German Internet Panel, Wave 6 (July 2013)

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is an infrastructure project. The GIP serves to collect data about individual attitudes and preferences which are relevant for political and economic decision-making processes.

Experimental variations in the instruments were used. The questionnaire contains numerous randomizations (order of questions or answer categories) as well as a cross-questionnaire experiment.

Topics: Attitudes towards reforms in Germany to improve the competitiveness of the EU member states; government spending policy: estimated level of the household lump sum per quarter to be paid instead of the previous GEZ fee; preferred level of the new household lump sum per quarter for ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio; estimated actual annual government spending per German citizen on the motorways in Germany and preferred amount; policy and parties: party preference (Sunday question); attitude to child care subsidy for parents who do not take up a day care place; attitude towards the decided phase-out of nuclear energy after the nuclear catastrophe in Japan in 2011; attitude towards the establishment of a permanent euro rescue fund (ESM); attitude towards Chancellor Merkel´s decision on equal opportunities for same-sex civil partnerships; mainly responsible for the delay of three years in the introduction of child care subsidy and for the phase-out of nuclear energy contrary to the coalition agreement (Chancellor, government party CDU, CSU, or FDP resp. the federal government as a whole); attitude towards the decision of the federal government against the implementation of the European directive on data preservation in Germany and mainly responsible for this decision (Chancellor, CDU government party CDU, CSU, or FDP resp. the federal government as a whole); preferred behaviour of an opposition party (occasional support of government projects in order to be able to govern and to fulfil national responsibility, offering political alternatives and rather no support of government projects); opinion on the behaviour of the SPD (is influenced by its agreement to the phase-out of nuclear energy or on the establishment of a permanent euro rescue umbrella for a party capable of governing); satisfaction with the achievements of the federal government and the achievements of CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Die Linke in the Bundestag (Skalometer); perception of the federal government and the parties CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Die Linke as divided or closed (Skalometer); open naming of the topic in which the above-mentioned parties were perceived as particularly divided; main responsible for political stagnation (Federal Chancellor, governing party CDU, CSU, FDP, opposition parties, coalition parties, Länder in the Bundesrat, Federal Constitutional Court, all equally or none of the above-mentioned); greatest problem-solving competence of CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Die Linke in selected policy areas.

Health and pension system in Germany: preferred model for financing statutory health insurance (depending on income level versus uniform contribution for all with tax subsidies for low-income earners); willingness to participate in a family doctor model; free choice of doctor after referral to a specialist versus referral to a specific specialist; personal health care: frequency of visits to doctors in the last six months; opinion on the need for reform of the pension system in Germany; least and most preferred reform options (maintaining statutory pension at current level, even if this means higher contribution rates, maintaining statutory pension and contribution rates at current level, instead raising retirement age, general tax increase to maintain statutory pensions at current level, reduction of statutory pension benefits in line with demographic development); voting behaviour in the last European elections in 2009; party preference in the next European elections (Sunday question); assessment of the EU´s need for action in selected policy areas (labour market, foreign policy, education and research, civic participation, energy supply, family, health system, gender equality, internal security, agriculture, personal rights, pension system, public debt, tax system, environment and climate protection, transport, defence, currency, economy, immigration and integration); distribution of responsibilities between the EU and Germany in the aforementioned policy areas.

Demography: sex; citizenship; year of birth (categorised); highest school leaving certificate; highest professional qualification; marital status; household size; employment status; private Internet use; federal state.

Additionally coded was: interview date; questionnaire evaluation; overall assessment of the survey; unique ID, household identifier and person identifier within the household.

德国互联网面板（German Internet Panel, GIP）是一项基础设施项目。GIP旨在收集与政治及经济决策过程相关的个体态度与偏好数据。

研究采用了工具中的实验性变异设计。问卷包含大量随机化处理（如问题或答案类别的顺序调整）以及跨问卷实验。

研究主题涵盖以下方面：对德国为提升欧盟成员国竞争力所推行改革的态度；政府支出政策相关问题，包括替代原GEZ费用的季度家庭定额估算水平、ARD、ZDF及德国广播电台（Deutschlandradio）新季度家庭定额的偏好水平、德国公民人均年度实际政府高速公路支出估算及偏好金额；政策与政党相关议题：政党偏好（周日问题，Sunday question）、对未使用日间托育服务父母的育儿补贴态度、对2011年日本核灾难后德国决定逐步淘汰核能的态度、对设立永久性欧元救助基金（ESM）的态度、对默克尔总理关于同性民事伴侣平等权利决定的态度、导致育儿补贴推迟三年推出及违背联盟协议淘汰核能的主要责任方（总理、执政党基民盟/基社盟/自民党，或联邦政府整体）、对联邦政府反对在德国实施欧盟数据保留指令决定的态度及主要责任方（总理、执政党基民盟/基社盟/自民党，或联邦政府整体）、反对党应采取的偏好行为（为具备执政能力而偶尔支持政府项目以履行国家责任，或提出政治替代方案而不支持政府项目）、对社民党行为的看法（其是否因同意淘汰核能或支持设立永久性欧元救助机制而具备执政能力）、对联邦政府及联邦议院中基民盟/基社盟、社民党、自民党、绿党（Bündnis 90/Die Grünen）、左翼党（Die Linke）政绩的满意度（量表法，Skalometer）、对联邦政府及上述政党是否分裂或团结的认知（量表法）、上述政党被认为存在特别分裂的具体议题（开放式提问）、政治停滞的主要责任方（联邦总理、执政党基民盟/基社盟/自民党、反对党、联盟党、联邦参议院中的州、联邦宪法法院、所有方同等责任或无上述责任方）、上述政党在特定政策领域的最大问题解决能力；德国健康与养老金系统相关议题：法定医疗保险融资偏好模式（基于收入水平的缴费制 vs 对低收入者提供税收补贴的统一缴费制）、参与家庭医生模式的意愿、经全科医生转诊后自由选择专科医生 vs 转诊至特定专科医生的偏好、个人医疗保健情况（过去六个月就医频率）、对德国养老金系统改革必要性的看法、最不偏好与最偏好的改革选项（维持当前法定养老金水平即使提高缴费率、维持当前法定养老金及缴费率水平而提高退休年龄、通过普遍增税维持当前法定养老金水平、根据人口结构调整降低法定养老金待遇）；2009年上次欧洲议会选举的投票行为、下次欧洲议会选举的政党偏好（周日问题）；对欧盟在特定政策领域（劳动力市场、外交政策、教育与研究、公民参与、能源供应、家庭、医疗系统、性别平等、内部安全、农业、个人权利、养老金系统、公共债务、税收系统、环境与气候保护、交通、国防、货币、经济、移民与融合）采取行动必要性的评估、欧盟与德国在上述政策领域的责任分配；人口统计学特征：性别、国籍、出生年份（分类变量）、最高学历、最高职业资格、婚姻状况、家庭规模、就业状态、私人互联网使用情况、联邦州；此外，数据集还编码了以下信息：访谈日期、问卷评估结果、调查整体评价、唯一标识符、家庭标识及家庭内个人标识。