Data Access
Access to BIBB microdata is governed by the regulations of German Data Protection Law (§ 40). Researchers can access the data via Off-site Use as Scientific-Use-Files, Remote Data Access and On-site Use. Each type of data access corresponds with different levels of data confidentiality and requires formal application.
Standardised access to all data set is only available for the purposes of non-commercial empirical research.
Scientific-Use-Files
Factually anonymous versions of the data sets are available for Off-site Use as Scientific-Use-Files (SUF).
For data access, we request that you follow our guidelines and send us the signed application form by post or fax to the following address.
Forschungsdatenzentrum
Postfach 201264
53142 Bonn
Deutschland
Fax: +49 - (0)228 - 107 - 2020
The retrieval of the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2006, BIBB Transition Survey 2006, and the BIBB School Graduate Surveys 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 takes place via GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Dept. Data Archive for the Social Sciences.
Remote Data Access
More sensitive and less anonymous versions of the data as well as all kinds of firm-level data can be analyzed via Remote Data Access and /or via On-site Use.
Remote Data Access requires researchers to use the test data available on our website to develop executable syntax files (in Stata or SPSS) and send these to the BIBB-FDZ. We apply the programs to the original data, verify the analyses' compliance with data protection legislation, and send you back the results. All data sets are available via Remote Data Access.
On-site Use at BIBB-FDZ in Bonn, Germany
For data access via On-site Use, BIBB-FDZ provides separate safe workplaces for guest researchers at BIBB in Bonn.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for questions on data access.
If you are interested in analyzing the data via Remote Data Access and /or via On-site Use please contact us directly (fdz@bibb.de).
