Current Questions on Energy Policy (August 2022)

The study on current energy policy issues was conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. During the survey period 17.08.2022 to 23.08.2022, the German-speaking population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on the following topics: attitudes to energy policy with a focus on energy saving and the evaluation of different energy sources. The respondents were selected by a multi-stage random sample within the framework of a multi-topic survey (Emnid bus) including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).<br>Reduction of energy consumption in Germany necessary to ensure a stable energy supply in the coming winter and to achieve the target of no more than 1.5 degrees of global warming; companies or industry, citizens or both have a duty to reduce energy consumption in Germany; government requirements for citizens and companies or industry to save energy vs. their own decision; future energy sources in Germany (coal, nuclear energy, wind power, solar energy, biogas, hydropower, oil, natural gas); type of natural gas used in the future (natural gas extracted in Germany with the help of fracking, liquefied natural gas from abroad, for which liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals must be built, natural gas delivered from abroad through pipelines to Germany and Europe); energy topics on which one would like more information from the federal government (guaranteeing a secure energy supply in Germany, measures taken by the federal government to save energy in Germany, tips on saving energy in the household, measures already taken by the federal government to relieve citizens from rising energy prices, measures still planned by the federal government to relieve citizens from rising energy prices); assessment of the measures taken so far by the Federal Government to secure the energy supply in Germany and to relieve citizens from rising energy prices as sufficient; target group for relief from rising energy prices (all citizens, only low-income households, all employed persons and additionally special subsidies for low-income households).

Demography: sex; age; highest level of education; occupation; household size; number of people in the household aged 14 and over; party preference; voter eligibility; household net income (grouped); survey by mobile or landline.

In addition, the following was coded: serial respondent number; weighting factor; interview date; city size (BIK city size, political city size); federal state; survey area west/east.