Structural Change in Germany

On behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation´s Department of Policy and Consulting, Ipsos conducted a combined qualitative and quantitative survey on structural change in Germany. The aims of the project were to gain a comprehensive understanding of structural change and its consequences for people´s personal (professional) biographies, their identification with the regions as well as different attitudes towards politics and community. The qualitative interviews were conducted with citizens in four regions of Germany affected by structural change. These were: Lusatia, Greater Chemnitz/Zwickau, the Ruhr area and Saarland. The quantitative survey was set up to be representative of the voting population in Germany. Interviews were conducted in the selected regions as well as nationwide as a reference region. In addition, the survey data set was supplemented with structural data at the district level in the regions concerned. Thematically, both surveys were intertwined.

Only the quantitative data are archived at GESIS.<br>Length of residence in the city or municipality; previously lived in another region and then moved to the region or left the region in the meantime and moved back; willingness to move out of the region for a more attractive job; general satisfaction with life; satisfaction with different areas of life (job situation, housing situation and living environment); worries about the future; local infrastructure (shopping facilities, family doctor); accessibility of shopping facilities and family doctor 10 years ago; identification with the region, with Germany and with Europe; identity: pride in being a citizen of the town or municipality, Germany and the European Union; confidence in the future; locus of control (personal efficacy); assessment of the regional economic situation; change in the regional economic situation in the last 10 years; direction of development of the economic situation in the region; development of the region in the last 10 years in comparison with other regions; expected economic changes for the region; expected personal advantages or disadvantages as a result of the economic change; perceived economic change. disadvantages due to the economic change; perceived control of the regional economy (EU, German state, private companies and businesses, local politicians, local people); perceived influence of politics on the economic situation in the region; direction of the perceived influence of politics; most competent party with regard to the economic situation in the region; attitudes towards attracting new businesses to the region; attitudes towards investment in the region (IT company, airport, wind turbine park, chemical industry, pig farm); interest in politics; satisfaction with democracy; attitudes towards social benefits and tax increases; attitudes towards immigration opportunities for foreigners; party preference (Sunday question).

Biography: employment; travel time to work or training centre; job security; previous employment; current or previous occupational position; area of self-employment; training required for the job; number of employees in own enterprise (size of enterprise); employment in public service; size of enterprise; function of superior; number of employees for whom authority exists; conceivability of self-employment; unemployment at present or in the past; duration of unemployment in total; worked in old occupation or in a new occupation after unemployment; employment after unemployment compared to previous occupation a promotion or a step down or the same step; move to a new occupation after unemployment. unemployment currently or in the past; total duration of unemployment; worked in old job or in new job after unemployment; job after unemployment compared to previous job a step up, a step down or at the same level; moved for job after unemployment; more satisfied with job situation after unemployment than before unemployment; current or previous job in an industry directly related to coal, steel or fossil fuels; friends or acquaintances work in an industry directly related to coal, steel or fossil fuels.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth); household size; number of persons in the household aged 18 and over; religious denomination; frequency of religious service attendance; highest general educational qualification; first or second degree; further education or retraining; start of education or retraining during unemployment; migration background of the respondent or his/her parents (immigrated to Germany or foreign nationality at birth).

Additionally coded: Respondent ID; serial number; weighting factors; interview date (day, month and year); interview length in minutes; federal state; district code; city size (political and BIK city size); administrative district; 4 regions for structural change survey (new allocation); sample (old allocation).

Dual-frame: sample (landline, mobile); number of landline numbers in household; number of landline numbers of mobile respondents; answer codes Don´t know or no information on the number of landline numbers of mobile respondents; mobile phone use; number of mobile phone numbers through which the respondent can be reached by phone.