Insurance Accounts Sample 2019 (Versichertenkontenstichprobe)

Scientific Use File Insurance Accounts Sample (Versichertenkontenstichprobe) (SUF.VSKT):

The longitudinal data set SUF.VSKT is based on the insurance accounts sample (§ 1 RSVwV section 2, SK79), which comprises a stratified panel of around 500,000 cases of insured persons aged between 15 and 67. The size of the stratified sub-sample is 25 per cent.

The social employment situation of an insured person is mapped on a monthly basis, as well as for example information on illness, unemployment, child-rearing and earnings. The monthly data is organised as a cross-section based on lifetime (January of the 14th to December of the 65th year of life). The biography-related part is flanked by the fixed part, which, in addition to demographic data, provides various totals and average information describing the pension entitlements of the insured person. In the case of divorces, information on pension equalisation (“Versorgungsausgleich”) is also included.