German Internet Panel, Wave 53 (May 2021)

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is an infrastructure project. The GIP serves to collect data about individual attitudes and preferences which are relevant for political and economic decision-making processes.<br>The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. For more information, see the study documentation.

Topics: Opinion on a reform of the German health care system; preferred measures for financing the health care system; preference for a general practitioner model or free choice of doctor; opinion on a reform of social security for the unemployed; conditions for receiving unemployment benefit II (Hartz IV); preferred scope of rules for the German labour market; opinion on a reform of the pension system; most and least preferred proposals for financing statutory pensions (experiment with modified question order); opinion on a reform of the education system; preferred level of spending on the education system; most important area of education on which the federal government should spend more money and area of education on which less money should be spent in particular; opinion on a reform of the tax system; demand for government measures to reduce income disparities; acceptance of tax evasion; opinion on reforms of the labour market and social systems in the member states of the euro zone; preference for more or less decision-making power of the European Union with regard to these reforms; policy areas in which the European Union should have more or less decision-making power in the future; policy area in which state services should most likely be expanded and reduced; perception of the statements of the parties CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis90/Die Grünen, Die Linke, AfD as vague vs. precise; opinion on trade policy: setting of import tariffs by the European Union vs. by the German government; preferred level of import tariffs for cotton shirts; highest acceptable import tariff to ensure same taxes for women and men (open); opinion on distribution of policy responsibilities between Germany and the EU; agreement to introduce a legal obligation for EU parties to include women on candidate lists for European Parliament elections; agreement to introduce a legal obligation for parties to include women on candidate lists for Bundestag elections.

Genetic engineering: General attitude towards genetically modified food; experiment on the subject of genetically modified food: Assessment of the accuracy of information regarding the safety and potential of genetically modified foods and the increased risk of cancer in rats fed with genetically modified maize; knowledge of genetically modified foods in relation to health safety and the start of production by food producers; opinion on the priority of political measures to restrict the use of genetically modified foods; moral convictions regarding genetically modified foods: personal opinion on this topic reflects own moral convictions or basic questions of right and wrong; feelings when thinking about genetically modified food (disgusted, angry, worried, sad); objective ambivalence: assessment of positive aspects and negative aspects of genetically modified food; felt ambivalence of personal attitudes towards genetically modified food: in conflict with each other, mixed, undecided; interest in further information on genetic engineering (opinion for or against the use of new genetic engineering methods, no further information).

Confirmed or unconfirmed infection with Corona virus since August 2020.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth, categorised); highest educational degree; highest professional qualification; marital status; household size; employment status; German citizenship; frequency of private internet usage; federal state.

Additionally coded were: Respondent ID; 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.