Access to social assistance for permanent residents
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | isr_permmig_socass_access_s |
| Category | Immigrant social rights |
| Label | Access to social assistance |
| Related indicators | |
Measures if in the years of data collection, migrant workers who held a permanent residence permit did have a legal claim to tax-funded social assistance.
Contents
Coding rules
Survey Question
In the years [YYYY-YYYY], did migrant workers who held a permanent residence permit have a legal claim to tax-funded social assistance?
Specification of Scores
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| Value | Specification |
|---|---|
| 0 | No Access OR status of permanent resident does not exist |
| 0.3 | Discretion (citizen household members) |
| 0.4 | Residency requirement 10 (incl.) years and higher |
| 0.5 | Residency requirement of 8-9 (incl.) years (inclusion in household registry) |
| 0.6 | Residency requirement 6-7 (incl.) years |
| 0.7 | Residency requirement 4-5 (incl.) years |
| 0.8 | Residency requirement of 2-3 (incl.) years |
| 0.9 | Residency requirement up to one year (incl.) |
| 1 | Same as citizens (other than residency requirements) |
]]
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
Filter Logic
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Further Information
For comprehensive information on the data collection procedures, coding scheme, questionnaire design, filter logic, and related aspects, please consult the Technical Report: 10.26092/elib/3739
Bibliographic info
Citation: Henninger, J., Junge, M., Römer, F., Bartsch, S. (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, 10.26092/elib/3739
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
Revisions:
Sources
Original CRC Data
