2021 Autumn Data Splash

LIS is happy to announce the following data updates:

• Georgia – Annualisation of the country series from 2009-2019 for the LIS Database
  (8 new datasets and 3 revised)
   
  Eight new dataset from Georgia (GE09, GE11, GE12, GE14, GE15, GE17, GE18, and GE19) have been added to the LIS Database. The datasets are based on the respective waves of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) carried out by the National Statistics Office of Georgia. As a result, the annual Georgian data now cover the period 2009-2019 in the LIS Database. In addition, the annualisation of the series implied a substantial revision to the previously available three data points (GE10, GE13 and GE16), more specifically:
  
  – the construction of the annual sample out of the quarterly subsamples has been refined;
  
  – because of a change in the rotation structure of the survey as of 2017, the construction of the annual income is now based on a reference period of 6 months;
  
  – a few other refinements have been applied (notably the provision of variable net1 and some minor revisions for the education variables).

• Switzerland – CH18 added to the LIS Database (1 new dataset)
   
  One new dataset from Switzerland, CH18 (Wave XI), has been added to the LIS Database. The dataset is based on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
• United Kingdom – UK94 / UK95 (LIS Database), minor refinements have been carried out on the household composition variables.
• Germany – update of previous data points in the LWS Database using the latest version of GSOEP data release.
   
  The LWS datasets (DE02, DE07, DE12, and DE17) have been harmonised using the latest version of GSOEP data release SOEP-Core v36eu – provided by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), and the updated harmonization decisions, notably two major changes: The respondent weight has been implemented; this weight is 0 for non-respondents, but adjustments by DIW have been carried out in such a way that the response sample is representative for the total German society. The education module now provides detailed information on highest education level completed (educ_c), separating out general and vocational degrees, as well as various tertiary level degrees.

September 13, 2021 | Highlight