title: [Mental Health and Quality of Life of Immigrants and their Descendants in the SOEP in the Years 1984-2016].
abstract: The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) has outstanding analytical potential for research on immigrants' mental health and quality of life. This article examines the quality of sampling, the composition and percentage of respondents in the SOEP sample with an immigrant background, and the indicators available in the SOEP on topics of mental health and quality of life. The concluding overview of the existing literature on these topics and of the SOEP's new refugee sub-sample underscores that the SOEP's potential for addressing these questions is far from exhausted.
authors.affiliation: Sozio-oekonomische Panel am DIW Berlin.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Liebau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D057565:Apathy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult