From Silos to FAIR Services: Interoperable application of geospatial data for longitudinal surveys in the Social Sciences.

The Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) as part of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) provides longitudinal data on persons living in private households across Germany. Lately the SOEP sampled households in certain neighborhoods within cities, areas of the so called „Soziale Stadt“ (social town). Because of restricted area, spatially referenced data has been used. Information on the level of census tiles provided by the Federal Statistical Office was used to form regional clusters.