Trend Questions Corona (Overall Cumulation)

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. The present study is the overall cumulation of the 48 individual waves.<br>Interest in information on the Corona crisis; interest in information on various topics (climate protection, sustainability, digitization, German EU Council presidency, flight and asylum, pension policy, European policy and expansion of the mobile communications network); concerns about infection with the corona virus (self and family members or friends); concerns about infecting other people themselves; other worries in connection with the corona virus (open question); self-assessment of being informed about various aspects concerning the current corona crisis (protection against infection, behavior in case of infection, measures taken by the federal government to contain the corona virus, organizing everyday life with the current restrictions, behavior when feeling ill, measures taken by the federal state to contain the corona virus); information behavior: Media used in the last four weeks for information on the corona crisis; assessment of current political measures to contain the Corona virus (appropriate, go too far or do not go far enough); current place of work: workplace away from home, at home in home office, currently not at all (e.g., due to lack of orders, short-time work); credibility of information provided by the federal government on the Corona crisis; reasons for assessing information provided by the federal government on the Corona crisis as less credible or not credible at all (open question); evaluation of the scope of reports and information on the Corona crisis; willingness to install a Corona warning app on a smartphone to track contacts of Corona-infected people; reasons why the respondent would definitely not use such an app (open question); importance of various conditions for the use of this app (compliance with legal rules on data protection, automatic deletion of stored contacts with other people after two weeks, anonymity, no storage of location but only in whose vicinity, majority of the population also uses this app, no use of the app´s data to avoid fines for violations e. g. , to impose quarantine requirements, no behavioral control following notification of contact with a Corona-infected person, receiving useful information about the Corona virus); trust in various institutions as possible publishers of a Corona warning app (Federal Ministry of Health, Robert Koch Institute, municipal health department, a research institution (e.g. university), a company based in Germany, a global company such as Google or Apple); extent of perceived personal constraints due to the Corona crisis and related policies; assessment of various statements related to policy measures to contain the Corona virus as likely (the federal government exaggerates the risk posed by the Corona virus to public health, the Corona virus was intentionally used in circulation, if there is a Corona vaccine, everyone in Germany will be allowed to voluntarily decide whether to get vaccinated, if there is an app to track chains of infection, everyone in Germany will be allowed to voluntarily decide whether to install this app or to the use of the Corona warning app will remain voluntary, wearing mouth-nose masks in supermarkets or public transport is harmful to health); greatest exposure or restriction in the context of the Corona crisis (open question); knowledge of the Corona warning app published by the German government and the Robert Koch Institute for tracking risk encounters of Corona infected persons; installation of the Corona warning app on the smartphone; Bluetooth function switched on while on the move so that risk encounters could be registered; reasons why the Corona warning app has not yet been installed; likelihood of future use of the Corona warning app; Corona warning app installed and used on smartphone in recent weeks, app installed but deleted in the meantime or never installed; reasons why the Corona warning app was deleted again; reasons why the Corona warning app has not yet been installed; basic willingness to be vaccinated against the Corona virus as soon as a vaccine is approved in Germany or as soon as it is one´s turn to be vaccinated. as soon as it is one´s own turn; reasons why the respondent would (probably) not get vaccinated against the Corona virus; assessment of the current reaction of politics to the currently changing infection figures (reacts just right, too slowly or too hastily); expectation of further increasing infection figures in the fall and winter months; expectations regarding the restriction of public life as infection numbers rise (similarly restricted as in spring, less restricted, or even more restricted than in spring); preferences regarding the federal government´s response to the Corona crisis (warn more clearly than before about the dangers of the virus, reassure more strongly and spread more confidence, or continue to act as before); if the Corona warning app has been installed and is still being used: Suspected reasons why some users do not report their positive test result to the Corona warning app (open-ended question); Likelihood of self-reporting a positive test result to the Corona warning app; consistency of personal opinion with majority opinion on the topic assessment of current policies to contain the Corona virus; experiences with the police or a public order office in recent weeks and months during a check for compliance with the Corona measures; feeling of adequate vs. not adequate treatment during these checks; agreement with various statements with regard to the Corona crisis (the state interferes too much in our lives during the Corona crisis, citizens are well informed by politicians about the current measures in the Corona crisis, politicians in Germany are doing most of the right things in dealing with the Corona crisis, the state´s financial aid in the Corona crisis is distributed fairly overall, people no longer know exactly which measures and rules are actually in place, it annoys me when people do not comply with the mask requirement); assessment of controls on compliance with existing Corona measures (adequate, go too far, or don´t go far enough); evaluation of the extent of the federal government´s involvement in the Corona crisis for companies and businesses in Germany, employees in health care and nursing facilities, the protection of the health of the population, and the economic situation of the population; agreement with statements on the handling of freedom rights in the Corona crisis (people´s freedom is being too severely restricted in the Corona crisis, I am worried that many measures and restrictions will not be withdrawn after the Corona crisis, politicians are only using the Corona virus as an excuse to permanently restrict freedom rights, in the Corona crisis, people´s personal responsibility should be emphasized above all instead of strict rules); informedness about the following aspects related to Corona vaccination (efficacy and possible side effects of vaccines, according to which schedule vaccines are distributed to the population, how to learn about it, if one can be vaccinated oneself); current place of work; used sources of information about Corona vaccination; basic willingness to be vaccinated with the approved vaccines against Corona virus (BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson); reasons why respondent would not get vaccinated with all vaccines (open-ended question); already vaccinated against corona virus; performed corona test since early March 2021; type of corona test performed (employer-provided self-test, over-the-counter self-test, professional rapid test at doctor´s office, testing centers, or nursing facilities, PCR test); attempted to purchase a Corona self-test; successful attempt to purchase a Corona self-test; agreement with various statements about Corona rapid tests and self-tests (there are currently enough rapid and self-tests available in my area, rapid and self-tests can go a long way toward curbing the spread of coronavirus, I generally refuse to be tested for coronavirus, recreational facilities should be reopened to people with a current negative self-test or rapid test); awareness of the new feature of the Corona warning app (anonymous check-in via QR code with later warning about infected person); evaluation of this new feature; evaluation of possible future features of the Corona warning app (showing results of rapid tests and whether or not someone has already been vaccinated); vaccination status: Received initial vaccination against coronavirus, already fully vaccinated, or not yet vaccinated; awareness of new features of the Corona Warning app (anonymous check-in using QR code, viewing results of rapid tests, viewing digital proof of vaccination); use of these new features; if initial vaccination received: probability of second vaccination; interest in the following topics: Corona pandemic, climate protection, sustainability, digitalization, European policy, flight and asylum, pension policy; reasons why the respondent has not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus (open question); willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus; own children aged between 12 and 17 years or own children aged between 5 and 11 years or between 12 and 17 years; basic willingness to have own children aged between 12 and 17 years vaccinated against the corona virus; assessment of the conflicts in Germany between left-wing and right-wing political forces, between young and old, between supporters and opponents of the corona measures, and between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated; number of corona vaccinations already received (none, one, two, three, four); reasons why respondent has not yet had corona vaccination (open question); willingness to be vaccinated against corona virus; willingness to receive a booster vaccination against corona; attempts to make an appointment for a booster vaccination; agreement with various statements regarding the Corona crisis (citizens are well informed by politicians about the current measures in the Corona crisis, politicians in Germany are doing most of the right things in dealing with the Corona crisis, people no longer know exactly what measures and rules are actually in place, people´s freedom is being restricted too much in the Corona crisis, worries that many measures and restrictions will not be withdrawn after the Corona crisis, politicians are only using the Corona virus as an excuse to permanently restrict freedom rights, in the Corona crisis, people´s personal responsibility should be emphasized above all instead of strict rules); willingness to have own children between 5 and 11 years old vaccinated against coronavirus; if no vaccination so far: Willingness to be vaccinated against coronavirus with the new protein-based vaccine Novavax; already infected with coronavirus at least once themselves; if still using the Corona warning app: Vaccination certificate stored in the Corona Warning app, checked into restaurants or events using the Corona Warning app, reported a positive test result to the Corona Warning app, received a red alert due to a risk contact from the Corona Warning app; agreement with statements about the Corona Warning app (makes an important contribution to combating the pandemic, users´ data are not adequately protected by the Corona Warning app, feel well informed about what to do in the event of a red warning message due to a risk contact (app users only)); behavior in the event of a red warning message in the Corona Warning app due to a risk contact after visiting a supermarket (split 1) or in a restaurant (split 2, vaccinated only): would go into domestic quarantine, would have a PCR test done, would have a rapid test done at a testing center, would self-test more frequently in the next few days, would do something different, namely: Avoid/reduce contacts, inform affected contacts, self-monitor symptoms, other, would do nothing; federal government decision to gradually roll back Corona restrictions in three stages: self-assessment of informedness 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, ratio of unvaccinated to vaccinated, situation of children and young people, 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 removal 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, compulsory isolation in case of infection with the coronavirus, none of the above-mentioned measures); evaluation of the abolition of the home office duty from 20. March; preferences regarding place of work after March 20; new infection control law: advocacy by state legislatures for reintroduction of more far-reaching measures such as vaccination, convalescent, or testing regimens, i.e., 2G or 3G regimens, upon emergence of new viral variants or regional overload of the health care system.

Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; high school graduation; net household income (grouped); party preference in the next federal election (intention to vote in the next federal election); voting behavior in the last federal election.

Additionally coded: Federal state; region; weight.