Genetic Analyses of “Trios” in the SOEP-IS

Short Description: This module aims to collect genetic data from the participants. Compared to the sample sizes of state-of-the-art genetic discovery studies (with N > 1,000,000), the sample size of the SOEP-IS is marginal. However, the project is not primarily a genetic discovery study. Although genetic data from the SOEP-IS may be included in future genetic discovery meta-analyses, the main purpose of collecting genetic data in the SOEP-IS is to enable novel, genetically informed research designs that will help social scientists to better understand environmental effects.

Data Access Please note, that the variables listed below only provide some information about which individuals were part of the module. The actual genetic data is not part of the normal Data Distribution File. Interested researchers need to submit a research plan, a data protection concept (see `”Data protection concept for Regional Data” <https://www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c.683748.en/regional_data.html#c_diw_01.c.683757.de>`_) and proof of a positive vote from an ethics committee to soepmail@diw.de (cc’ing soep-IS@diw.de) with the subject line “Polygenetic scores”. After a positive internal review of all documents, approved users will receive access to a dataset with polygenetic scores via remote access or direct access at SOEP. Researchers interested in testing their code in advance may request a synthetic dataset from soep-is@diw.de.

Contact	Syear	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method	Replication
Philipp Koellinger (Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam), Ralph Hertwig (Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development Berlin), Prof. Dr. Rui Mata (University of Basel), Assoc. Prof. Kathryn Paige Harden (University of Texas), Assoc. Prof. Elliot Tucker-Drob (University of Texas), Assistant Prof. Daniel Belsky (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health)	2019	4406	inno	igene_lab, igene16_child, igene_final, igene31, igene23_child, igene15, igene31_child, igene_quest, igene06, igene33_child, igene16, im_gene, igene34_child, igene12, igene18_child_confirm, igene_bc_devel_x, igene12b, igene15_child, igene24_child, igene04, igene18_confirm, igene07, igene26, igene05, igene21, igene_bc_child_x, igene02, igene21_child, igene_devel, igene_child_final	06/2022	Behavior Genetics	Genetic Testing (non-invasive using spit samples)