This paper examines the implication of the move to CAPI for data quality by analyzing the conversion from PAPI to CAPI of a subsample of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) which was done within an experimental design. The 2000 addresses for the sample E of SOEP were split into two subsamples...

Diese Anmerkungen verfolgen zwei bescheidene Ziele: (1.) über den Überblicks-Beitrag von Behrens (2010) hinaus zu verdeutlichen, warum das Erheben von "Biomarkern" bis hin zu "Gen-Informationen" für die Soziologie wichtig ist, und (2.) über erste Erfahrungen bei der Erhebung von Gen-Material...

This study examines the phenomenon of nonresponse in the first wave of a refresher sample (subsample H) of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Our first step is to link additional (commercial) microgeographic data on the immediate neighborhoods of the households visited by...