| Data Manual (more) |
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The data manual is intended to assist your work with the Scientific Use Files.
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| Release Notes (more) |
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The release notes entail any main changes in comparison to prior versions. Herein, known bugs and possible solutions regarding the most current data version are noted.
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| Survey Instruments (more) |
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The survey instruments are made available to you in the form of SUF and field versions. The field versions consist of the originally deployed PAPI questionnaires as well as the programming templates for CATI and CAPI and CAWI interviews. The SUF versions entail additional information, such as the variable names and labels found in the Scientific Use Files as well as the corresponding scheme options. We recommend the SUF version, when working with the data. The ZIP archive contains all of the documents listed below.
| Wave |
SUF Version |
Field Version |
| 1 - 3 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 4 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 5 - 6 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 7 - 8 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 9 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 10 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 11 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 12 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 13 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 14 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 15 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 16 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 17 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 18 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
| 19 |
PDF-de, PDF-en |
PDF-de |
In our Downloadcenter you can also view other survey instruments that don't yet have a published Scientific Use File. In order to access the instruments, logging in to the webstie is required. If you are not registered as a NEPS data user and therefore don't have the necessary login credentials, simply contact the Research Data Center.
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| Information on Competence Tests (more) |
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General overviews and information:
- Competence measures in Starting Cohorts 1 to 6 and variable naming conventions (PDF-en)
- Scaling model and notes on using data from competence tests (PDF-en)
- Linking the data of competence tests across different measurement occasions (PDF-en)
Wave-specific descriptions:
Usually, there is a brief description of the construct for each domain with sample items, a description of the data, and of the psychometric properties of the test. In the table you will find each of the documents that can be downloaded. (The ZIP archive contains all of the documents listed below. Therein documents in regard to the competence domains as well as overview documents can be found.)
| Domains |
Constructs, test processes and sample items |
Data, psychometric properties and scaling |
| Domain-overlapping competences |
| General cognitive basic skills |
PDF-en |
| Domain-specific competences |
| German-language competence: Reading (RE) |
PDF-en* |
W1: PDF-en,
W12: PDF-en |
| German-language competence: Reading speed (RS) |
PDF-en |
| Mathematical competence (MA) |
PDF-en |
W1: PDF-en,
W12: PDF-en |
| Scientific competences (SC) |
PDF-en |
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| Metacompetences |
| Procedural metacognition (MP) |
PDF-en |
| Technological and information literacy (IC) |
PDF-en |
W5: PDF-en |
| Stage-specific competences |
| Buisiness Administration and Economics (BA) |
PDF-de |
| English Reading Competence (EF) |
PDF-de |
* Until the materials for Starting Cohort 5 (First-Year Students) are published, you can get the documents for Starting Cohorts 3 and 4 here. The description is comprehensive, but the examples are specific to the Starting Cohort.
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| Semantic Data Structure File (more) |
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The semantic data structure file does not contain data. It does, however, contain the metadata found in the Scientific Use Files (e.g., variable names,variable labels and scheme options). It is useful for exploring the data structure without needing any actual data. The ZIP-File contains German and English versions for Stata and SPSS.
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| Codebook (more) |
PDF-de PDF-en |
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Sorted by data sets, the codebook entails frequency counts of all the variables including the corresponding labels. The on-site version of the SUF serves as the basis for the codebook.
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| Samples, Weights, Nonresponse (more) |
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The documents for weighting and sample stratification include information regarding the sampling process and the construct principles of weighting variables. It also provides insight towards a correct use of the weights found in the Scientific Use Files.
The NEPS Survey Paper No. 89 documents the relevant sample parameters for the Corona survey from May/June 2020, describes details on selectivity and presents the response propensity models for participation in this additional survey and the weighting procedure including post-stratification: PDF-en
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| Variable for non-traditional students (more) |
PDF-de |
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Documentation of the variable tg24150_g2 "NTS" (Non-traditional Students) by Gunther Dahm [in German]
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| Scales Handbook Student Teacher Panel (more) |
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This publication documents all variables and constructs that were used to observe (prospective) teachers from the beginning of teacher training through the preparatory service and into the profession within the framework of the Student Teacher Panel (LAP).
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| Notes on context data (more) |
PDF-en |
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Documentation of context variables by Anne Weber
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| Generated Variables on Education (more) |
PDF-en |
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The report gives a comprehensive overview of the underlying derivation processes for the derived educational variables. These are ISCED-97, CASMIN and Years of Education.
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| Regional data (more) |
PDF-de PDF-en |
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Regional structural information can be merged to our data on-site. Regional data is available from Microm. This documentation describes all regional levels, structural characteristics, and how to use the data.
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| Check Module for Reported Life Courses (more) |
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This document describes the most important steps and functions of the infas check module for retrospectively reported life courses (“x module”) in computer-based interviews. The document suppied by the infas Institute for Applied Social Sciences GmbH is only available in German.
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| Anonymization Procedures (more) |
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This document describes the used anonymization procedures of the respective data. Here you are also given an overview regarding the opportunity to access sensitive data (Download, Remote, On-Site).
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| Glossary (more) |
PDF-en |
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The NEPS Glossary provides information about special terminology related to the German educational and occupational system as well as the NEPS-specific terms and abbreviations that are frequently used throughout the NEPS study.
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| Field Reports (more) |
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The field reports document the overall data-collection process executed by the survey institute, including the preparation and execution of the survey, the interviewer selection and deployment, tracking and providing incentives to the target persons, the intial contact and the realization of the interviews and tests, etc. The field reports are supplied by the respective survey institutes and are only available in German.
- Wave 1:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
Competence Tests: PDF-de
- Wave 2:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 3:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 4:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 5:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
Competence Tests: PDF-de
- Wave 6:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 7:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
Competence Tests: PDF-de
- Wave 8:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 9:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 10:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 11:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 12:
CAPI / CATI + Online Survey including Competence Tests: PDF-de
- Wave 13:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 14:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 15:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 16:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 17:
Online Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 18:
CATI Survey: PDF-de
- Wave 19:
CATI / Online Survey: PDF-de
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| Interviewer Manuals (more) |
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The interview manuals is the basis for the interviewers' training before the computed-supported interviews were conducted. In particular, it describes the interview process as well as the content of each of the questionnaire modules.
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