Availability of Sensitive Information

The amount of sensitive information decreases from the Download version of a Scientific Use File to the RemoteNEPS version to the On-site version. For instance, the file with information about the respective school, kindergarten or university (pInstitution) is only available in the controlled  environment of RemoteNEPS and On-site. The same applies to the Federal States variables in the school and higher education cohorts. Please be aware that the use of these variables is restricted according to a certain agreement (PDF-en)

To make data handling easier all three data versions - Download, RemoteNEPS, On-site - contain the full set of variables. Anonymized variables are provided with a special missing code in the respective data version and are labeled with a suffix in the variable name. For each Scientific Use File there is an anonymization report within the documentation section that describes the conducted data modification processes and lists all affected variables.

* In coordination with the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Laender, the Federal State Label is provided for the school and higher education starting cohorts for certain analysis purposes via "RemoteNEPS" and "On-site" (see the Procedure Description of the LIfBi and the NEPS Data Use Agreement).