German Internet Panel, Wave 63 (January 2023)

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is a long-term study at the University of Mannheim. The GIP examines individual attitudes and preferences that are relevant in political and economic decision-making processes. To this end, more than 3,500 people throughout Germany have been regularly surveyed online every two months since 2012 on a wide range of topics. The GIP is based on a random sample of the general population in Germany between the ages of 16 and 75. The study started in 2012 and was supplemented by new participants in 2014 and 2018. The panel participants were recruited offline. The GIP questionnaires cover a variety of topics that deal with current events.<br>The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. Further information can be found in the study documentation.

Digital platforms: Use of selected digital platforms for ordering products; change in the use of selected digital platforms for ordering products due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of selected digital platforms for booking services; change in the use of selected digital platforms for booking services due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of sharing platforms; change in the use of sharing platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of collaboration platforms; change in the use of collaboration platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of digital platforms to offer own products or services; change in the use of digital platforms to offer own products or services due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of selected sharing platforms; planned future use of selected sharing platforms.

Migration: Assumed personal reaction to a fictitious person with certain characteristics (gender, country of origin, professional qualifications, language skills, religion, religiosity) marrying into the own family; assumed personal reaction to a fictitious person with certain characteristics (gender, country of origin, professional qualifications, language skills, religion, religiosity) moving into own immediate neighbourhood; assumed personal reaction to a fictitious person with certain characteristics (gender, country of origin, professional qualifications, language skills, religion, religiosity) obtaining German citizenship after a few years of residence in Germany.

Use of personal data: Acceptability of the use of personal data (transmission of health data collected by sensor on own smartphone to companies for monitoring infectious diseases in the population, transmission of data on own electricity consumption to companies to receive suggestions for optimising own energy consumption, transmission of data on own electricity consumption to an authority to develop efficient energy distribution systems in the residential area, transmission of data on own electricity consumption to an authority to receive suggestions for optimising own energy consumption, transmission of health data collected by sensor on own smartphone to companies to receive suggestions for improving own health behaviour, transmission of health data collected by sensor on own smartphone to an authority for monitoring infectious diseases in the population, transmission of health data collected by sensors on own smartphone to a public authority to receive suggestions for improving own health behaviour, transmission of location data from navigation apps to companies to improve local infrastructure, transmission of location data from navigation apps to companies to receive personal recommendations on driving behaviour and routes, transmission of location data from navigation apps to an authority to improve the local infrastructure, transmission of location data from navigation apps to an authority to receive personal recommendations on driving behaviour and routes, transmission of data on own electricity consumption to companies to develop efficient energy distribution systems in the residential area).

Demography: sex; age (year of birth, categorized); highest level of education; highest level of professional education; marital status; household size; employment status; German citizenship; frequency of private Internet use; federal state.

Additionally coded were: respondent ID, GIP; household ID, GIP; person ID (within household); year of recruitment (2012, 2014, 2018); interview date; current online status; assignment to experimental groups.

Questionnaire evaluation (interesting, varied, relevant, long, difficult, too personal); overall assessment of the survey; respondent made further comments on the questionnaire.