Menschen mit geringem Einkommen und Arbeitsuchende sind politisch weniger interessiert und aktiv als Personen oberhalb der Armutsrisikoschwelle sowie Erwerbstätige. Die Ungleichheit in der politischen Beteiligung ist in Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen Demokratien leicht...

In household panels, typically all household members are surveyed. Because household composition changes over time, so-called following rules are implemented to decide whether to continue surveying household members who leave the household (e.g. former spouses/partners, grown children) in...

This paper provides details on the sampling design, field results and nonresponse, as well as population adjustments for the 2018 Sample O of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Sample O refreshes the SOEPCore sample by adding the residents of households in neighborhoods that receive government...