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DOI: 10.5164/IAB.IAB-SMART.de.en.v1
Summary
The IAB-SMART Mobility data module provides smartphone-generated mobility indicators as additional variables for the Panel Labor Market and Social Security (PASS). Participants in IAB-SMART are PASS respondents from wave 11 (2017) with an Android smartphone who were invited to install the IAB-SMART app. Provided the user's consent, the IAB-SMART app collected the location of the smartphones at half-hour intervals from January to August 2018. Mobility indicators such as the number of visited places or the share of location measurements at home were derived from this location information. The mobility indicators capture the entire observation period as well as weekdays and weekends separately.
With IAB-SMART Mobility, research questions related to mobility behaviour concerning employment and unemployment can be analysed. The indicators from IAB-SMART Mobility complement the survey data from PASS and can also be linked with the administrative data from IAB (PASS-ADIAB).
Data description and working tools
Detailed information about the data module, as well as a guide on how to link IAB-SMART Mobility with PASS data, can be found in the following publication:
Zimmermann, Florian, Filser, Andreas, Haas, Georg-Christoph; Bähr, Sebastian (2023). The IAB-SMART-Mobility Module: An Innovative Research Dataset with Mobility Indicators Based on Raw Geodata. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2023-0051
Data Access
- On-site Use and Remote Data Access. Further information on Applying for on-site use.
- Scientific Use File (SUF). Further information on Requesting a SUF.
Literature on the IAB-SMART Mobility data module
Keusch, Florian, Sebastian Bähr, Georg-Christoph Haas, Frauke Kreuter, Mark Trappmann & Stephanie Eckman (2022): Non-participation in smartphone data collection using research apps. In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in Society, Jg. 185, H. Suppl. 2, S. S225-S245.
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12827.
Trappmann, Mark, Georg-Christoph Haas, Sonja Malich, Florian Keusch, Sebastian Bähr, Frauke Kreuter & Stefan Schwarz (2023): Augmenting survey data with digital trace data: Is there a threat to panel retention? In: Journal of survey statistics and methodology, Jg. 11, H. 3, S. 541-552.
DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smac023
Malich, Sonja, Florian Keusch, Sebastian Bähr, Georg-Christoph Haas, Frauke Kreuter & Mark Trappmann (2021): Mobile Datenerhebung in einem Panel. Die IAB-SMART-Studie. In: T. Wolbring, H. Leitgöb & F. Faulbaum (Hrsg.) (2021): Sozialwissenschaftliche Datenerhebung im digitalen Zeitalter, S. 45-69
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34396-5_2.
Haas, Georg-Christoph, Mark Trappmann, Sebastian Bähr, Frauke Kreuter, & Florian Keusch (2020): Using Geofences to Collect Survey Data: Lessons Learned From the IAB-SMART Study. In: Survey Methods: Insights from the Field, S. 1-12.
DOI: 10.13094/SMIF-2020-00023
Keusch, Florian, Sebastian Bähr, Georg-Christoph Haas, Frauke Kreuter & Mark Trappmann (2023): Coverage error in data collection combining mobile surveys with passive measurement using apps. Data from a German national survey. In: Sociological methods & research, Jg. 52, H. 2, S. 841-878.
DOI: 10.1177/0049124120914924
Bähr, Sebastian, Georg-Christoph Haas, Florian Keusch, Frauke Kreuter & Mark Trappmann (2022): Missing Data and Other Measurement Quality Issues in Mobile Geolocation Sensor Data. In: Social science computer review, Jg. 40, H. 1, S. 212-235.
DOI:10.1177/0894439320944118
Kreuter, Frauke, Georg-Christoph Haas, Florian Keusch, Sebastian Bähr & Mark Trappmann (2020): Collecting survey and smartphone sensor data with an app: opportunities and challenges around privacy and informed consent. In: Social science computer review, Jg. 38, H. 5, S. 533-549.
DOI: 10.1177/0894439318816389
Citation
Data:
Researchers working with IAB-SMART Mobility are obligated to acknowledge the database and its documentation within their publications, including the DOI, by using the following reference:
Filser, Andreas; Zimmermann, Florian; Bähr, Sebastian; Haas, Georg-Christoph; Keusch, Florian; Kreuter, Frauke; Malich, Sonja; Trappmann, Mark (2023): „IAB-SMART-Mobility“ DOI: 10.5164/IAB.IAB-SMART.de.en.v1
The data access was provided via on-site use at the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and, subsequently, remote data access.
The data access was provided via a Scientific Use File supplied by the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
Data documentation:
Zimmermann, Florian, Filser, Andreas, Haas, Georg-Christoph; Bähr, Sebastian (2023). The IAB-SMART-Mobility Module: An Innovative Research Dataset with Mobility Indicators Based on Raw Geodata. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2023-0051
According to the FDZ Data Usage Agreement, any type of publication resulting from work with FDZ data must be reported to the FDZ by e-mail to iab.fdz@iab.de at the latest one month after publication. The notification must include an electronic version of the printed version or, after publication, a reprint or a copy of the publication free of charge.