The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology

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 organi...

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