o ............... 12
pgsndjob2 – Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (2) In Eu o ............... 13
pgsndjob3 – Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (3) In Eu o ............... 14
pgimpsnd1 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (1) .......... 15
pgimpsnd2 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (2) .......... 15
pgimpsnd3 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (3) .......... 16
6 Cu en Employmen S a us 16
pgs ib – Occupa ional Posi ion .............................. 16
pgempls – Employmen S a us .............................. 18
pgl s – Labo Fo ce S a us ................................ 18
pgjobch – Occupa ional Change ............................. 20
pgsnd yp1 – 1. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion ................... 21
pgsnd yp2 – 1. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion ................... 22
pgsnd yp3 – 3. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion ................... 22
7 Cu en Occupa ion 23
pgisco88 – Cu en Occupa ional Classi ica ion (ISCO-88 Com) .............. 23
pgisco08 – Cu en Occupa ional Classi ica ion (ISCO-08) ................ 24
pgkldb92 – Cu en Occupa ional Classi ica ion (KldB92) ................. 25
pgkldb2010 – Cu en Occupa ional Classi ica ion (KldB2010) .............. 26
pgisei08 – Las Reached Isei Value (In e na ional Socio-Economic Index) ......... 27
pgmps08 – Las Reached Mps Value (Magni ude-P es ige-Skale, Wegene ) ........ 28
pgsiops08 – las eached SIOPS sco e (s and. in e na . occ. p es ige scale, T eiman) . . . . 29
pgegp08 – Las Reached Egp Value (E ikson, Gold ho pe, Po oca e o) .......... 30
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 2

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pgisei88 – Las Reached Isei Value (In e na ional Socio-Economic Index) ......... 31
pgmps92 – Las Reached Mps Value (Magni ude-P es ige-Skale, Wegene ) ........ 32
pgsiops88 – las eached SIOPS sco e (s and. in e na . occ. p es ige scale, T eiman) . . . . 32
pgegp88 – Las Reached Egp Value (E ikson, Gold ho pe, Po oca e o) .......... 33
pge ljob – Wo king In Occupa ion T ained Fo ...................... 34
pgausb – Requi ed T aining Fo Job ............................ 35
pge wzei – Leng h O Time Wi h Fi m .......................... 35
pg a zei – Ac ual Wo k Time Pe Week .......................... 37
pg ebzei – Ag eed Upon Wo k Time Pe Week ...................... 37
pguebs d – O e ime Pe Week .............................. 37
pgoe d – Ci il Se ice .................................. 38
pgnace – Indus y Occupa ion [pb a] (NACE Re . 1.1, Sec o ) ............... 38
pgnace2 – Indus y Occupa ion [pb a] (NACE Re . 2, Sec o ) ............... 39
pgbe – Size o he Company ............................... 40
pgallbe – Co e Ca ego y Size O The Company ...................... 41
8 Las Occupa ion 42
pgjobend – Reasons o occupa ional change ....................... 42
9 Employmen His o y 43
pgexp – Wo king Expe ience Full-Time Employmen ................... 43
pgexpp – Wo king Expe ience Pa -Time Employmen ................... 44
pgexpue – Unemploymen Expe ience .......................... 45
10 Volun ee ing 46
pghono 1 – Fi s Volun a y Wo k ............................. 46
pghono 2 – Second Volun a y Wo k ........................... 46
pghono 3 – Thi d Volun a y Wo k ............................. 47
11 School, Highe and Voca ional Educa ion 47
pgisced97 – ISCED-1997-Classi ica ion .......................... 47
pgisced11 – ISCED-2011-Classi ica ion .......................... 48
pgcasmin – CASMIN Classi ica ion ............................ 48
pgbilzei – Amoun O Educa ion O T aining In Yea s ................... 49
pgpsbil – School-Lea ing Deg ee ............................. 50
pgpbbil01 – Voca ional Deg ee Recei ed ......................... 50
pgpbbil02 – College Deg ee ............................... 51
pgpbbil03 – No Voca ional Deg ee ............................ 52
pgpsbilo – School-Lea ing Deg ee Eas Ge many ..................... 52
pgpbbilo – Voca ional Deg ee Recei ed Eas Ge many .................. 53
pgpsbila – School-Lea ing Deg ee Ou side Ge many ................... 53
pgpbbila – Voca ional Deg ee Ou side Ge many ..................... 54
pg ield – Field o e ia y educa ion ............................ 54
pgdeg ee – Type o e ia y deg ee ............................ 56
pg aina – App en iceship - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92 ................. 58
pg ainb – Voca ional school - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92 ................ 60
pg ainc – Highe oca ional school - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92 ............ 61
pg aind – Ci il se an aining - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92 .............. 61
pg d _ – Da a sou ce FIELD, DEGREE, TRAIN ...................... 62
pgbilz ch – Change in Educa ion since las su ey / las yea ............... 62
pgbilz e – Change in Educa ion, o al obse ed pe iod .................. 63
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 3
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
12 Poli ical A i udes 64
pgpico iga – Pa y Iden i ica ion in Coun y o O igin ................... 64
pgpico igb – Pa y Iden i ied wi h in Coun y o O igin .................. 64
pgpico igc – Pa y Family o PI in Coun y o O igin .................... 65
13 In o ma ion on he In e iew 65
pgmon h – Mon h O In e iew .............................. 65
pgpiyea – Pe sonal Rela ed Su ey Yea ......................... 66
pgmode – In e iew Me hod ............................... 66
inpu da ase – Sou ce da ase .............................. 67
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 4
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
1 Gene al In o ma ion
The PGEN- iles con ain use iendly da a on he indi idual le el which a e consolida ed
om di e en sou ces in long o ma . The plausibili y is in many espec s longi udinally
alida ed, he e o e he da a he e a e in mos si ua ions supe io compa ed o he da a in PL
o $P.
The ile con ains one ow o each pe son (PID) and su eyyea (SYEAR) (each combina ion
o PID and SYEAR is unique) wi h a comple ed pe sonal o you h ques ionnai e. These a e
he pe sons whe e NETTO in PPFADL has he alues 10–17 o 19 which is equi alen o
alues 1 and 5 in NETT1.
The same con en can be ound in he wa e speci ic $PGEN iles. The a iable names a e
simila and di e especially in p e ixes and su ixes.
In 2017 he ile con ains in o ma ion abou wo special g oups o i s - ime esponden e-
ugee eenage s. Fi s g oup o 143 esponden s (ne o 29) is analogous o 2016, pa o he
household ques ionnai e and he da a a e s o ed in he child da ase . The second g oup con-
ains 108 indi iduals o age 16-17 om e ugee sample, who ecei ed a special ques ionai e.
These esponden s a e pa o you h da ase JUGENDL and can be iden i ied by he ins u-
men indica o alue 73.
F om e sion 34 on, PGAUTONO is no a pa o da a deli e y.
F om e sion 32 on, PGERWTYP is no a pa o da a deli e y. The in o ma ion ela ed o
PGERWTYP ca ego ies can be ound in he a iable(s) PGJOBCH, PGEMPLST, PGLFS.
2 Iden i ie s
pid – Ne e Changing Pe son ID
The cen al indi idual iden i ie ac oss ime is PID, which is ixed o e ime (and o cou se
da ase s).
hid – Cu en Wa e HH Numbe
This iden i ie g oups all pe sons in o households a he ime o he mos ecen wa e.
cid – O iginal Houshold Numbe , Case ID
The iden i ie o he household, when i is sampled and selec ed o in e iewing o he i s
ime. The CID is a ached o all pe sons li ing in his household and all new pe sons inhe i
his iden i ie , when hey a e bo n o mo e in a SOEP household. I is ixed no ma e how
o en a pe son changes he household in he cou se o ime.
syea – Su ey Yea
1984 12245
1985 11090
1986 10646
1987 10516
1988 10023
1989 9710
1990 13972
1991 13669
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 5
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
1992 13397
1993 13179
1994 13417
1995 13768
1996 13511
1997 13283
1998 14670
... (7 ows omi ed) 150639
2006 22665
2007 21232
2008 19945
2009 21035
2010 27124
2011 29264
2012 28520
2013 31523
2014 28042
2015 27743
2016 29870
2017 33265
2018 30997
2019 30397
2020 31083
3 Own Na ionali y and Residen ial S a us
pgna ion – 1. Na ionali y
1Ge many 640519
2Tu key 23509
3Ex-Yugosla ia 7448
4G eece 8243
5I aly 12275
6Spain 4658
7Ex-GDR (Coun y O O igin Only) 0
10 Aus ia 1581
11 F ance 773
12 Benelux 119
13 Denma k 189
14 G ea B i ain 628
15 Sweden 103
16 No way 37
17 Finland 104
... (170 ows omi ed) 49846
188 Chechnya 43
189 Cen al A ican Republic 0
190 Djibou i 0
191 Gabon 0
192 Como os 0
193 Ka a 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 6
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
0 467
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 3
5 5
7 2
8 2
91
10 23
11 1
12 9
14 1
15 16
16 5
... (465 ows omi ed) 6487
6500 3
7000 4
7700 1
7898 1
8000 2
9000 3
10000 1
12500 2
13000 1
15000 1
45000 1
100000 1
-2 Does no apply 97994
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
The a iable PGSNDJOB1 ep esen s he impu ed g oss labo income om a i s side job.
This in o ma ion is collec ed o he i s ime since 2017. I em non esponse is impu ed in a
wo-s age p ocedu e: i s , wi h he “Row-and-Column” me hod o Li le und Su (1989) using
indi idual longi udinal da a as well as c oss-sec ional end da a. Al e na i ely, i no indi-
idual longi udinal in o ma ion is a ailable, we base he impu a ion on a eg ession using
di e en Mince co a ia es.Impu ed alues a e lagged (PGIMPSNDJOB1).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgsndjob2 – Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (2) In Eu o
0 131
2 1
3 1
5 4
6 1
7 2
8 1
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 13

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
10 8
12 1
14 1
15 8
16 3
18 1
19 1
20 17
... (133 ows omi ed) 791
1600 2
1667 1
1700 1
1800 1
2000 6
2500 1
2950 1
3000 3
3900 1
4000 2
6115 1
20000 1
-2 Does no apply 104050
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGSNDJOB2 ep esen s he impu ed g oss labo income om a i s side job.
This in o ma ion is collec ed o he i s ime since 2017. I em non esponse is impu ed in a
wo-s age p ocedu e: i s , wi h he “Row-and-Column” me hod o Li le und Su (1989) using
indi idual longi udinal da a as well as c oss-sec ional end da a. Al e na i ely, i no indi-
idual longi udinal in o ma ion is a ailable, we base he impu a ion on a eg ession using
di e en Mince co a ia es.Impu ed alues a e lagged (PGIMPSNDJOB2).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgsndjob3 – Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (3) In Eu o
0 33
1 1
2 2
10 1
12 1
13 1
15 4
20 7
24 1
25 2
30 5
32 1
35 1
40 8
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 14
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
45 1
... (45 ows omi ed) 142
1200 2
1400 1
1500 1
1667 1
1800 1
2000 2
3689 1
4000 1
5000 1
10000 1
25000 1
305611 1
-2 Does no apply 104818
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGSNDJOB3 ep esen s he impu ed g oss labo income om a i s side job.
This in o ma ion is collec ed o he i s ime since 2017. I em non esponse is impu ed in a
wo-s age p ocedu e: i s , wi h he “Row-and-Column” me hod o Li le und Su (1989) using
indi idual longi udinal da a as well as c oss-sec ional end da a. Al e na i ely, i no indi-
idual longi udinal in o ma ion is a ailable, we base he impu a ion on a eg ession using
di e en Mince co a ia es.Impu ed alues a e lagged (PGIMPSNDJOB3).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgimpsnd1 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (1)
0No impu ed 6893
1Impu ed 156
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 97994
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGIMSND1 designa es impu a ions o i em non- esponse in he a iable PGSND-
JOB1 (cu en g oss labo income om a side job).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgimpsnd2 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (2)
0No impu ed 965
1Impu ed 28
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 15
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 104050
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGIMSND2 designa es impu a ions o i em non- esponse in he a iable PGSND-
JOB2 (cu en g oss labo income om a side job).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgimpsnd3 – Impu a ion lag, Cu en G oss Income Seconda y Job (3)
0No impu ed 213
1Impu ed 12
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 104818
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGIMSND3 designa es impu a ions o i em non- esponse in he a iable PGSND-
JOB3 (cu en g oss labo income om a side job).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
6 Cu en Employmen S a us
pgs ib – Occupa ional Posi ion
10 No employed (NE): wi hou u he in o ma ion 79986
11 NE: In educa ion, u he educa ion, app en iceship 35963
12 NE: egis e ed unemployed 46766
13 NE: Pensione 149483
15 NE: Mili a y, Communi y Se ice 2167
110 App en ice (un il 1999), ainee (1990 Eas ) 6985
120 App en ice / ainee in indus y o echnology (since 2000) 8547
130 App en ice / ainee in ade o comme ce (since 2000) 4762
140 S uden ainee, in e n 2324
150 Aspi an 3
210 Un ained Wo ke 22422
220 Semi-T ained Wo ke 45347
230 T ained Wo ke 48560
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 16
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
240 Fo eman, g oup leade 6534
250 Fo eman 2888
... (21 ows omi ed) 101991
530 Sala ied employee, skilled 95488
540 Sala ied employee, highly skilled o manage ial du ies 53117
550 Sala ied employee wi h ex ensi e manage ial du ies 6555
560 Managing pa ne o compa able employee in own company (since 2019) 475
610 Ci il se an , lowe le el 953
620 Ci il se an , middle le el 7255
630 Ci il se an , uppe le el 11710
640 Ci il se an , execu i e le el 7513
-1 Employed wi hou in o ma ion on occupa ional posi ion 2230
-2 Does no apply 416
-3 No alid 0
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 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
Wa es: all
The a iable ep esen s a compila ion o all ele an in o ma ion on cu en occupa ional
posi ion. I is gene a ed by combining in o ma ion on “occupa ional g oup”, “unemployed
(yes/no)”, “mili a y/communi y se ice”, “in educa ion (yes/no)”, and “pensione ”. A hie -
a chical scheme is used o de e mine which da a is gi en p ecedence when a a ie y o di-
e gen in o ma ion exis s (inc easing dominance):
alue label
10 no employed
13 pensione
11 cu en ly in educa ion
15 mili a y / communi y se ice
12 egis e ed unemployed
110–150 app en ice
410–440 sel -employed
210–250 manual labo e
510–550 employee
610–640 ci il se ice
The ca ego ies (150) and (310) o (340) we e only assigned o esponden s in Eas Ge many in
1990. In PGSTIB, non-wo king pe sons a e only assigned o he ca ego y (13) “pensione ” i
hey a e ecipien s o e i emen pension o i hey a e ecipien s o widow’s pension AND a e
olde han 60 yea s. Mo eo e , i he e is missing in o ma ion on pension eceip , addi ional
in o ma ion om ile ARTKALEN ( e ospec i e in o ma ion om he ac i i y calenda o
he p e ious yea ) is used in he gene a ion p ocess o de e mine i a pe son was in e i emen
o ea ly e i emen (Vo uhes and) a he ime o he in e iew.
The code (-2) is assigned o i s ime esponden s aged 16 o 17 who answe he you h ques-
ionnai e.
Since 2014 i has been possible ha sel -employed people (410–440) lea e missing he numbe
o employees o co-wo ke s. These obse a ions a e hen assigned o hei espec i e p ima y
ca ego ies (410, 420 and 430) which we e o he wise alid om 1984 un il 1999.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 17
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pgempls – Employmen S a us
1Full-Time Employmen 299765
2Regula Pa -Time Employmen 82358
3Voca ional T aining 21989
4Ma ginal, I egula Pa -Time Employmen 33647
5No Employed 311758
6Shel e ed wo kshop 700
-1 No answe 29
-2 Does no apply 65
-3 No alid 2
-4 Inadmissible mul iple esponse 0
-5 No included in his e sion o he ques ionnai e 127
-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
Wa es: all
This a iable is gene a ed om he annual ques ion on cu en employmen s a us, which
has a cen al il e unc ion in he ques ionnai e o sepa a e employed people om non-
employed people o u he ques ions. I is designed o p o ide consis en longi udinal da a
on employmen s a us ac oss all wa es.
Since he beginning o he SOEP in he yea 1984, a consis en s a us a iable has been used
o di e en ia e among di e en ypes o employmen s a us. The ca ego y “no employed”
comp ises non-wo king indi iduals, hose in mili a y/communi y se ice, hose on ma e ni-
y lea e, and employed pe sons in a phased e i emen scheme (Al e s eilzei ) whose cu en
ac ual wo king hou s a e ze o. F om 1998 on, he addi ional ca ego y “shel e ed wo kshop”
is included o disabled pe sons in shel e ed employmen .
PGEMPLST supplemen s he a iable PGLFS, which di e en ia es among pe sons who a e
no employed.
The in o ma ion abou newly included eenage e ugee sample special g oups in 2017 is
aken om child and you h da ase s. In case he eenage s do no a end school, hey we e
asked abou he al e na i e s a us. Those eenage s who a end school, a e in oca ional p e-
pa a ional yea o in a oca ional aining, o in oca ional school we e assigned alue o 3.
Those wai ing o he s a o he school e m o oca ion al aining, a e ca ego ized as 1.
In case he eenage s do no a end school and a e wo king he esponden s we e classi ed
o ca ego y 3. This in o ma ion also applies o i s - ime eenage esponden s in 2016 (who
we e p e iously ea ed as missings).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgl s – Labo Fo ce S a us
1Non-wo king (NW): wi hou u he in o ma ion 90186
2NW: age 65 and olde 109672
3NW: and cu en ly in aining/educa ion 31983
4NW: on pa en al lea e (since 1991) 13708
5NW: in mili a y/communi y se ice 985
6NW: and egis e ed unemployed 41193
8NW: bu occasional seconda y job (1985-2016) 8581
9NW: bu paid wo k in pas 7 days (since 1999) 4622
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10 NW: bu egula seconda y job (1985-2016) 7540
11 Wo king 434670
12 Wo king, bu inac i e wi hin pas 7 days (since 2000) 5700
13 NW: bu paid seconda y job (since 2017) 1520
-1 No answe 1
-2 Does no apply 79
-3 No alid 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
Wa es: all
This a iable is based on he annual ques ion on cu en employmen s a us, combined wi h
addi ional in o ma ion on ac i i ies o non-wo king indi iduals. The numbe o alues assi-
gned has been based, since he beginning o he SOEP in he yea 1984, on a la ge numbe
o highly di e en ia ed answe ca ego ies. I is designed o p o ide consis en longi udinal
da a on labo o ce pa icipa ion ac oss all wa es.
PGLFS p o ides a di e en ia ion be ween “wo king” (Code 11–12) and “non-wo king” (Code
1–10,13), ca ego ies which a e cons an o e all wa es. Non-employmen is subdi ided u he
in o de o make i possible o e icien ly apply di e en labo ma ke concep s in s udying
he da a. To calcula e his a iable, he a iables on employmen s a us, age, ma e ni y lea e,
seconda y jobs, egis a ion a he employmen o ice, pa icipa ion in paid wo k du ing he
pas 7 days and aining s a us a e used.
Fo esponden s who ha e mul iple s a us codes and di e en alues o his a iable, he
ollowing hie a chy was used o de e mine which o he alues would play he de e mining
ole (inc easing dominance):
alue label
1 Non-wo king (NW): wi hou u he in o ma ion
2 NW: age 65 and olde
3 NW: and cu en ly in aining/educa ion
6 NW: and egis e ed unemployed
4 NW: on pa en al lea e
5 NW: in mili a y/communi y se ice
8 NW: bu occasional seconda y job
10 NW: bu egula seconda y job
9 NW: bu paid wo k in pas 7 days
13 NW: bu paid seconda y job
11 Wo king
12 Wo king, bu inac i e wi hin pas 7 days
Since 2016, he ques ionnai e o e ugees con ains a new labo ma ke s a us ca ego y “ o-
ca ional in e nship (Ge : be iebliches P ak ikum)”, which is in eg a ed in he ca ego y 3
“non-wo king, and cu en ly in aining/educa ion” o PGLFS.
Since 2017 he e is no di e en ia ion be ween egula and occasional seconda y job. Ca ego y
13 is he e o e c ea ed o cap u e he esponden s who a e p ima ily no pa o he labo o ce
bu ei he egula ly o occasionally exe cise one o mo e seconda y ac i i ies which a e ei he
emune a ed o no olun a y.
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PGLFS supplemen s he a iable PGEMPLST, which di e en ia es among pe sons who a e
employed.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgjobch – Occupa ional Change
1No Employed 309841
2Employed No Change 356978
3Employed No In o I Change 3665
4Employed Wi h Change 71946
5Fi s Time Employed 7793
-1 No answe 19
-2 Does no apply 198
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable indica es a change o job since he p e ious in e iew o esponden s wi h a
ollow-up in e iew, whe eas o i s - ime esponden s, he in o ma ion e e s o a change
o job since he beginning o he p e ious yea .
PGJOBCH is gene a ed based on he cen al il e a iable, which indica es whe he a e-
sponden has changed jobs since he beginning o he p e ious yea . A job change can be
wi hin one i m as well as a change o ano he i m. In o ma ion on he da e o job change
is hen combined wi h in e iew mon h o he p e ious yea ’s in e iew o iden i y whe he
a new job change has aken place since he p e ious in e iew.
Hence, PGJOBCH indica es whe he a esponden has changed jobs since he beginning
o he p e ious yea . The a iable is calcula ed o all wa es, and he codes a e assigned
independen ly o he esponden being a i s - ime o ollow-up esponden .
The a iable is also designed o iden i y esponden s who ha e en e ed employmen o he
i s ime. Up o 1993, i s - ime esponden s did no answe he ques ion abou job change.
The e o e, o i s - ime esponden s up o 1993, he a iable was gene a ed by using he
in o ma ion on he s a da e wi h he cu en employe and he esponden ’s age a en ance
in o his/he i s job.
The a iable is also designed o p o ide consis en longi udinal in o ma ion on job changes.
The PGJOBCH a iable is gene a ed by co ec ing he o iginal job change in o ma ion in
a ious ways:
1. We check whe he he job changes s a ed by a esponden in wo consecu i es in e -
iews e e o one and he same job change. The da e o he job change and he in e -
iew mon h a e used o co ec double en ies.
2. I he esponden indica es a job change wi h a da e be o e he p e ious in e iew bu
did no s a e a job change in he p e ious in e iew, his is coded as a job change in he
cu en in e iew.
3. I a esponden indica es no job change and was no employed a he ime o he p e-
ious in e iew, his is coded as “no job change” despi e he seeming implausibili y,
since he e a e possible explana ions how his in o ma ion could be plausible, e.g. i
he e we e sho - e m employmen spells be ween wo in e iew da es.
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4. Responden s can be “ i s - ime employed” only once. I a esponden s a es being “ i s -
ime employed” o a second ime, his is coded as “employed, wi h change”.
In 2013 he esponden s o he newly in oduced mig a ion sample (M1) we e no asked
whe he hey ha e changed jobs since he beginning o he p e ious yea , he e o e he ge-
ne a ion o PGJOBCH o he mig a ion sample was modi ied in 2013:
1. Responden s who a e no employed we e coded (1).
2. Responden s who a e s ill in he same occupa ion and posi ion and a e wo king o
he same employe as hey had wo ked in hei i s job in Ge many we e coded (2).
3. Responden s who ha e en e ed he i m hey a e cu en ly wo king a e he 31 h o
Decembe 2011 we e coded (4).
4. I a esponden is in he i s oca ional aining his was coded as (5).
5. Responden s who a e employed bu o whom no u he in o ma ion could be used
we e coded (3). In 2014 he e was again a uni o m ques ionnai e o all esponden s.
In 2015 he esponden s o he newly in oduced mig a ion sample (M2) we e no asked
whe he hey ha e changed jobs since he beginning o he p e ious yea . Fu he mo e e-
sponden wi hin mig a ion sample M1 a e decomposed in i s - ime esponden s wi h and
ollow-up esponden s wi hou ques ion abou job change in he p e ious yea embodied by
he ques ionnai e. such ha gene a ion o PGJOBCH o he mig a ion sample in 2015 was
ollowing:
1. Fo ollow-up esponden s gene a ion as in case o a uni o m ques ionnai e o all
esponden s o be pu sued.
2. In he case o i s - ime esponden s in M1 sample and o all esponden s om M2
sample he ule o humb is as in 2013.
In 2016 he esponden s o he newly in oduced e ugee samples (M3 and M4, psample==17)
we e no asked whe he hey ha e changed jobs since he beginning o he p e ious yea . The
gene a ion o PGJOBCH o hese samples co esponds o he ule o humb is as o he
o s - ime esponden in he M1 sample wi h one modi ica ion. In s ep 4, he code (5) was
assigned o esponden s who a e cu en ly in a oca ional aining, we e no occupied p io
o hei a i al in Ge many, had nei he a oca ional aining, no a uni e si y deg ee and a e
in hei i s occupa ional ela ionship in Ge many.
2017 gene a ion o he PGJOBCH o he newly added immig a ion sample [psample = 19]
is analogous o ha o 2016. As o e ugee eenage s, hose a ending school o a e cu en ly
in oca ional p epa a ion yea (Be u s o be ei ungsjah ), in oca ional aining, wo king,
be . Eingliede ungsjah gang o be u sbildende Schule we e assigned alue 1. Those wo king
we e assigned jobch alue 3.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgsnd yp1 – 1. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion
1Wo ke /Employee (also mini job) 3749
2Sel -Employed, F ee-Lance P o essional 2445
3Help In Family Business 466
4O he occupa ional posi ion 9165
-1 No answe 3123
-2 Does no apply 86095
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-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGSNDTYP1 gi es in o ma ion abou he cu en employmen s a us in a i s
side job. This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgsnd yp2 – 1. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion
1Wo ke /Employee (also mini job) 323
2Sel -Employed, F ee-Lance P o essional 487
3Help In Family Business 93
4O he occupa ional posi ion 3052
-1 No answe 1219
-2 Does no apply 99869
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGSNDTYP2 gi es in o ma ion abou he cu en employmen s a us in a se-
cond side job. This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pgsnd yp3 – 3. seconda y job: Occupa ional Posi ion
1Wo ke /Employee (also mini job) 51
2Sel -Employed, F ee-Lance P o essional 128
3Help In Family Business 25
4O he occupa ional posi ion 959
-1 No answe 403
-2 Does no apply 103477
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGSNDTYP3 gi es in o ma ion abou he cu en employmen s a us in a hi d
side job. This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 22
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occupa ional p es ige and was de eloped especially o use in he Fede al Republic o Ge -
many.
MPS08 is assigned based on ISCO-88 (using Ch is oph 2005), which is based on ISCO-08
(using Ganzeboom, T eiman 2010).
Also a ailable: occupa ional p es ige sco es (SIOPS, ISEI) and occupa ional class (EGP).
Ch is oph, Be nha d: 2005: Zu Messung des Be u sp es iges: Ak ualisie ung de Magni ude-P es igeskala
au die Be u sklassi ika ion ISCO88, h ps://nbn- esol ing.o g/u n:nbn:de:0168-ssoa -207543 –
Ganzeboom, Ha y B.G.; T eiman, Donald J., “In e na ional S a i ica ion and Mobili y File:
Con e sion Tools.” Ams e dam: Depa men o Social Resea ch Me hodology, h p://www.ha yganzeboom.nl/ism /index.h m.
<2010-01-12>.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
pgsiops08 – las eached SIOPS sco e (s and. in e na . occ. p es ige scale, T eiman)
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2020-pb-m3456-e s /Q223:pbe
[15232])
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2020-pe2/52:pbe [4195])
12 28
13 243
15 592
16 251
17 15
20 6251
20.0300006866455 376
20.2999992370605 1848
20.3899993896484 708
21 436
21.0799999237061 2539
21.6700000762939 2271
22 2097
22.2800006866455 124
22.6900005340576 81
... (186 ows omi ed) 126702
73.0999984741211 566
73.5100021362305 903
75 187
75.6800003051758 54
76.1100006103516 89
78.0100021362305 1362
78.1600036621094 1302
-1 No answe 924
-2 Does no apply 426769
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 173722
Wa es: 2013–
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This a iable gi es he occupa ional p es ige sco e index o all employed pe sons. I is de i-
ed om he ISCO-08 code o he cu en occupa ion using using he S a a ado de i esco es
by Daniel Bela and Knu Wenzig which i sel is based on SPSS algo i hms om Ganzeboom
and T eimann (2010).
Please also see occupa ional p es ige sco es (MPS), occupa ional s a us (ISEI), and occupa-
ional class (EGP).
Ganzeboom, Ha y B.G.; T eiman, Donald J., “In e na ional S a i ica ion and Mobili y File:
Con e sion Tools.” Ams e dam: Depa men o Social Resea ch Me hodology, h p://www.ha yganzeboom.nl/ism /index.h m.
<2010-01-12>.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
pgegp08 – Las Reached Egp Value (E ikson, Gold ho pe, Po oca e o)
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2020-pb-m3456-e s /Q223:pbe
[15232])
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2020-pe2/52:pbe [4195])
1[I] Highe Manage ial and P o essional Wo ke s 22216
2[II] Lowe Manage ial and P o essional Wo ke s 34900
3[IIIa] Rou ine Cle ical Wo k 22562
4[IIIb] Rou ine Se ice and Sales Wo k 18256
5[IVa] Small Sel -Employed Wi h Employees 2355
6[IVb] Small Sel -Employed Wi hou Employees 3157
7[V] Manual Supe iso s 353
8[VI] Skilled Manual Wo ke s 15402
9[VIIa] Semi- and Unskilled Manual Wo ke s 27694
10 [VIIb] Ag icul u al Labou 1611
11 [IVc] Sel -Employed Fa me s 519
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 601415
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 0
Wa es: 2013–
This a iable gi es he (las eached) occupa ional class o all employed pe sons. PGEGP08
is based on ISCO-08 wi h is con e ed o ISCO-88 in a i s s ep. Bo h c osswalks use he
S a a ado de i esco es by Daniel Bela and Knu Wenzig and a e based on wo k o Ganzeboom
(2010) and Ganzeboom, De G aa , T eiman (1992).
Please also see occupa ional s a us (ISEI) and occupa ional p es ige sco es (SIOPS, MPS).
Ha y B.G. Ganzeboom, Paul M. De G aa , Donald J. T eiman (1992), A s anda d in e na ional
socio-economic index o occupa ional s a us, in: Social Science Resea ch 21 (1),1-56, h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/0049-
089X(92)90017-B. – Ganzeboom, Ha y B.G.; T eiman, Donald J., “In e na ional S a i ica ion
and Mobili y File: Con e sion Tools.” Ams e dam: Depa men o Social Resea ch Me hodology,
h p://www.ha yganzeboom.nl/ism /index.h m. <2010-01-12>.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 30
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pgisei88 – Las Reached Isei Value (In e na ional Socio-Economic Index)
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pb-m345-e s /Q226:pbe
[12711])
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pe/52:pbe [4195])
16 17842
19 2300
20 9815
21 2275
22 570
23 11897
24 1589
25 14752
26 5969
27 3337
28 2476
29 22756
30 31530
31 3182
32 4981
... (39 ows omi ed) 332215
79 368
82 1030
83 202
85 2310
87 838
88 3343
90 296
-1 No answe 1453
-2 Does no apply 180637
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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 92477
Wa es: 1984-2017
This a iable e lec s he S anda d In e na ional Socio-Economic Index o Occupa ional S a-
us o all employed pe sons. The ISEI Index was de eloped in 1992 by Ganzeboom, De
G aa , T eiman, and De Leew based on in o ma ion abou income, educa ion, and occupa-
ion. Technically, ISEI was c ea ed by scaling he ISCO-88 classi ica ion. The alues o he
a iable ange be ween 16 and 90. In con as o he p es ige sco es o Ganzeboom and T ei-
man (1996) and Wegene (1988), ISEI is a measu e o socio-economic s a us.
I is de i ed om he ISCO-88 code o he cu en occupa ion using he S a a ado iskoisei by
John Hend ickx which i sel is based on Ha y Gaanzeboom’s SPSS algo i hms.
Also a ailable: occupa ional p es ige sco es (SIOPS, MPS) and occupa ional class (EGP).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 31
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pgmps92 – Las Reached Mps Value (Magni ude-P es ige-Skale, Wegene )
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pb-m345-e s /Q226:pbe
[12711])
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pe/52:pbe [4195])
30 205
30.1000003814697 901
30.2000007629395 2136
30.2999992370605 249
31 5424
31.1000003814697 1287
31.2000007629395 687
31.5 6298
31.7000007629395 4423
31.7999992370605 546
31.8999996185303 264
32 549
32.0999984741211 5150
32.2000007629395 645
32.2999992370605 14477
... (163 ows omi ed) 422555
139.800003051758 394
145.699996948242 2220
152.5 2365
153.5 162
191.300003051758 3343
207.199996948242 614
216 781
-1 No answe 1536
-2 Does no apply 180752
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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 92477
Wa es: 1984-2017
This a iable gi es he occupa ional p es ige sco e de eloped by Wegene (1988) o all em-
ployed pe sons. Like he SIOPS p es ige so e, Wegene ’s p es ige scala measu es a pe son’s
occupa ional p es ige and was de eloped especially o use in Ge many. MPS is assigned ba-
sed on he Ge man Fede al S a is ical O ice’s occupa ional classi ica ion o 1992 (KldB 92).
The p ocedu e has been documen ed in F ie sch and Wi h (2001).
Also a ailable: occupa ional p es ige sco es (SIOPS, ISEI) and occupa ional class (EGP).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
pgsiops88 – las eached SIOPS sco e (s and. in e na . occ. p es ige scale, T eiman)
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pb-m345-e s /Q226:pbe
[12711])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 32
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pe/52:pbe [4195])
6 12
13 435
15 2208
17 227
18 90
19 10286
20 7488
21 17491
22 3975
23 4480
24 1637
25 6242
26 1951
27 876
28 4947
... (40 ows omi ed) 396032
70 6807
71 1030
72 1829
73 1529
75 194
76 296
78 5811
-1 No answe 1453
-2 Does no apply 180637
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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 92477
Wa es: 1984-2017
This a iable gi es he occupa ional p es ige sco e index o all employed pe sons. I is based
on ISCO-88 and was de eloped by Donald T eiman e al. The scale anges om 6 o 78. The
alogo i hm is based on F i sche and Wi h (2001).
Please also see occupa ional p es ige sco es (MPS), occupa ional s a us (ISEI), and occupa-
ional class (EGP).
F ie sch, Raine /Wi h, Heike (2001): Die Uebe agung de Magni ude-P es igeskala on Wege-
ne au die Klassi ika ion de Be u e. In: ZUMA Nach ich en 48 (Jg.25): 139–165
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
pgegp88 – Las Reached Egp Value (E ikson, Gold ho pe, Po oca e o)
?Wha is you cu en occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pb-m345-e s /Q226:pbe
[12711])
?Wha is you cu en posi ion/occupa ion? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pe/52:pbe [4195])
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 33
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
1[I] Highe Manage ial and P o essional Wo ke s 56923
2[II] Lowe Manage ial and P o essional Wo ke s 102206
3[IIIa] Rou ine Cle ical Wo k 59349
4[IIIb] Rou ine Se ice and Sales Wo k 61432
5[IVa] Small Sel -Employed Wi h Employees 6845
6[IVb] Small Sel -Employed Wi hou Employees 13487
7[V] Manual Supe iso s 0
8[VI] Skilled Manual Wo ke s 88767
9[VIIa] Semi- and Unskilled Manual Wo ke s 77630
10 [VIIb] Ag icul u al Labou 6540
11 [IVc] Sel -Employed Fa me s 2694
-1 No answe 1453
-2 Does no apply 180637
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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 92477
Wa es: 1984-2017
This a iable gi es he occupa ional class o all employed pe sons. I is de i ed om he
ISCO-88 classi ica ion using Hend ickx‘s (2002) S a a ado. In addi ion, i is based on in o -
ma ion on sel -emlpoymen and numbe o employees (supe iso y s a us). The EGP Index
was documen ed by Ganzeboom/T eiman in 1996 and e ised in 2003.
In o ma ion abou supe iso y s a us (numbe o employees o sel -employed pe sons) is
a ailable om wa e Q (2000) on. (This could lead o some mino longi udinal inconsis en-
cies.)
Based on he new classi ica ion de eloped by Ganzeboom/T eiman (2003), se e al ISCO
alues we e ecoded in his a iable as ollows:
• ISCO 2470 becomes EGP=1.
• ISCO 2500 becomes EGP=2.
• ISCO 4300, 4400, 4500 become EGP=4.
• ISCO 7900 becomes EGP=7.
• ISCO 9910-9990 become EGP=9.
Please also see occupa ional s a us (PGISEI88) and occupa ional p es ige sco es (PGSIOPS88,
PGMPS92) in ile PL.
John Hend ickx, 2002. “ISKO: S a a module o ecode 4 digi ISCO-88 occupa ional codes,” S a-
is ical So wa e Componen s S425802, Bos on College Depa men o Economics, e ised 20 Oc
2004. h ps://ideas. epec.o g/c/boc/bocode/s425802.h ml
Ganzeboom, Ha y B.G.; T eiman, Donald J., “In e na ional S a i ica ion and Mobili y File:
Con e sion Tools.” Ams e dam: Depa men o Social Resea ch Me hodology, h p://www.ha yganzeboom.
nl/isco88/.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Knu Wenzig (Tel. +49 30 89789 341, [email protected])
pge ljob – Wo king In Occupa ion T ained Fo
1Yes 226105
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SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
2No 144144
3In T aining 24356
4Has No Job T aining 28023
-1 No answe 17039
-2 Does no apply 310773
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable is designed o o e annual da a on all employed pe sons, indica ing whe he
hey a e wo king in he occupa ion hey we e ained o .
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgausb – Requi ed T aining Fo Job
1No T aining 27374
2In o. To Job 51047
3On-The-Job T aining 29102
4Cou ses 15164
5Voca ional T aining 204920
6Technical School, Enginee ing (Eas ) 90-96 2002
7Technical College o Uni e si y, un il 98 10446
8Technical College since 99 29460
9Uni e si y since 99 43736
-1 No answe 20549
-2 Does no apply 316640
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable is designed o p o ide annual da a on equi ed job aining o all employed pe -
sons. The a iable is gene a ed using ques ions on equi ed o mal educa ion and equi ed
on- he-job- aining which a e ca ego ized in o se en independen a iables wi h 0/1 coding.
Ou o hese, he highes a ailable le el o equi ed aining is used o he gene a ion o he
s a us a iable.
The answe op ion “comple ed echnical school” was only used om 1990 o 1993 in he Eas
Ge man e sion o he ques ionnai e. Since no all employed people a e asked he ques ion
abou equi ed aining e e y yea , he alue (6) o he a iable PGAUSB is alid up o 1996.
The code (-2) is assigned o all non-employed pe sons and also includes pe sons in occupa-
ional aining, in occupa ional e aining p og ams, and hose doing an in e nship a he
ime o he su ey.
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pge wzei – Leng h O Time Wi h Fi m
-1 No answe 3723
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 35
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
-2 Does no apply 311891
-3 No alid 93
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
The a iable PGERWZEIT is designed o o e da a on he leng h o ime wi h he i m a
he poin in ime o he in e iew o all employed pe sons. This a iable is gene a ed om
he esponden ’s s a da e wi h he cu en employe . In he case o a job change wi hin he
i m, he ull leng h o ime wi h he i m is calcula ed. Hence, he a iable desc ibes he
leng h o ime wi h he same i m and no he leng h o ime in he same posi ion.
The a iable p o ides consis en longi udinal in o ma ion on he leng h o ime wi h he
same employe . Da a ha show longi udinal inconsis encies a e co ec ed, i i can be done
unde easonable assump ions.
1. In case o no job change, he in o ma ion on he s a da e wi h he cu en employe
gi en in he ea lies in e iew a ailable is ea ed as dominan and ca ied o wa d o
he subsequen yea s.
2. In case o a job change be ween i ms, he in o ma ion on he s a o he cu en
posi ion is used and ca ied o wa d o he subsequen yea s.
3. Up o wa e Z (2009), a esponden who s a s wo king again a e a pe iod o non-
employmen is assumed o ha e e u ned o he o me employe i he indica ed s a
da e wi h he cu en employe was be o e he p e ious in e iew da e. In his case,
he s a da e wi h he cu en employe gi en in he p e ious in e iew is ea ed as
dominan . O he wise, he p esen in o ma ion on he s a da e wi h he cu en em-
ploye is used and ca ied o wa d o he subsequen yea s. Fo esponden s who a e
assumed o ha e e u ned o hei o me employe , he ull leng h o ime wi h he
i m is calcula ed. The e is no deduc ion o he ime du ing which he esponden was
no employed.
4. Since wa e BA (2010), he e is a modi ied answe ca ego y in he ques ionnai e which
indica es ha a esponden e u ns o his/he o me employe a e a pe iod o non-
employmen . I a esponden indica es o ha e s a ed wo king again a a o me em-
ploye , he p esen in o ma ion on he s a da e wi h he cu en employe is used
and ca ied o wa d o he subsequen yea s. Unlike be o e wa e BA (2010), he p e-
sen in o ma ion is ea ed as dominan e en i he indica ed s a da e wi h he cu en
employe was be o e he p e ious in e iew da e. Hence, he ull leng h o ime wi h
he i m is calcula ed, and he e is no deduc ion o he ime du ing which he espon-
den was no employed o employed in ano he i m.
5. The leng h o ime wi h he i m is also p o ided o he Eas Ge man sample since i s
s a in 1990. Due o he massi e es uc u ing o he economy ha ook place in Eas
Ge many a e euni ica ion, his a iable should be deal wi h cau iously in he i s
ansi ion yea s.
Bo h mon hly and annual in o ma ion is used in he a iables and ounded o as leng h o
ime in yea s (wi h mon hs in decimal o m).
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SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 36
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pg a zei – Ac ual Wo k Time Pe Week
-1 No answe 21649
-2 Does no apply 309114
-3 No alid 1107
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable p o ides da a on ac ual weekly wo king hou s (including o e ime) o all pe -
sons employed a he ime o he su ey (including he sel -employed). The da a a e ob ained
by asking esponden s how many hou s hey wo k on a e age pe week.
Fo implausible answe s (ac ual weekly wo king hou s o mo e han 80 pe week), we assign
he alue (-3). The a iable is ounded o and gi es he numbe o wo king hou s as a decimal
numbe .
Please also see PGVEBZEIT and PGUEBSTD.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pg ebzei – Ag eed Upon Wo k Time Pe Week
-1 No answe 46398
-2 Does no apply 346437
-3 No alid 45
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable p o ides da a on ag eed weekly wo king hou s. The a iable akes in o accoun
only hose pe sons who we e in dependen employmen (no sel -employed) a he ime o
he su ey.
The alue (-2) is assigned o non-employed people, employees wi hou se hou s and o sel -
employed people, including sel -employed a me s, eelance s, and o he sel -employed pe -
sons. I pe sons helping ou in amily businesses epo ag eed weekly wo king hou s, we
assign a non-missing alue.
Fo implausible answe s (ag eed weekly wo king ime o mo e han 80 hou s pe week) we
assign he alue (-3). The a iable is ounded o and gi es he numbe o wo king hou s as
a decimal numbe .
Please also see PGTATZEIT and PGUEBSTD.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pguebs d – O e ime Pe Week
0No O e ime Las Mon h 204084
-1 No answe 16045
-2 Does no apply 357772
-3 No alid 147
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable p o ides da a on o e ime pe week o all pe sons in dependen employmen
a he ime o he su ey. The da a a e ob ained by asking esponden s how many o e ime
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 37
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
hou s hey wo ked in he mon h be o e he su ey. The numbe o mon hly o e ime hou s is
hen con e ed in o weekly o e ime by di iding he numbe gi en by 4.3. Since PGUEBSTD
e e s o weekly o e ime du ing he las mon h, he numbe may de ia e om he di e ence
be ween a e age ac ual weekly wo king hou s and he ag eed weekly wo king hou s.
In he yea s 1984, 1985 and 1987, esponden s we e no asked abou numbe o hou s o
o e ime pe week. The a iable PGUEBSTD o hese yea s was he e o e gene a ed using
he di e ence be ween a e age ac ual weekly wo king hou s and ag eed weekly wo king
hou s.
The alue (-2) is assigned o non-employed people, employees wi hou se hou s and o sel -
employed people, including sel -employed a me s, eelance s, and o he sel -employed pe -
sons. I pe sons helping ou in amily businesses epo o e ime hou s, we assign a non-
missing alue.
Fo implausible answe s (ag eed-upon weekly wo king ime o ac ual weekly wo king ime
o mo e han 80 hou s pe week AND weekly o e ime o mo e han 10 hou s we assign he
alue (-3).
The a iable is ounded o and gi es he numbe o o e ime hou s as a decimal numbe .
Please also see PGVEBZEIT and PGTATZEIT.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgoe d – Ci il Se ice
1Yes 101516
2No 310787
-1 No answe 28970
-2 Does no apply 309167
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
S a us a iable: This a iable is designed o p o ide annual da a on employmen in he ci il
se ice o all employed pe sons.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgnace – Indus y Occupa ion [pb a] (NACE Re . 1.1, Sec o )
?In which economic sec o /b anch o indus y/se ice a ea is he company o ins i u ion
ha you wo k o ? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pb-m345-e s /Q229:pb a[12713])
?Wha sec o o business o indus y is you company o ins i u ion ac i e in o he mos
pa ? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2017-pe/55:pb a[4197])
1C op and animal p oduc ion, hun ing 6000
2Fo es y, Logging, Rela ed Se ice ac i i ies 550
5Fishing, Ope a ion O Fish Ha che ies And Fish Fa ms 33
10 Mining O Coal And Ligni e; Ex ac ion O Pea 1057
11 Ex ac ion O C ude Pe oleum And Na u al Gas 110
12 Mining O U anium And Tho ium O es 0
13 Mining O Me al O es 14
14 O he Mining And Qua ying 215
15 Manu Food P oduc s And Be e ages 7506
16 Manu Tobacco P oduc s 87
17 Manu Tex iles 2614
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 38
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
Wa es: all
This a iable e lec s he o al leng h o pa - ime employmen in he esponden ’s ca ee up
o he poin o he in e iew in a gi en yea . The a iable is c ea ed by combining mon hly
in o ma ion on employmen s a us om he calenda da ase ARTKALEN (which p o ides
mon hly in o ma ion on ac i i y s a us since an indi idual en e ed he SOEP) and annual
in o ma ion om he biog aphical da ase PBIOSPE (which p o ides in o ma ion on ac i i y
s a us o e he li e cou se o an indi idual). PGEXPPT gi es he leng h o ime in yea s wi h
mon hs in decimal o m.
I he e is no mon hly calenda da a a ailable in a gi en yea o a esponden ’s ca ee , he
annual da a om PBIOSPE is used o ha yea . In he mos cu en wa e he a iable only
uses up- o-da e in o ma ion om he newly answe ed Biog aphy Ques ionnai es. I he yea
in which a spell s a ed and ended is he same, and i he e is no mon hly da a, a spell o
0.5 yea s is assumed. Pe sons wi hou annual da a (no con ained in PBIOSPE) a e only
assigned a non-missing alue o his a iable i hey joined SOEP by he age o 18 and i
he e is calenda da a on hem in ARTKALEN.
Pe sons whose li e cou se has been obse ed comple ely bu wi h no spell o ull- ime em-
ploymen a e assigned he code (0). The code (-1) is assigned o all pe sons whose li e cou se
has no been obse ed comple ely. Pe sons wi h inconsis en in o ma ion ecei e a (-3).
Please also see PGEXPFT and PGEXPUE.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Alexand a Fedo e s (Tel. +49-30-89789-321, a edo e [email protected])
pgexpue – Unemploymen Expe ience
0 488403
0.0829999968409538 10704
0.166999995708466 9214
0.25 8310
0.333000004291534 6457
0.416999995708466 5883
0.5 32188
0.583000004291534 5708
0.666999995708466 5933
0.75 5315
0.833000004291534 4411
0.916999995708466 3975
1 23310
1.08299994468689 4313
1.16700005531311 4054
... (360 ows omi ed) 118274
36.3330001831055 1
37 6
37.25 1
38 30
39 1
41 3
44 1
49 1
-1 No answe 13944
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 No alid 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 45

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
This a iable e lec s he o al leng h o unemploymen in he esponden ’s ca ee up o
he poin o he in e iew in a gi en yea . The a iable is c ea ed by combining mon hly
in o ma ion on employmen s a us om he calenda da ase ARTKALEN (which p o ides
mon hly in o ma ion on ac i i y s a us since an indi idual en e ed he SOEP) and annual
in o ma ion om he biog aphical da ase PBIOSPE (which p o ides in o ma ion on ac i i y
s a us o e he li e cou se o an indi idual). PGEXPUE gi es he leng h o ime in yea s wi h
mon hs in decimal o m.
I he e is no mon hly calenda da a a ailable on a gi en yea in a esponden ’s ca ee , he
annual da a om PBIOSPE is used o ha yea . In he mos cu en wa e he a iable only
uses up- o-da e in o ma ion om he newly answe ed Biog aphy Ques ionnai es. I he yea
in which a spell s a ed and ended is he same, and i he e is no mon hly da a, a spell o
0.5 yea s is assumed. Pe sons wi hou annual da a (no con ained in PBIOSPE) a e only
assigned a non-missing alue o his a iable i hey joined SOEP by he age o 18 and i
he e is calenda da a on hem in ARTKALEN.
Pe sons whose li e cou se has been obse ed comple ely bu wi h no spell o ull- ime em-
ploymen a e assigned he code (0). The code (-1) is assigned o all pe sons whose li e cou se
has no been obse ed comple ely. Pe sons wi h inconsis en in o ma ion ecei e a (-3).
Please also see PGEXPFT and PGEXPPT.
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10 Volun ee ing
pghono 1 – Fi s Volun a y Wo k
1Yes 12511
2No 6263
-1 No answe 174
-2 Does no apply 86095
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGHONOR1 gi es in o ma ion whe he a i s side job is a hono a y pos o
no . This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pghono 2 – Second Volun a y Wo k
1Yes 4247
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 46
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
2No 810
-1 No answe 117
-2 Does no apply 99869
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGHONOR2 gi es in o ma ion whe he a i s side job is a hono a y pos o
no . This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
pghono 3 – Thi d Volun a y Wo k
1Yes 1326
2No 190
-1 No answe 50
-2 Does no apply 103477
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 645397
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 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
Wa es: 2017–
The a iable PGHONOR3 gi es in o ma ion whe he a i s side job is a hono a y pos o
no . This a iable is a di ec copy o he o iginal a iable in $P.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Ma kus G abka (Tel. +49-30-89789-339 / mg [email protected])
11 School, Highe and Voca ional Educa ion
pgisced97 – ISCED-1997-Classi ica ion
0in school 19187
1inadequa ely 26876
2gene al elemen a y 108440
3middle oca ional 352607
4 oca ional + Abi 42219
5highe oca ional 45940
6highe educa ion 140921
-1 No answe 14250
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
The educa ional a iable (PGISCED97) classi ies all co esponden s’ educa ional deg ees ac-
co ding o he “In e na ional S anda d Classi ica ion o Educa ion (ISCED)” o 1997 in o de
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 47
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
o make deg ees in e na ionally compa able. The a iable is gene a ed e ospec i ely om
1984 onwa ds aking in o accoun deg ees and diplomas a ained in bo h gene al schooling
and in oca ional/uni e si y educa ion and indica es he highes deg ee ob ained. E.g., pe -
sons who did no indica e seconda y school deg ees/diplomas bu a uni e si y deg ee a e
placed in he highes ISCED ca ego y. Please no e ha , due o a lack o mo e de ailed in o -
ma ion on e ia y deg ees in ea lie wa es – in pa icula on PhD – we include all e ia y
deg ees in ISCED ca ego y 6. Thus, he ISCED a iable p o ided he e is no compa able one-
o-one wi h he ISCED le els as de ined by he OECD, since we ha e included he o iginal
ISCED le el 5A in ou ISCED ca ego y 6. OECD (1999): Classi ying Educa ional P og am-
mes: Manual o ISCED-97 Implemen a ion in OECD Coun ies, Pa is.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pgisced11 – ISCED-2011-Classi ica ion
0in school 1942
1P ima y educa ion 24108
2Lowe seconda y educa ion 39798
3Uppe seconda y educa ion 142795
4Pos -seconda y non- e ia y educa ion 25508
5Sho -cycle e ia y educa ion 12945
6Bachelo s o equi alen le el 49411
7Mas e s o equi alen le el 25238
8Doc o al o equi alen le el 2926
-1 No answe 3157
-2 Does no apply 422612
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: 2010–
The educa ional a iable (PGISCED11) classi ies all co esponden s’ educa ional deg ees ac-
co ding o he “In e na ional S anda d Classi ica ion o Educa ion (ISCED)” o 2011 in o de
o make deg ees in e na ionally compa able. The a iable is gene a ed e ospec i ely F om
2010 onwa ds aking in o accoun deg ees and diplomas a ained in bo h gene al schooling
and in oca ional/uni e si y educa ion and indica es he highes deg ee ob ained. No e ha
o esponden s om he newly in oduced mig a ion samples, we can di e ian e be ween
uni e si y deg ees (Bachelo /Mas e /PhD) ob ained in Ge many. I he uni e si y deg ee
was ob ained ab oad, he deg ee is coun ed as Bachelo , because u he di e en ia ion be -
ween uni e si y deg ees ab oad is only possible o a subg oup o mig an s.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pgcasmin – CASMIN Classi ica ion
0(0) In School 19058
1(1a) Inadequa ely Comple ed 28824
2(1b) Gene al Elemen a y School 86272
3(1c) Basic Voca ional Quali ica ion 190150
4(2b) In e media e Gene al Quali ica ion 23714
5(2a) In e media e Voca ional 155477
6(2c_gen) Gene al Ma u i y Ce i ica e 33803
7(2c_ oc) Voca ional Ma u i y Ce i ica e 53701
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 48
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
8(3a) Lowe Te ia y Educa ion 51004
9(3b) Highe Te ia y Educa ion 89917
-1 No answe 18520
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
Ano he in e na ionally compa able educa ional a iable is PGCASMIN whe e educa ional
deg ees/diplomas a e classi ied acco ding o he scheme “Compa a i e Analysis o Social
Mobili y in Indus ial Na ions (CASMIN)”. As o PGISCED, he a iable is gene a ed o all
esponden s e oac i ely om 1984 onwa ds and indica es he highes deg ee ob ained by
he esponden .
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pgbilzei – Amoun O Educa ion O T aining In Yea s
7 25143
8.5 2763
9 96518
10 23906
10.5 165296
11 34227
11.5 105952
12 70949
13 37565
13.5 8112
14 11924
14.5 15748
15 25813
16 19864
17 2039
18 64766
-1 No answe 14070
-2 Does no apply 25785
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
The ollowing s a emen s desc ibe he s anda d compu a ion o schooling. The school yea s
and he addi ional oca ional aining a e added oge he .
As can be seen, he assignmen able a e no e y di e en ia ed. Fo example, special schools
o heal h ca e p o essions and o he kinds o specialized schools a e all included in he
“ echnical school” label. Howe e , in Ge many, his assignmen is he mos commonly used
one when ea nings unc ions based on human capi al heo y a e es ima ed.
schooling yea s
no deg ee 7
lowe school deg ee 9
in e media y school 10
deg ee o a p o essional college 12
high school deg ee 13
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 49
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
schooling yea s
o he 10
addi ional occupa ional aining (includes uni e si ies) yea s
app en iceship 1.5
echnical schools (incl. heal h) 2
ci il se an s app en iceship 1.5
highe echnical college 3
uni e si y deg ee 5
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpsbil – School-Lea ing Deg ee
?Wha ype o school-lea ing ce i ica e did you a ain? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2014-ll/
49;lsab7[4354])
1Seconda y School Deg ee 241354
2In e media e School Deg ee 198885
3Technical School Deg ee 33748
4Uppe Seconda y Deg ee 132611
5O he Deg ee 75575
6D opou , No School Deg ee 23282
7No School Deg ee Ye 19671
8No School A ended 4691
-1 No answe 11852
-2 Does no apply 8771
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
All esponden s in all SOEP subsamples a e asked abou diplomas/deg ees a ained o com-
ple ion o seconda y/ e ia y educa ion (1984–1993 blue ques ionnai e; since 1994 biog aphi-
cal ques ionnai e) he i s ime hey pa icipa e in SOEP. Fi s : o gene a e his a iable, he
di e en diploma/deg ee ca ego ies p o ided o Subsamples B and D (see PGPSBILA) as
well as C (see PGPSBILO) a e in eg a ed in o he Wes Ge man diploma/deg ee ca ego ies
(Subsample A) and con inued on in his o m. Second: his da a is egula ly upda ed o ake
in o accoun any changes in highes diploma/deg ee a ained. Wi h he su ey o 2000, all
educa ional in o ma ion was collec ed again and is e lec ed in he a iables.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpbbil01 – Voca ional Deg ee Recei ed
1App en iceship 305578
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 50

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
2Voca ional School 55983
3Heal h Ca e School 9229
4Technical School 40904
5Ci il Se ice T aining 17362
6O he deg ee 28241
7Comple ed Voca ional T aining/Educa ion in Ge many 0
-1 No answe 2826
-2 Does no apply 290317
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
All esponden s in all subsamples a e asked abou oca ional deg ees a ained he i s ime
hey pa icipa e in SOEP (1984–1993 blue ques ionnai e; since 1994 biog aphical ques ion-
nai e). To gene a e he a iable, he di e en oca ional deg ees o Subsamples B and D
(c . PGPBBILA) as well as C (c . PGPBBILO) a e in eg a ed in o he Wes Ge man oca ional
deg ee ca ego ies (Subsample A). The ca ego ies ha o iginally each cons i u ed indi idual
a iables a e combined o make hem compa ible wi h he annual ques ion abou changes
in oca ional deg ees a ained, and his da a is upda ed annually.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpbbil02 – College Deg ee
1Technical College 35275
2Uni e si y, Technical College 58551
3College No In Ge many 14039
4Enginee ing, Techncial School (Eas ) 16504
5Uni e si y (Eas ) 13263
6g adua ion, s a e doc o a e 2311
7g adua ion, s a e doc o a e ( o eign coun y, eas ) 603
8ins i u ion o highe educa ion (you h) 0
9Dual S udies, Uni e si y o Coope a i e Educa ion 293
10 O he Colleges (since 2014) 82
-1 No answe 6694
-2 Does no apply 602825
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
All esponden s in all subsamples a e asked abou comple ed college educa ion he i s ime
hey pa icipa e in SOEP (1984–1993 blue ques ionnai e; since 1994 biog aphical ques ionn-
ai e). To gene a e he a iable, he di e en deg ees/dimplomas o all subsamples a e in e-
g a ed. Ca ego y (3) “college ab oad” is only de ined o pe sons who comple ed a o eign-
language e sion o he ques ionnai e (mainly pe sons om Samples B and D). Gene a ion
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 51
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
o he a iable en ails combining he ca ego ies o make hem compa ible wi h he annu-
al ques ion abou changes in oca ional deg ees/diplomas a ained. Since 2002, he e ha e
been wo sepa a e codes (4 and 5) o deg ees/diplomas a ained in he o me GDR.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpbbil03 – No Voca ional Deg ee
1No Voca ion Deg ee 148314
2App en iceship 28540
3Uni e si y 22999
-1 No answe 9722
-2 Does no apply 540865
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
In connec ion wi h he ques ion abou oca ional deg ees (PGPBBIL01 and PGPBBIL02),
all i s - ime esponden s o all subsamples a e explici ly asked whe he hey (s ill) do no
possess a oca ional deg ee. In he subsequen yea s, his da a is ca ied o wa d o upda ed.
The a iable has he Missing Value Code -2 (does no apply) i one o he o he wo a iables
on oca ional deg ee has a posi i e alue.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpsbilo – School-Lea ing Deg ee Eas Ge many
18 h G ade Comple ed 40333
210 h G ade Comple ed 69204
3College En ance Exam 23627
4O he Deg ee 954
5D opou , No School Deg ee 1957
6No School Deg ee Ye 0
-1 No answe 277
-2 Does no apply 277489
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 272369
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 64230
Wa es: all
As a supplemen o he a iable PGPSBIL he highes seconda y school deg ee/diploma in
Eas Ge many is p o ided as a sepa a e a iable and upda ed i necessa y o 1991. Since
1992, seconda y deg ees/diplomas a e asked only in he Wes Ge man e sion. New SOEP
esponden s a e also asked abou seconda y deg ees/diplomas ob ained in he o me GDR;
and o old esponden s, he same codes a e ca ied o wa d.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 52
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pgpbbilo – Voca ional Deg ee Recei ed Eas Ge many
1Voca ional T aining 72048
2Mas e C a sman 7705
3Enginee ing, Technical Deg ee 17577
4O he deg ee 1166
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 513358
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 74356
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 64230
Wa es: all
To supplemen he a iable PGPBBIL01 he highes seconda y school deg ee/diploma in Eas
Ge many is p o ided as a sepa a e a iable and upda ed i necessa y o 1991. Since 1992 only
he Wes Ge man e sion has been used o new oca ional deg ees. Fo new SOEP espond-
en s, oca ional deg ees a ained in he o me GDR a e asked as well; o old esponden s,
he same codes a e ca ied o wa d. F om 2002 on, he ques ionnai e was expanded and e-
ised, bu his led o an ope a ionaliza ion in ol ing mo e assump ions on he oca ional
deg ees a ained in he GDR; ( om 2002 on, Code 3 is also lis ed as he addi ional ca ego y
Code 4 in he in eg a ed a iables PGPBBIL03 i his deg ee has no been eplaced by a mo e
ecen ly a ained, highe -le el uni e si y o college deg ee).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpsbila – School-Lea ing Deg ee Ou side Ge many
?Wha ype o school-lea ing ce i ica e did you a ain? ( om: soep-co e/soep-co e-2014-ll/
47;lsab5[3763])
1School, No Deg ee 22683
2School, Wi h Deg ee 44792
3Voca ional Ex ension School 35675
4School Lea ing Deg ee[Sbil] Acqui ed Ab oad 28
5Ce i ica e om a di e en school 625
-1 No answe 956
-2 Does no apply 636813
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 8868
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
As a supplemen o he PGPSBIL, his a iable p o ides annually upda ed da a on he highes
seconda y school deg ee/diploma a ained ab oad.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 53
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pgpbbila – Voca ional Deg ee Ou side Ge many
1On-The-Job T aining 3247
2Voca ional T aining 4438
3Voca ional School 3962
4College 3122
5O he 922
6Voca ional Deg ee[Bbil01] Acqui ed Ab oad 0
7College Educa ion[Bbil02] Acqui ed Ab oad 0
8Comple ed Voca ional T aining/Educa ion O he Coun y 1856
9g adua ion, s a e doc o a e ( o eign coun y) 43
11 Wi h Ce i ica e, On-The-Job T aining 1305
12 Wi h Ce i ica e, Voca ional T aining 6485
13 Wi h Ce i ica e,Voca ional School 8780
14 Wi h Ce i ica e, Uni e si y 15120
15 Wi h Ce i ica e, O he 1329
16 Wi h Ce i ica e, Voca ional Deg ee[bbil01] Acqui ed Ab oad 120
17 Wi h Ce i ica e, College Educa ion[Bbil02] Acqui ed Ab oad 293
18 Wi h Ce i ica e, Comple ed Voca ional T aining/Educa ion O he Coun y 0
19 Wi h Ce i ica e, PhD (O he Coun y) 477
-1 No answe 1235
-2 Does no apply 689933
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 7773
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
As a supplemen o he a iable PGPBBIL01, his a iable gi es (and upda es) he highes -
le el oca ional deg ee a ained ab oad.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pg ield – Field o e ia y educa ion
1Sp ach- und Kul u wissenscha en allgemein 529
2P o es an Theology 784
3Ca holic Theology 34
4Philosophy 328
5His o y 502
6Biblio hekswissenscha , Dokumen a ion, Publizis ik 251
7Allgemeine und e gleichende Li e a u und Sp achwissenscha 852
8Al philologie (klass. Philologie), Neug iechisch 154
9Ge manis ik (Deu sch, ge manische Sp achen ohne Anglis ik) 1707
10 English S udies 668
11 Romance Philology 279
12 Sla onic S udies 126
13 Ausse eu opaeische Sp ach- und Kul u wissenscha en 170
14 Cul u al S udies 112
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 54
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pg ainc – Highe oca ional school - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92
110 Fa me s, gene al 395
111 F ui and ege able a me s (non-ho icul u al) 0
112 A able a me s (special, pe manen c ops) 42
113 Li es ock a me s and pas u e a me s 0
114 Seed, c op p oduce s, p opaga o s (non-ho icul u al) 0
115 C op p o ec o s 0
116 Fa me s and landlo ds 0
118 Fa me s and wine g owe s 0
120 Wine g owe s, gene al 20
121 Vine p opaga o s 0
129 O he wine g owe s 0
130 Ag icul u al wo ke s, gene al 14
131 Ag icul u al supe iso s 0
132 Ag icul u al machine y d i e s 0
133 Vineya d wo ke s 0
... (2263 ows omi ed) 18376
9911 Specialized p o essionals wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9921 Homewo ke s wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9931 Fo epe sons, g oup leade s wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9941 Pe sons doing communi y se ice wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9951 Sel -employed pe sons wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9961 Consul ancy, planning p o essionals wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9971 O he employees wi hou u he speci ica ion 3317
-1 No answe 1492
-2 Does no apply 726784
-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
Wa es: -1985
The a iable is designed o p o ide in o ma ion on he occupa ion o highe le el oca io-
nal aining (e.g., Meis e , Technike ). See he desc ip ion o a iable PGTRAINA o mo e
de ails on he cons uc ion and he alues o he a iable.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pg aind – Ci il se an aining - wo-digi occupa ion KldB92
110 Fa me s, gene al 2
111 F ui and ege able a me s (non-ho icul u al) 0
112 A able a me s (special, pe manen c ops) 0
113 Li es ock a me s and pas u e a me s 0
114 Seed, c op p oduce s, p opaga o s (non-ho icul u al) 0
115 C op p o ec o s 0
116 Fa me s and landlo ds 0
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 61

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
118 Fa me s and wine g owe s 0
120 Wine g owe s, gene al 0
121 Vine p opaga o s 0
129 O he wine g owe s 0
130 Ag icul u al wo ke s, gene al 0
131 Ag icul u al supe iso s 0
132 Ag icul u al machine y d i e s 0
133 Vineya d wo ke s 0
... (2263 ows omi ed) 6502
9911 Specialized p o essionals wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9921 Homewo ke s wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9931 Fo epe sons, g oup leade s wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9941 Pe sons doing communi y se ice wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9951 Sel -employed pe sons wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9961 Consul ancy, planning p o essionals wi hou u he speci ica ion 0
9971 O he employees wi hou u he speci ica ion 1963
-1 No answe 557
-2 Does no apply 741416
-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
Wa es: -1985
The a iable is designed o p o ide in o ma ion on he occupa ion o ci il se an aining
(“Beam enausbildung”). See he desc ip ion o a iable PGTRAINA o mo e de ails on he
cons uc ion and he alues o he a iable.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pg d _ – Da a sou ce FIELD, DEGREE, TRAIN
1Indi idual Ques ionnai e 21014
2Gap Ques ionnai e ( empo a y d op-ou s) 756
3Biog aphical Ques ionnai e 202832
4Va ious Sou ces 0
-1 [de] No Answe 0
-2 Does no apply 525838
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: -1985
This is a lag a iable which p o ides in o ma ion on he da a sou ces used o he cons-
uc ion o he a iables PGFIELD, PGDEGREE, PGTRAINA, PGTRAINB, PGTRAINC and
PGTRAIND (see he desc ip ion o he espec i e a iables o de ails).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pgbilz ch – Change in Educa ion since las su ey / las yea
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 62
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
0Inconsis en educa ional in o ma ion since las yea 596339
1Inconsis en educa ional in o ma ion since las su ey 1
2Inconsis en educa ional in o ma ion since las yea 3335
-2 Does no apply 150765
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: -1985
This is a lag a iable which iden i ies obse a ions wi h inconsis en changes in he in o -
ma ion on highes educa ional quali ica ion compa ed o he p e ious obse a ion o yea .
Ques ions on highes educa ional a ainmen ha e been asked in he i s su ey and we-
e only upda ed in subsequen yea s i he esponden epo ed a change. In he yea 2000,
e e y single SOEP pa icipan was asked his highes le el o educa ional a ainmen which
p oduced a numbe o inconsis encies be ween he mos ecen in o ma ion om 2000 and
he gene a ed in o ma ion om p e ious yea s. These inconsis encies include bo h highe
and lowe educa ional a ainmen and a e no jus due o epea ing he ques ion abou educa-
ional a ainmen in 2000. They also occu mo e gene ally, al hough o a lowe deg ee, in he
second su ey wa e o new samples when esponden s o indi idual and li e his o y ques-
ionnai es a e asked o s a e hei educa ional a ainmen . In bo h si ua ions, esponden s
a e no only asked annual ques ions abou any changes in educa ional a ainmen since he
p e ious yea , bu a e also asked o s a e hei highes le el o educa ional a ainmen .
In ou iew he e is no means o unequi ocally co ec ing o hese inconsis encies. The lag
a iable helps esea che s o iden i y obse a ions wi h inconsis en answe s o educa ional
ques ions in he c oss-sec ional pe spec i e. Resea che s need o decide how o deal wi h
hese on a case-bycase basis depending on he esea ch ques ion a hand.
So a , we ha e no ound e idence ha esponden s wi h a change in he yea 2000 di e ed
sys ema ically om o he esponden s. One possible app oach would be o exclude hese
indi iduals om he analysis when sample size allows. Al e na i ely, one could apply he
in o ma ion collec ed in 2000 o he p io yea s in which no changes we e eco ded be ween
wo yea s and es whe he he esul s di e om hose ob ained when hese indi iduals a e
le ou .
File BIOEDU con ains new da a on consis en longi udinally es ed educa ional ansi ions.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
pgbilz e – Change in Educa ion, o al obse ed pe iod
0Consis en educa ional in o ma ion 637550
1Inconsis en educa ional decline 8
2Inconsis en educa ional inc ease 64665
3Inconsis en educa ional decline and inc ease 0
-2 Does no apply 48217
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: -1985
This lag a iable iden i ies obse a ions wi h a leas one inconsis en change in he in-
o ma ion gi en on indi idual highes educa ional quali ica ion o e he whole obse a ion
pe iod. See he desc ip ion o a iable PGBILZTCH o mo e de ails on he sou ces o hese
inconsis encies.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Cha lo e Ba els (Tel. +49-30-89789-346)
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 63
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
12 Poli ical A i udes
pgpico iga – Pa y Iden i ica ion in Coun y o O igin
1Yes 241
2No 4088
-1 No answe 136
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 25405
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 720570
pgpico igb – Pa y Iden i ied wi h in Coun y o O igin
720570
AF_.a_A ghan Na ion 9
AF_.a_A ghanis an Republic Pa y 4
AF_.a_Islamic Socie y 3
AF_.a_Islamic Uni y Pa y o A ghanis an 2
AF_.a_Na ional-Islamic F on o A ghanis an 1
AF_.a_Na ional Islamic Mo emen o A ghanis an 3
AF_.a_Peoples Islamic Mo emen o A ghanis an 2
AF_.a_Peoples Islamic Uni y Pa y o A ghanis an 7
AL_.a_Red and Black Alliance 1
AL_PD_Democ a ic Pa y o Albania 4
AL_PS_Socialis Pa y o Albania 1
AM_HAK_A menian Na ional Cong ess 1
AM_OEK_Rule o Law 1
does no apply 4224
... (22 ows omi ed) 25557
RS-KM_.a_Se bian Lis 2
RS-KM_LDK_Democ a ic League o Koso o 1
RS-KM_PDK_Democ a ic Pa y o Koso o 1
RS_DS_Democ a ic Pa y 1
RU_ER_Uni ed Russia 1
RU_LDPR_Libe al Democ a ic Pa y o Russia 3
RU_SR_A Jus Russia 1
SO_.a_Democ a ic Pa y o Somalia 1
SO_.a_Uni ed Somali Pa liamen a ians 1
SY_.a_A ab Socialis Ba’a h Pa y 15
SY_.a_A ab Socialis Union o Sy ia 1
SY_.a_F ee Sy ian A my 7
SY_.a_Sy ian Communis Pa y 5
SY_.a_Sy ian Na ional Coali ion 9
UA_.a_Pa y o Regions Opposi ion Bloc 1
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 64
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
pgpico igc – Pa y Family o PI in Coun y o O igin
0No Ca ego ized 57
1ECO_Ecological Pa ies 0
2COM_Socialis Pa ies 7
3SOC_Social Democ a ic Pa ies 6
4LIB_Libe al Pa ies 3
5CHR_Ch is ian Democ a ic Pa ies 0
6CON_Conse a i e Pa ies 10
7NAT_Na ionalis Pa ies 23
8AGR_Ag a ian Pa ies 0
9ETH_E hnic and Regional Pa ies 22
10 SIP_Special Issue Pa y 0
11 ISP_Islamic Pa ies 7
-1 No answe 106
-2 Does no apply 4224
-3 No alid 0
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 25405
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 720570
13 In o ma ion on he In e iew
pgmon h – Mon h O In e iew
1Janua y 44399
2Feb ua y 177189
3Ma ch 192047
4Ap il 112956
5May 66650
6June 49094
7July 36417
8Augus 26567
9Sep embe 19405
10 Oc obe 13167
11 No embe 7697
12 Decembe 4803
-1 No answe 0
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 No alid 49
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 65
SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
Mon h o in e iew is gene a ed using he answe s o he indi idual ques ionnai e. Missing
answe s a e illed in using da a om he iles HBRUTTO and HBRUTTOL. In e iews ha
ook place in Decembe and be o e he 20 h o ha mon h we e ecoded -3.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgpiyea – Pe sonal Rela ed Su ey Yea
2009 20776
2010 259
2017 31894
2018 31402
2019 31169
2020 29979
2021 1298
-2 Does no apply 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
-8 Ques ion his yea no pa o su ey 603663
Wa es: all
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
pgmode – In e iew Me hod
100 Wi h In e iewe Assis ance 10877
110 O al In e iew 161438
120 W i en Ques. No In e iewe 140627
130 Mixed Type 0
131 W i en Ques. In e iewe 25195
132 O al And W i en 19728
133 P oxy 155
134 Thi d Pe son P esen 3227
135 No Thi d Pe son P esen 20991
140 CAPI - Since 1998 (O) 278890
150 Cawi Since 2014 (BE) 10967
200 Telephone Assis ance 0
210 W i en, By Mail 72817
220 Telephone In e iew 4404
-1 No answe 1105
-2 Does no apply 0
-3 No alid 19
-4 Fo bidden Mul iple Response 0
-5 No Included In Ques ionnai e Ve sion 0
-6 Ques ionnai e Ve sion Wi h Modi ied Fil e 0
-7 Only a ailable in less es ic ed edi ion 0
Wa es: all
The in e iew me hod is gene a ed ia he answe s o he ques ions in he indi idual ques-
ionnai e. Missing answe s a e illed in om he iles PBRUTTO and PBRUTTOL.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac : Pe e K ause (Tel. +49-30-89789-690)
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 66

SOEP-Co e ( 37) pgen
inpu da ase – Sou ce da ase
apgen 12245
bapgen 27124
bbpgen 29264
bcpgen 28520
bdpgen 31523
bepgen 28042
b pgen 27743
bgpgen 29870
bhpgen 33265
bipgen 30997
bjpgen 30397
bkpgen 31083
bpgen 11090
cpgen 10646
dpgen 10516
... (7 ows omi ed) 87367
lpgen 13768
mpgen 13511
npgen 13283
opgen 14670
ppgen 14085
qpgen 24576
pgen 22351
spgen 23892
pgen 22611
upgen 22019
pgen 21105
wpgen 22665
xpgen 21232
ypgen 19945
zpgen 21035
Wa es: all
SOEP Su ey Pape s 1186 67