Trend Questions Ukraine (Week 13/2022)

On behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, the opinion research institute forsa has regularly conducted representative population surveys on the topic of Germany and the Ukraine War from calendar week 13/2022. The individual question areas were adapted according on the survey period.
During the survey period from 28.03.2022 to 30.03.2022, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). The respondents were selected by multi-stage random sample.<br>Frequency of thoughts about the war in Ukraine; worries about the war in Ukraine; concrete worries in connection with the war in Ukraine (open question); extent of worries about the following in connection with the war in Ukraine: Germany is being dragged into a war with Russia, Germany is taking on too much by taking in refugees from Ukraine, everything is becoming more expensive, use of nuclear weapons, endangering basic supplies in Germany, e.g. with electricity or food; personal dealings with the war in Ukraine (I follow the events in Ukraine several times a day on the news, I try to distract myself from the events of the war in everyday life, I often talk to other people about the war in Ukraine, I show others how I think about the war, for example by taking part in demonstrations or posting on social media, I donate to people in Ukraine or help refugees, I make concrete preparations for a possible disaster in Germany, none of these); precautions taken for a possible disaster in Germany (iodine tablets bought/ taken, drinks stockpiled, food stockpiled, informed about bunkers/shelters, emergency kit packed, informed about possibilities for emigration/escape, precautions taken for independent electricity/gas supply, other); informedness about events in Ukraine; credibility of information about the war in Ukraine from the following information sources: Videos from social networks of what is happening on the ground, news on public television, information from the federal government; sufficient amount of information from the federal government vs. would like more information on the following topics: which sanctions the federal government is imposing against Russia, how the federal government is supporting Ukraine, how the federal government is managing the refugee situation in Germany, how the federal government is ensuring that electricity and food supplies are guaranteed in Germany, how the federal government has prepared for possible disaster situations such as war, how to behave even in the event of a disaster.

Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; net household income (grouped); party preference in the next general election; voting behaviour in the last general election.

Additionally coded were: region; federal state; weight.