The individual in context(s) : research potentials of the socio-economic panel study (soep) in sociology

Giesselmann, Marco; Bohmann, Sandra; Goebel, Jan; Krause, Peter; Liebau, Elisabeth; Richter, David; Schacht, Diana; Schröder, Carsten; Schupp, Jürgen; Liebig, Stefan

doi:10.1093/esr/jcz029

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Giesselmann, M., Bohmann, S., Goebel, J., Krause, P., Liebau, E., Richter, D., Schacht, D., Schröder, C., Schupp, J., & Liebig, S. (2019). The individual in context(s) : research potentials of the socio-economic panel study (soep) in sociology. European Sociological Review, 0–0. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz029

Abstract

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study is a rich resource for sociologists, mainly because it offers direct measures of respondents’ contexts. The SOEP data provide (i) information retrieved from individuals themselves, (ii) direct information retrieved from their parents, partners, and organizations, (iii) prospectively collected information on past characteristics, and (iv) regional and spatial identifiers allowing researchers to link the data with regional-level characteristics. As the study has been in the field since 1984,