23.01.2026

DATA RELEASE: GERMAN SOCIAL COHESION PANEL - WAVE 1-2 (SCP 2021-22 W1-2)

We are happy to announce the release of the Scientific Use File "German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-2022 - Wave 1-2" (SCP 2021-22 W1-2; see https://fgz-risc-data.de/datenportal/datenangebot/german_social_cohesion_panel/waves1-2_2021-2022).

HIGHLIGHTS
- Data of WAVE 2 focusing on "Environment & Infrastructure" and
  "Inequality & Evaluation of Own Situation
- The RISC Milieus (see Groh-Samberg et al. 2023) as newly generated variables
- Updated weights for ALL WAVES, which now include education as a raking variable

The German Social Cohesion Panel:

The SCP is a newly established longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The annual survey is directed not only at the selected individuals (N=13,053) but also at all other adult household members (N=3,974). The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), led in cooperation by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and implemented by the survey institute infas.

Data Access:
The SCP can be ordered by all post-doctoral researchers affiliated with a scientific institution. For that purpose, please set up a data user account at https://fgz-risc-data.de/en/registration if not yet done. You can use this account in the future to order all Scientific Use Files available at the Research Data Centre of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RDC-RISC).
 
Account holders (primary users) may share the data with researchers under their supervision (secondary users). Secondary users must be listed in the primary user's data user account and must sign a privacy policy, which must be archived by the primary user.

We would like to point out that we provide data for scientific use only.

If you have any questions, please contact us at fgzdz@uni-bremen.de.