German Internet Panel, Wave 62 (November 2022)

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.

Climate change: Expected development of the CO2 price per tonne over the next ten years; expected price range for the CO2 price per tonne forecast by experts; probability of the CO2 price forecast by experts coming true over the next ten years; allocation of a fictitious amount of € 10,000 to various investment options (investment funds certified as sustainable, conventional investment funds, use for consumption or storage in cash or on a current account, others); expected return from investments in sustainable financial products over ten years compared to investments in conventional financial products; expected return risk over ten years for investments in sustainable financial products compared to investments in conventional financial products.

Consumer behaviour: Ranking of the importance of selected aspects with regard to personal consumer behaviour (price, quality, sustainability, fair working conditions, local suppliers, offers from small and medium-sized companies, offers from large and well-known companies, offers from social enterprises, offers from cooperatives, other aspects); change in preferences in personal consumer behaviour due to the coronavirus pandemic with regard to the importance of selected aspects (more or less ecological sustainability of products, fair working conditions, origin of products, preference for offers from social enterprises, preference for offers from cooperatives, other aspects); probability of starting one´s own business; change in personal inclination to start a business due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Health: Time spent on physical activities of varying intensity in the last week; number of days of moderate exertion by the child in the last week; screen time on average weekdays in the last week; screen time on average weekend days in the last week; number of snacks per day in the last week; partnership quality; child-parent relationship (intimacy and trust, recognition); dealing with negative feelings; emotional control; Broadbent´s Cognitive Failures in the last six months (not finding things put away a few days ago, not listening to other people, not finishing things due to distraction); current tension; current worry that something might go wrong; number of days in the last week with the following feelings: dejection, little interest and pleasure in own activities, loneliness; life satisfaction; perceived life satisfaction of own child.

Consent to invite the following persons for future surveys to gain a better understanding of family life (with payment of a bonus of € 4 only for partner or child aged 15 and over, only for the respondent himself / herself or for both): Partner, child aged 15 and over, child aged between 6 and 14; consent to answer more questions about the child aged between 6 and 14 in future surveys; willingness to install a research app for conducting studies on own smartphone with collection of the following additional information: physical activity, location, phone or internet and app usage, sleeping behaviour, eating behaviour, communication behaviour with other household members; consent to install such a research app on the smartphone of the child aged 15 and over.

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.