GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample – Standard Edition

The GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample supports social science research by enabling the research community to collect linked survey and digital behavioral data. The panel facilitates analysis of individual behaviors and attitudes by providing integrated data collected across multiple research projects. Survey data are collected through several cross-sectional and longitudinal studies within the GESIS Panel.dbd. The target population includes adults residing in Germany at the time of recruiting who are able to participate in an online survey. Different sampling techniques were applied, including recruitment through advertisements on Meta platforms, piggyback sampling from representative studies, and sampling based on the German residents’ registry. Data collection is conducted using the CAWI mode. The initial recruitment period started in 2023, with the first wave also fielded in 2023. Subsequently, between four and six survey waves are conducted each year. The GESIS Panel.dbd questionnaires cover a wide range of topics, including longitudinal core modules on subjective well-being, political participation, attitudes and behavior, environment, personality and personal values, media usage, work, socio-demographic characteristics and children, attitudes towards refugees, and religion and spirituality. In addition to these core topics, the questionnaires also include instruments based on research proposals submitted through open calls, allowing for integration of various current and relevant subjects. Part of every survey for all respondents (except in the Recruitment Interview): AAPOR wave code; Participation, dichotomous; Date of field start; Date of field end; Questionnaire Assessment; Survey Situation; Paradata: Disposition Code; Page history; Last Page; Survey duration on seconds; Date/Time of survey start; Date/Time of last access; Absolute Time Stamp of survey start; Relative time stamps for each survey page Recruitment Survey: Most Important Problem (MIP); Economic Situation Germany; Economic Situation Respondent; Internet Use Device; Duration of Internet Use per device; Digital Skills: operational & navigational; Mobile Skills; Social Media Use; Privacy on the internet; Media trust; political interest; party identification; Classification Left Right; Satisfaction Democracy; Place of residence; Gender; Year of birth; Citizenship; Family and living situation; Educational degree; professional degree; employment situation; household size; number of children; Income; Questionnaire Assessment; Survey Situation; Survey Experience; Disposition Code; Survey Duration in Seconds; Start Time of the Survey (Absolute Timestamp); Start Time of the Survey (Date / Time); Date of Last Access; AAPOR-Code; Participation, Binary; Date of field start; Date of field end Experiments: The recruitment surveys in 2023 contained an experiment concerning the optimal layout of matrix/grid questions in CAWI questionnaires. The aim was to ascertain whether specific layouts of grid questions have an effect on response quality and panel recruitment success. The three experimental conditions were (1) adaptive design (hereafter AD), (2) scrolling, and (3) paging. Wave ka: Social-Digital Inequalities - Digital Divide and Perceptions of Economic Inequalities (aa): Speed of Internet Access at Home; Perception of Income Inequality: Perception of Inequality in Net Income Between Richest and Poorest in Society; Attitudes Towards Internet and Digital Technologies; Purpose of Internet Use; Availability of Smartphone; Availability of Internet Access at Home; Fair Share: Own Share is Fair; Availability of Computer at Home; Income Ladder: Self-Assessment of Position on Income Ladder; Attitudes Towards Internet and Digital Technologies: Technological optimism; Time of Internet Usage per Mobile Device; Costs of Internet Access at Home; Income Situation: Own Income is Sufficient DigiVox – Awareness, Usage and Attitudes about Artificial Intelligence (ab): Knowledge about LLM; Personal Usage of Chatbots/Artificial Intelligence; Awareness of Chatbots/Artificial Intelligence; Attitudes Towards Regulation of Artificial Intelligence; General Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Political and Media Representation in Times of Crisis (ac): Discussion Politics; Media and Politics; Level problems; Image EU; Most Important Problem (MIP) Survey Motivation - Motivation to Participate in Online Surveys (ad): Survey Motivation – support society, support science, speak my mind, receive bonus, enjoyment Experiments: During various stages within the GESIS Panel.dbd, participants were invited to take part in web tracking studies. The first two recruitment endeavors took place in 2023 and were time-limited to 60 days of data collection. Invitations took place during panel waves. For the first two time-limited webtracking recruitments, incentive experiments were conducted. A 2x4 factorial design was employed with unconditional incentives (0, 5) and conditional incentives (0, 10, 25, 40) as factors. Wave ma: Political Behavior and Attitudes During the German Federal Election Campaign 2025 (ap): Voting Intention; Voting Intention Federal Election; Party Identification; Rating Scale Top Poiliticians; Candidate for Chancellor: Preference; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Merz; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Scholz; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Habeck; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Weidel; Affective Polarization Parties; Political Topics; Populism; Political Information; Support Ukraine Political Participation, Attitudes and Behavior (zc): Interest in Politics; Voting; Most Important Problem; Trust in Institutions; Social Trust; Satisfaction with Democracy; Voting Tendency; Classification Left Right; Socio-Economic Axis; Migration I - Economic Dimension; Migration II - Cultural Dimension; Climate Change - Economic Dimension; European Integration Cultural; Political Participation. Wave mb: Political and Media Representation in Times of Crisis (ac): Media perception Political Behavior and Attitudes During the German Federal Election Campaign 2025 (ap): Voting Intention Federal Election; Political Efficacy; Socio-economic axis; Migration; Climate Change; Political Topics; Support Ukraine; Political Information; Public broadcasting; Rating Scale Top Poiliticians; Candidate for Chancellor: Preference; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Merz; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Scholz; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Habeck; Characteristics Chancellor Candidates Weidel; Affective Polarization Parties SmartDyn App Study (aq): Psychological concepts; Relevance of election outcome; Justice: Society; Justice: Ego; Emotions Germany; Screening App Study; Consent App Study; Reasons for non-participation in the app study; Importance Reward; Random Sample for App Study Personality and Personal Values (ze): BFI: Extraverison; BFI: Agreeableness; BFI: Conscientiousness; BFI: Neuroticism; BFI: Openness to Experience Socio-Demography; Children (zh): Gender; Year of Birth; Citizenship; Foreign Citizenship; Marital Status; Life Partner; Shared Household; General school-leaving certificate; Professional Degrees; Household Size; Income Experiments: Of all the panelists, only 2,000 were invited to take part in the SmartDyn App Study: 500 Meta-recruited and 1,500 randomly selected panelists. Wave mc: Survey Motivation - Motivation to Participate in Online Surveys (ad): Survey Motivation Political Behavior and Attitudes During the German Federal Election Campaign 2025 (ap): Voting Decision Federal Election; Socio-economic axis; Migration; Climate Change; Political Topics; Support Ukraine; Rating Scale Top Poiliticians; Affective Polarization Parties SmartDyn App Study (aq): Campaign Perception; Interest in politics; Satisfaction with democracy; Emotions Germany; Psychological concepts Media Usage (zf): Trust Information Sources; Information Interest; Social Media; Active/ Passive Social Media; Devices Used for Internet Access; Frequency of Use per Device; Purpose of Internet Use Smartphone; Purpose of Internet Use PC; Browser Internet Use Socio-Demography; Children (zh): Place of Living.