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The ''German'' Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP [], for ''Sozio-oekonomisches Panel'') is a Longitudinal study, longitudinal panel dataset of the population in Germany. It is a household based study which started in 1984 and which reinterviews adult household members annually. Additional samples have been taken from time to time. In 2015, there will be about 14,000 households, and more than 30,000 adult persons sampled. Some of the many topics surveyed include household composition, occupation, employment, earnings, health and
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. The annual surveys are conducted by the
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(DIW Berlin) and the
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. The survey is funded by the German Federal Government and the State of Berlin via the «Bund-Länder-Kommission» (State/Federal State Commission) for Educational Planning and Research Promotion.SOEP-Overview/Organization & Financing
(URL accessed 2013-05-28) Data are available to
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researchers in Germany and abroad in
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format. Extensive documentation in English and German is available online. SOEP data are integrated into the
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(CNEF) which contains panel data from Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain and the United States. The data distribution of the SOEP for researchers outside Germany is supplied with the CNEF by a group at
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. Application to use this international distribution has to be made to the DIW Berlin.


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Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
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Cross-National Equivalent File The 'Cross-National Equivalent File'' (CNEF) is a project that harmonizes and maintains cross nation data for researchers across the world. Current CNEF organization contains data from general population household-based panel surveys fielded in 9 ...
(CNEF) *
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) is an Australian household-based longitudinal study which began in 2001. It has been used for examining a wide variety of economic, social, health and other issues, examples of w ...
(HILDA, *
Panel Study of Income Dynamics The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is a longitudinal panel survey of American families, conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. The PSID measures economic, social, and health factors over the life course of ...
(PSID) *
Swiss Household Panel Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...
(SHP
access 2013-05-28)
* LISS panel (LISS) *
Survey on Household Income and Wealth The Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) is a statistical survey conducted by the Sample Surveys Division of the Banca d'Italia (the Italian central bank). The main objective of the SHIW is to study the economic behaviours of Italian househo ...
(SHIW) * UK households: a longitudinal study (UKHLS) / Understanding Society, UK ** formerly
British Household Panel Survey The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), carried out at the Institute for Social and Economic Research of the University of Essex, is a survey for social and economic research. A sample of British households was drawn and first interviewed in ...
(BHPS), UK


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SOEP (official) website
(URL accessed 2013-05-28)
Cross National Equivalent File (CNEF)
(URL accessed 2016-01-28)
Swiss Household Panel
(URL accessed 2013-05-28)
LISS panel
(URL accessed 2013-05-28) {{Authority control Economy of Germany Economic data Panel data Cohort studies Leibniz Association Household surveys