This variable is generated from the annual question on current employment status represented in the plb0022_v#
variables from the pl dataset. PGEMPLST is designed to provide consistent longitudinal data on employment status across all waves.
Since the beginning of the SOEP in the year 1984, a consistent status variable has been used to differentiate among different types of employment status. The category “not employed” comprises non-working individuals, those in military/community service, those on maternity leave, and employed people in a phased retirement scheme (Altersteilzeit) whose current actual working hours are zero. From 1998 on, the additional category “sheltered workshop” is included for disabled people in sheltered employment.
Starting in 2021, respondents were given an additional response option to indicate whether they were currently on short-time work. As a result, a new category with the value (7) for employees in short-time work was introduced in PGEMPLST starting from wave 38.
PGEMPLST supplements the variable PGLFS, which differentiates among individuals who are not employed.
The information about newly included teenager refugee sample special groups in 2017 is taken from child and youth datasets. In case the teenagers do not attend school, they were asked about their alternative status. Those teenagers who attend school, are in vocational preparation year, in a vocational training, or in vocational school were assigned value (3). Those waiting for the start of the school term or vocational training, are categorized as (1). In case the teenagers do not attend school and are working the respondents were classified to category (3). This information also applies for first-time teenage respondents in 2016 (who were previously treated as missings).
This variable is generated from the annual question on current employment status represented in the plb0022_v#
variables from the pl dataset. PGEMPLST is designed to provide consistent longitudinal data on employment status across all waves.
Since the beginning of the SOEP in the year 1984, a consistent status variable has been used to differentiate among different types of employment status. The category “not employed” comprises non-working individuals, those in military/community service, those on maternity leave, and employed people in a phased retirement scheme (Altersteilzeit) whose current actual working hours are zero. From 1998 on, the additional category “sheltered workshop” is included for disabled people in sheltered employment.
Starting in 2021, respondents were given an additional response option to indicate whether they were currently on short-time work. As a result, a new category with the value (7) for employees in short-time work was introduced in PGEMPLST starting from wave 38.
PGEMPLST supplements the variable PGLFS, which differentiates among individuals who are not employed.
The information about newly included teenager refugee sample special groups in 2017 is taken from child and youth datasets. In case the teenagers do not attend school, they were asked about their alternative status. Those teenagers who attend school, are in vocational preparation year, in a vocational training, or in vocational school were assigned value (3). Those waiting for the start of the school term or vocational training, are categorized as (1). In case the teenagers do not attend school and are working the respondents were classified to category (3). This information also applies for first-time teenage respondents in 2016 (who were previously treated as missings).