Generations

The Generations Study was conducted by infratest dimap on behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. During the survey period from 27.10.2022 to 16.01.2023, the German population aged 16 and over (German citizens) was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on the following topics: political interest, satisfaction with democracy, position on various political issues and current voting intention. In addition, questions were used to identify divergent attitudes of the different age groups, e.g. on consumer and nutritional behavior, value orientations, perceived conflicts in society and the use of social media. The respondents were selected using a stratified random sample from an ADM selection frame including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample). The study consists of two separate sample parts with an identical question program: a classic population sample with a standard design and an age group sample with a targeted equal distribution of interviews across seven age groups.<br>Climate-friendly consumer behaviour (avoid air travel, avoid travelling by car, pay attention to ecologically produced clothing, take care to behave in an environmentally and climate-friendly manner in everyday life); importance of various food characteristics (e.g. own and fresh preparation, balanced, healthy diet, vegetarian or vegan food, etc.); vegetarian diet; vegan diet; value orientations; perceived conflicts in various social groups (young and old, poor and rich, foreigners and Germans, urban and rural areas); interest in politics; satisfaction with democracy; political commitment; feelings of threat (e.g. due to climate change, immigration to Germany, economic crisis in Germany, tensions between Europe and Russia, tensions between Europe and China, xenophobia in Germany, etc.); Position statements on political issues (taxes and duties, immigration, climate); agreement with political statements (leadership positions in politics and business should be filled by a binding proportion of women/ people with a migration background, I can rely on my abilities in difficult situations, all in all, I think things are fair in Germany, today´s pensioners should get more pension, even if everyone has to pay more contributions); credibility of public service media such as ARD and ZDF; use of social media in general (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.); use of these social media for political information; importance of gender-appropriate language in the media; party preference (Sunday question); alternative vote Sunday question; importance of various criteria for a satisfying job (e.g. high income, good promotion opportunities, secure job, etc.).

Demography: sex; age; age group; household size; number of persons in household under 16 years; employment; unemployment longer than 6 months; job security; religious denomination; religiosity; highest general educational qualification; aspired educational qualification; personal migration background or migration background of parents; income situation; willingness to participate in a qualitative interview.

Additionally coded were: Interview number; sample (standard, age cohorts); federal state; urban/rural districts; location size (political municipality size class; interview date; interview start time, interview duration; weighting factor; INKAR spatial unit; INKAR aggregate; INKAR: total net migration per 1000 inhabitants; inflows per 1000 inhabitants; 2017 Bundestag election: Share of votes CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, FDP, other parties, Die Linke, and AfD; Share of settlement and transport area in percent of area, inhabitants per sq km of settlement and transport area; Hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants, doctors per 1000 inhabitants, share of inhabitants in municipality with a population density of less than 150 inhabitants per sq km; Share of population living in medium-sized centers; Share of population living in regional centers. Inhabitants per square kilometer; average car journey time to the nearest motorway junction in minutes; population-weighted linear distance to the nearest public transport stop with at least 20 departures per day; interview number qualitative interview.