Consequences for dependence on social assistance for permanent residents

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Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels Not applicable
Technical name isr_permmig_socass_conseq_s
Category Immigrant social rights
Label q7b
Related indicators

It is measured whether reliance on social assistance led to consequences for the residence status of permanent residents.

Coding rules

Consequences for dependence on social assistance for permanent residents: Measures what the consequences are for permanent residents if they rely on social assistance.

Question: In the years [YYYY-YYYY], did being dependent on social assistance have consequences (e.g. withdrawal of residence permit) for migrant workers who held a permanent residence permit?

Coding Rules:

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Value Specification
0 Immediate withdrawal OR status of permanent resident does not exist
0.5 Other consequences | Non-renewal | Withdrawal after some time
1 No consequences

]]

Missing values

Depending on the cause of the absence of a value, several types of missing values can be differentiated. These are as follows:

  • -991 Don’t know
  • -992 Former communist countries
  • -993 Benefit did not exist (including for citizens)
  • -994 Legal category of migrants did not exist
  • -995 Neither benefit nor legal category of migrants existed
  • -996 Missing value for Myanmar 1980-2010
  • -997 Index is missing because all underlying variables are also missing
  • -998 Missing for other reasons
  • -999 Country not in sample in 1980-1999

See the technical report for further information on data collection, coding, filters, the questionnaire, and related procedures: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/bitstream/elib/8858/3/WeSIS_Technical_Papers_No%2018%20%281%29.pdf

Bibliographic info

Citation: Henninger, Jakob; Junge, Mara; Römer, Friederike; Bartsch, Samera, 2025: The Immigrant Social Rights Data Set (ImmigSR). Technical Report (2., aktualisierte Ausgabe, Stand: 04.03.2025), SFB 1342 Technical Paper Series/18/2025, Bremen: CRC 1342, doi:10.26092/elib/373.

Related publications: Römer, F., Henninger, J., & Harris, E. (2024). Social protection for mobile populations? A global perspective on immigrant social rights. Social Policy & Administration, 58(1), 155–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12955

Misc

Project manager(s): Dr. Friederike Römer

Data release: 01.06.2025

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