SCP 2021-2023 Wave 1-3
SCP 2021-23 W1-3
German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-2023 - Wave 1-3
The Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are conducting a panel study as part of their research cooperation. This involves surveying individuals in Germany in their household context on aspects of social cohesion, social inequality and social conflict. The dataset "German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-23 – Wave 1-3" includes survey data and generated indicators of the first, second and third panel wave. It contains responses from household anchor persons drawn from population registers and from adult household members who were named by the anchor persons and subsequently interviewed.
Highlights
- Data of WAVE 3, with a focus on replicating measures used in WAVE 1
- New individual-level indicators: biographical status assessment (psoleval*),
perceptions of living together (pcohreal*), norms of reciprocity (preciproc*),
and demographics of one's own children (pchild*)
- New household-level indicators: electricity costs (helectcost*), heating costs (hheatcost*)
Dataset Information
Title: German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-2023 – Wave 1-3
DOI: 10.60532/scp.2021-23.w1-3.v1
Principal Investigators: Olaf Groh-Samberg, Julian B. Axenfeld
Co-Principal Investigators: Jean-Yves Gerlitz, Carina Cornesse, Martin Kroh, Holger Lengfeld, Jost Reinecke, Nils Teichler, Richard Traunmüller, Sabine Zinn
Contributors: Cosima Adams, Anton Bochert, Martin Gerike, Josefine Kuhrmeier, Anna-Tabea Müller, Eric Nissen, Sebastian Rueda-Uribe, Rainer Siegers, Hans Walter Steinhauer, Knut Wenzig, Julia Witton (Project Members), infas (Data Collector)
Selection Method: The anchor persons were drawn from population registers using a two-stage sampling procedure. Eastern Germans were disproportionately drawn into the sample. All adult household members named by the anchor persons were subsequently invited to participate in the survey.
Collection Mode: In the German Social Cohesion Panel, anchor persons and adult household members were invited by mail to participate in the survey. The survey was self-administered. Respondents had the choice of participating via the internet or by means of postal paper questionnaires. The questionnaire of the first wave was divided into two parts, the first of which corresponds to that of the SCP 2021 – Anchor. The second part was conducted approximately three months after the first part. The data for the second and third wave were collected using a single questionnaire.
Citation of the Data: Groh-Samberg, O., Axenfeld, J. B., Gerlitz, J.-Y., Cornesse, C., Kroh, M., Lengfeld, H., Reinecke, J., Teichler, N., Traunmüller, R., & Zinn, S. (2026). German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-2023 – Wave 1-3. Dataset and Documentation. doi:10.60532/scp.2021-23.w1-3.v1
Publications using this data file should refer to the above DOI and cite the following reference:
Gerlitz, Jean-Yves, Julian B. Axenfeld, Carina Cornesse, Olaf Groh-Samberg, Martin Kroh, Holger Lengfeld, Stefan Liebig, Lara Minkus, Jost Reinecke, David Richter, Nils Teichler, Richard Traunmüller, and Sabine Zinn. 2024. “The German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP): Theoretical Background, Instruments, Survey Design, and Analytical Potential.” OSF Preprints. August 6. doi:10.31219/osf.io/tew78 .
Gerlitz et al 2024_The German Social Cohesion Panel - Data Brief.pdf
The weighting procedure is documented at Axenfeld Steinhauer 2026_Survey Weights for the SCP W1-3.pdf . The current Scientific Use File also contains data from previous waves. Changes to variables from previous waves can be found in the SUF Changelog Previous data publications are no longer displayed in the data portal, but can still be ordered from the user portal. Documentation materials from previous data publications can be found here.