Information for Authors of Innovative Modules

The information on this page is explicitly aimed at the authors of innovative modules. In the following, innovative modules are abbreviated as “Inno-Modules”.

Questionnaire development

In order for a researcher’s Inno-Module to have a chance of being included in the SOEP-IS questionnaire, it must be submitted as part of the official SOEP-IS call for proposals. All relevant information about the call can be found at the website of the latest call for submissions. Please note that the process, the deadlines, and guidelines for the call may change from year to year. The most up-to-date information should be obtained from the corresponding website. Here, we are providing only general information and examples from recent years for basic informational purposes.

Below you can find a graphical overview of the questionnaire development process, including the data collection phase. The ‘syear’ serves as a placeholder for any typical survey year in which a SOEP-IS survey is conducted. For example, if we were to consider the survey year 2023, the two preceding years would logically be 2022 and 2021.

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Please note that the time schedule for the call and the survey may change. This example is only intended as a general orientation. For detailed information on the survey years please see the overview of the Survey Periods and the respective Wave Reports.

Exemplary process of data collection and publication

Below you can find a graphical overview of the data distribution process, including the data collection phase. The ‘syear’ serves as a placeholder for any typical survey year in which a SOEP-IS survey is conducted. For example, if we were to consider the survey year 2023, the next three years would logically be 2024, 2025 and 2026.

  • 2nd quarter ‘syear’: Start of data collection

  • 4th quarter ‘syear’: End of data collection

  • 1st quarter ‘syear’+1: transmission of the raw data to the authors of the inno modules

  • 2nd quarter ‘syear’+2: publication of the official Data Distribution File of survey year ‘syear’ without the inno module data of ‘syear’, but with generated variables, imputation and weights

  • 2nd quarter ‘syear’+3: publication of the official Data Distribution File of survey year ‘syear’+1 together with the inno module data of survey year ‘syear’ (one-year embargo)

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Please note that the time schedule for the survey may change. This example is only intended as a general orientation. For detailed information on the survey years please see the overview of the Survey Periods and the respective Wave Reports.