Trend Questions Ukraine (Week 20/2022)

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 topic of ´Germany and the Ukraine War´ from calendar week 13/2022. The individual question areas were adapted according on the survey period.
During the survey period from 16.05.2022 to 18.05.2022, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). The respondents were selected by multi-stage random sample.<br>Worries about the war in Ukraine; concrete worries in connection with the war in Ukraine (open question); extent of worries about the war in Ukraine; concrete worries about possible effects of the war in Ukraine on Germany (open question); extent of worries about the following in connection with the war in Ukraine: Germany is being dragged into a war with Russia, Germany is taking on too much by taking in refugees from Ukraine, everything is becoming more expensive, use of nuclear weapons, threats to basic supplies in Germany, e.g. with electricity or food; satisfaction with regard to how the federal government is dealing with the effects of the Ukraine war on Germany; sufficient information from the federal government vs. would like more information on the following topics: what sanctions the federal government is imposing against Russia, how the federal government is supporting Ukraine, how the federal government is dealing with the refugee situation in Germany, how the federal government is ensuring that the supply of electricity and food in Germany is guaranteed, how the federal government has prepared for possible catastrophic events such as war, how one should behave in disaster situations, how the Federal Government deals with misinformation on the war in Ukraine; wish for more information on further aspects with regard to the war in Ukraine and its effects on Germany (open question); personal approach to the war in Ukraine (I follow the events in Ukraine several times a day on the news, I try to distract myself from the events of the war in everyday life, I often talk to other people about the war in Ukraine, I show others how I feel about the war, for example by taking part in demonstrations or posting on social media, I donate to people in Ukraine or help refugees, I make concrete preparations for a possible disaster in Germany, none of the above); opinion on cohesion in society as a result of the Ukraine crisis; assessment of the potential for conflict in Germany between different social groups (rich and poor, young and old, East Germans and West Germans, left-wing and right-wing political forces, foreigners and Germans, Ukrainian refugees and Germans, people of Russian origin and non-Russian origin in Germany).

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

Additionally coded were: region; federal state; weight.