German Internet Panel, Wave 68 (November 2023)

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.

Employment status; number of different statements agreed with (I know who I can turn to if I have questions in everyday working life; in my workplace, criticism should better not be addressed openly; there is racial discrimination at my workplace; there is a good working atmosphere in my working environment); number of different statements agreed with (certain ethnic groups are naturally less intelligent than others, we would all be better off if we ate less meat, high salaries for managers are not justified, public broadcasting fees benefit democracy); tools used for route planning (navigation system in the car, smartphone with navigation function as a pedestrian, printed maps, route planner on the internet); self-assessment of spatial orientation skills (sense of direction, recognising points of the compass, reading maps, dependence on a navigation app on the smartphone in unfamiliar environments); preference for accepting a job offer with certain characteristics (size of company, distance from home, industry, salary, certain job characteristics (personal skills, benefits of the work, crisis security of the job), other benefits); preference for one of two candidates with certain characteristics for the German Bundestag (age, gender, profession, party affiliation, political positions, hobbies); preference for a place of residence with certain characteristics (size, price of rents for flats, transport connections, proportion of foreigners, characteristics of residents (wealthy, political views, social interaction), other special features); value and usefulness of own activities (professional activity, contribution to society, contribution to democracy); preferred treatment of people by politicians (respectful, leaving people to make their own decisions, equal treatment); actual treatment of people by politicians (respectful, leaving people to make their own decisions, equal treatment); preferred interaction of society with people (respectful, leaving own decisions, equal treatment); actual interaction of society with people (respectful, leaving own decisions, equal treatment); actual treatment of people by society (respectful, leaving people to make their own decisions, equal treatment); preferred treatment of people in working life (respectful, leaving own decisions, equal treatment); actual treatment of people in working life (respectful, leaving own decisions, equal treatment); attitude towards selected statements about politics (politics looks down on people, treats people like underage children, treats people as second-class citizens); attitude towards selected statements about society (society looks down on people, treats people like underage children, treats people as second-class citizens); attitude towards selected statements about working life (world of work looks down on people like the interviewee, treats people like the interviewee like underage children, treats people like the interviewee as second-class citizens); self-reported belonging to the working class, the middle class or the upper class of society; deprivation; attitude towards selected statements (there is racial discrimination at my workplace, certain ethnic groups are naturally less intelligent than others).

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.