Trend Questions Corona (Week 49/2020)

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 subject of the ´Corona crisis´ (COVID-19) from calendar week 12/2020. The individual question areas were adapted according to the survey period.

Topics: Concerns regarding infection with the corona virus (self and family members or friends); concerns about infecting other people yourself; other concerns related to the corona virus (open question); assessment of current policy measures to contain the Corona virus (appropriate, go too far or do not go far enough); assessment of controls to comply with existing Corona measures (appropriate, go too far or do not go far enough); extent of perceived personal constraints due to the Corona crisis and related measures; credibility of the information provided by the federal government on the Corona crisis; assessment of the extent of the federal government´s involvement in the Corona crisis for companies and businesses in Germany, employees in health and care facilities, the protection of public health and the economic situation of the population; Corona warning app installed and used on smartphone in the last few weeks, app installed but deleted in the meantime or never installed; reasons why the Corona warning app has not been installed so far; likelihood of (also) using the Corona warning app in the future.

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

Additionally coded: region; federal state; weight.