Crisis Monitor (Week 42/2023)

The Crisis Monitor has been conducted regularly by the opinion research institute forsa on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government since calendar week 1/2023. The Crisis Monitor is the continuation of the representative population surveys conducted regularly by forsa from calendar week 13/2022 to 50/2022 on the topic of Germany and the war in Ukraine. The individual question areas were adjusted depending on the survey period. In the survey period from 17.10.2023 to 19.10.2023, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). Respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample.<br>Level of personal stress caused by the current situation surrounding the current crises in Germany; developments in Germany that cause the most personal concern; assessment of the German government´s foreign policy actions (cares too much vs. too little about global problems); assessment of the German government´s domestic policy actions (cares too much vs. too little about the problems in Germany); personal sense of security in Germany; level of personal stress caused by the war in Ukraine and the media content perceived about it; level of personal stress caused by the war in Israel and the Palestinian territories; Germany should stand up for Israel because of its history vs. is not a task for Germany; support for German arms deliveries to Israel for the war against Hamas; Germany should stop development cooperation with the Palestinian territories vs. should not do so; organizations that express solidarity with Hamas´ actions in Israel should be banned in Germany vs. should not be banned.

Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; party preference in the next federal election; voting behavior in the last federal election; income level low, medium, high (net equivalent income).

Additionally coded were: West/East region; federal state; weighting factor.