Survey Methodology

Survey methodology modules offer diverse variables on imputation, weighting, SOEP-Core fieldwork, identifiers, interview methods, survey modes, and information about the respondent’s exit from the survey.

Questionnaire	Module	Variables
Interviewer Questionnaire
	Identificators	hhnr , intid , syear , wave
	Interview information	typint , lenghtinth , lenghtintp , lenghtintj
	Demography	gender , birth , marital , educ , modbula , modggk , ista1 , ibstam1 , ibstav1 , imusp , irel
	Interviewer history	startint , endint , experience , firstintm , firstintd , lastintm , lastintd
	Employment	iberuf , ioed , istell
	Interviewer activity	meancontacthh , responserate , amountinth , amountintp , amountintj , papi , capi , cawi , mail
	Patience	iged
	Health	iges
	Risk aversion	irisk
	Life satisfaction	izule
	Incentives	ibbarhon , ibbeval
	Optimism	ibopt
	Motivation & Fulfillment	igru01 - igru07 , ierf01 - ierf14
	Assessment of Participation	itebe01 - itebe13
	Interviewer Training	ibseval01 - ibseval04 , ibschul , ibschul02
	Big Five personality traits	iego01 - iego22
	Attitudes and social interaction	ibez01 - ibez05 , iverh01 - iverh06
	Political orientation	ipol1 - ipol4
	Worries	isor01 - isor14 , isor21 - isor22
	Working hours	ibwsist01 - ibwsist05 , ibwssol01 - ibwssol03
	Interviewer and other studies	ibsozer01 - ibsozer08 , ibsozerno , ibsozerso , ibef01 - ibef03
	Foreign language skills	ispr01 - ispr10 , ibspre01 - ibspre10
	Flags (conflicts)	genderconfl , birthconfl , maritalconfl , educconfl , startintconfl , ista1confl

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