Trend Questions Corona (Week 8/2022)

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 subject of the ´Corona crisis´ (COVID-19) from calendar week 12/2020. The individual question areas were adapted according to the survey period.<br>Credibility of the information provided by the federal government on the Corona crisis; assessment of the current political measures to contain the Corona virus (appropriate, go too far or do not go far enough); extent of the personal restrictions perceived as a result of the Corona crisis and the associated measures; decision by the federal government to gradually withdraw the Corona restrictions in three stages: Self-assessment of being informed about the different stages of relaxation and the regulations that will then apply in each case; expected effects of the gradual withdrawal of Corona restrictions on various areas (social cohesion, relationship between the unvaccinated and the vaccinated, situation of children and adolescents, situation of medical and nursing staff, situation of older people and people with pre-existing conditions); sensible basic measures against the Corona virus after the discontinuation of most protective measures from 20. March (compulsory masks in public transport, compulsory masks in retail, compulsory masks in schools, compulsory testing for visits to hospitals and care facilities, compulsory testing in schools, distance regulations, none of the above-mentioned measures); assessment of the abolition of the home office obligation from the 20th of March; current place of work: almost exclusively at the place of work away from home, mainly at the place of work away from home, mainly at home in the home office, almost exclusively at home in the home office, not at all (e.g. due to lack of orders, short-time work); preferences regarding place of work after the 20th of March.

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: region; federal state; weight.