Preparation of Data from the New SOEP Consumption Module: Editing, Imputation, and Smoothing

Jan Marcus, Rainer Siegers and Markus Grabka

No 70, Data Documentation from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This documentation describes the data preparation of the new consumption module in the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and introduces the content and structure of the generated dataset "hconsum." In 2010, the SOEP for the first time included a detailed consumption module in the household questionnaire. This documentation discusses several methodological challenges of the new module and suggests possible remedies. The methodological challenges include inconsistencies between monthly and annual consumption information, missing values, and a high incidence of heaping.

Keywords: SOEP; consumption; heaping; imputation; generalized beta of the second kind (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 D30 E21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 p.
Date: 2013
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