The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology
| Autor: | Jürgen Schupp, Diana Schacht, Marco Giesselmann, Sandra Bohmann, Carsten Schröder, Jan Goebel, Stefan Liebig, Elisabeth Liebau, David Richter, Peter Krause |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Liebig, Stefan |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sociology and Political Science
300 Social sciences sociology & anthropology 05 social sciences Sociological research Context (language use) Data science language.human_language Field (geography) 0506 political science German Resource (project management) Cohort effect 3312 Sociology and Political Science 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration language ddc:330 Sociology 050207 economics 10095 Institute of Sociology |
| Popis: | 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, the data also reflect variation in institutional and structural settings over time. Regular refreshment samples provide options to identify cohort effects. Together, these features allow multi-layered contextual designs that offer substantive insights into the effects of formal and informal institutions on individual behaviour and living conditions. This article introduces the main types of SOEP-based sociological research designs and discusses their survey methodological origins. It also points to underexplored potentials as well as limitations of the SOEP. Finally, it offers basic suggestions for approaching the data in each of the research designs presented. |
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