GESIS Online Panel Pilot: Politics (survey 7)

Politics.

This study number comprises the data collected during the so called
main studies. The main studies represent three surveys which have
partially been used for methodic experiments. The questions are
identical in every survey except for the described differences.

Topics: satisfaction with democracy in Germany; attitude towards
various political issues and value orientation; political interest; tax
cut vs. social benefits; altruistic attitude; pessimism; trust in
politicians and institutions; self-assessment and evaluation of parties
on a left-right continuum; political knowledge (knowledge test: five
percent hurdle, meaning of first and second vote); turnout intention;
party preference (opinion poll); political participation; contact with
public authorities; voluntary work; participation in a citizens´
initiative or a referendum; participation in last federal election;
voting behaviour in last federal election; if applicable: reasons for
different voting behaviour in case of vote splitting; most important
political issue in Germany and the parties ability to solve it.

Demography: German as mother tongue; self-reported knowledge of the
German language in speech and writing; knowledge of the home coutry´s
language/the parents´ language in speech and writing; self-reported
diligence in answering the questionnaire; evaluation of the survey
(interesting, rich in variety, important for sciences, long, difficult,
too personal); interruption of the survey; personal remarks about the
survey.

Additionally encoded: amount of the respondent´s incentive.