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Exploring the Linkage of Spatial Indicators from Remote Sensing Data with Survey Data – The Case of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and 3D City Models
Exploring the Linkage of Spatial Indicators from Remote Sensing Data with Survey Data—the Case of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and 3D City Models
This paper demonstrates the spatial evaluation of survey data from the German
Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study using geo-coordinates and spatially relevant
indicators from remote sensing data. By geocoding the addresses of survey
households with block-level geographic precision (while preventing their identification
by name and guaranteeing their complete anonymity), data on SOEP respondents
can now be analyzed in a specific spatial context. In the past, regional analyses of
SOEP based on official regional indicators (e.g., the unemployment rate) always had
only very imprecise spatial information to work with. This limitation has now been
overcome with the geocoded respondents’ information. Within a protected unit of the
fieldwork organization responsible for SOEP (TNS Infratest, Munich), the addresses
of survey households can now be used to generate a variable describing the location
of the household with block-level precision. At DIW Berlin, this additional variable is
fed into a special computer infrastructure with multiple security layers that makes the
socio-economic analysis possible. This paper demonstrates the use of this
geographical location and remote sensing data to check respondents’ subjective
assessments of the location of their residence, and discusses the analytical potential
of linking remote sensing data and survey data