German Internet Panel, Wave 58 (March 2022)

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is an infrastructure project. The GIP serves to collect data about individual attitudes and preferences which are relevant for political and economic decision-making processes.

For this wave (W58), and the preceding waves (W55 and W57), a booster sample was drawn from the forsa Omninet Panel. The waves in question are designed as a study of the 2021 federal election and the impact of Covid-19 on the federal election and society. The survey of wave 55 took place before the Bundestag election and the surveys of waves 56 and 57 took place after the Bundestag election. Especially for the federal election, the number of participants should be further increased in order to be able to make more precise statements about individual groups in society. In addition, this also enables further research by combining different samples.<br>The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. For more information, see the study documentation.

The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. For more information, see the study documentation.

Ownership of a mobile phone; mobile phone is a smartphone; frequency of use of smartphone for making phone calls, sending text messages, other activities besides making phone calls; use of smartphone for various activities (visiting websites, reading/writing emails, taking photos, viewing/posting content on social networks, shopping, online banking, installing new apps, using apps that use GPS/location, connecting to other electronic devices via Bluetooth (e.g. smartwatches, fitness bracelets), playing games, listening to music or watching videos on the internet, none of these activities); frequency of use for the previously mentioned activities; apps installed on the smartphone (Spotify, Google Maps, tagesschau, WhatsApp, Facebook, DB Navigator, none of these apps); self-assessment as a beginner or advanced user of the smartphone; Sequence of steps needed to install the DB Navigator app on the smartphone and book an online train ticket; sequence of steps needed to successfully find the way from the train station to the hotel using the Google Maps navigation app on the smartphone; sequence of steps needed to connect the smartphone to the hotel´s Wi-Fi network and send photos via messenger app.

Post-traumatic personal growth: Actual weekly working hours; impact of COVID-19 on one´s workplace and professional engagement (clear understanding of how to respond to the Corona crisis, was able to rely on established procedures and practices at work to respond to the Corona crisis, during the Corona crisis there were rules, procedures and guidelines at work that I could adhere to, the Corona crisis messed up my ability to do my job well, at work the Corona crisis changed the way I normally work, at work the Corona crisis required me to change the way I do my work, at work the Corona crisis was crucial to how my professional future will develop, at work the Corona crisis was a high priority for me, at work the Corona crisis was an important event for me); personal growth and changes in own life due to Corona crisis (developed new interests, knowledge that I can count on others in hard times, new ideas about what is important and priority in life, developed self-confidence, do more with my life, learned a lot about how good people are, new sense of how important my life is to me, knowledge that I can handle difficulties, opportunities available that would not have been otherwise, accept that I need others, am stronger than I thought, appreciate every day.

Vignette experiment on attitudes towards partnerships between relatives and refugees with different attributes on gender, country of origin, religious affiliation, importance of religion and education.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth, categorized); highest level of schooling; 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); evaluation of the survey overall; respondent made further comments on the questionnaire.