Crisis Monitor (Week 34/2023)

The Crisis Monitor has been conducted regularly by the opinion research institute forsa on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government since calendar week 1/2023. The Crisis Monitor is a continuation of the representative population surveys Trendquestions Ukraine on the topic of Germany and the Ukraine war conducted regularly by forsa in the period from calendar week 13/2022 to 50/2022. The individual question areas were adjusted depending on the survey period. In the survey period from 21.08.2023 to 23.08.2023, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and older was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). Respondents were selected using a multistage random sample.<br>Level of personal stress caused by the current situation surrounding the current crises in Germany; developments in Germany that cause the most personal concern; level of personal stress caused by the war in Ukraine and the media content perceived about it; Germany should continue to maintain the economic sanctions decided against Russia vs. end; assessment of the potential for conflict in Germany between different social groups (rich and poor, young and old, East Germans and West Germans, left-wing and right-wing political forces, foreigners and Germans, Ukrainian refugees and Germans, supporters and opponents of stricter climate protection measures); opinion on the level of controversy on important political issues (there is too much, too little or just the right amount of controversy); agreement with various statements on the Federal Government´s policy (is to blame for the current price increases, takes sufficient care to cushion the effects of price increases for citizens, ensured that we had no major problems with the energy supply last winter, will ensure that we have no major problems with the energy supply next winter); energy saving still necessary for a stable energy supply this winter.

Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; party preference in the next federal election; voting behavior in the last federal election; general assessment of income (low, medium, high).

Additionally coded were: region; federal state; weighting factor.