Trend Questions Corona (Week 13/2021)

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 information provided by the federal government on the Corona crisis; assessment of current policy measures to contain the Corona virus (appropriate, go too far or do not go far enough); Corona test conducted since the beginning of March 2021; type of test conducted for the Corona virus (employer-provided self-test, over-the-counter self-test, professional rapid test at a doctor´s office in testing centres or care facilities, PCR test); attempted to purchase a Corona self-test; agreement with various statements on 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 in reducing the spread of the Corona virus, I generally refuse to be tested for the Corona virus, recreational facilities should be reopened to people with a current negative self-test or rapid test).

Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; net household income (grouped); party preference in the next federal election; voting behaviour in the last federal election.

Additionally coded were: region; federal state; weight.