Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce the *release* of the first *Scientific Use File* of the *German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP)*: the *German Social Cohesion Panel 2021 - Anchor Persons* (SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)). For more details and information how the data can be obtained, please see below or visit https://fgz-risc-data.de/datenportal/datenangebot/german_social_cohesion_pan.... * **The German Social Cohesion Panel: * The SCP is a newly established longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The annual survey is directed not only at the selected individuals but also at all other adult household members. The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), led in cooperation by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and implemented by the survey institute infas.

*The SCP 2021_1 (Anchor):* The SCP 2021_1 (Anchor) includes initial survey data and generated indicators of 13.055 household anchor persons drawn from population registers and subsequently interviewed. Future datasets will be expanded to include household information and survey data of adult household members.

*Data Access:* The SCP can be ordered by all *p**ost-doctoral researchers affiliated with a scientific institution*. For that purpose, please set up a *data user account* at https://fgz-risc-data.de/en/registration. You can use this account in the future to order all Scientific Use Files available at the Research Data Centre of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RDC-RISC).

Account holders (primary users) may share the data with researchers under their supervision (secondary users). Secondary users must be listed in the primary user's data user account and must sign a privacy policy, which must be archived by the primary user.

We would like to point out that we provide data for scientific use only.

If you have any questions, please contact us at fgzdz@uni-bremen.de.

Best regards on behalf of the whole SCP Team, Jean-Yves Gerlitz

Coordinator German Social Cohesion Panel Research Data Centre of the RISC (RDC-RISC) Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) University of Bremen