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SFB 884 ´Political Economy of Reforms´, Universität Mannheim
Study number / PID
ZA7745, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
10.4232/1.13700 (DOI)
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Abstract
The Mannheim Corona Study (MCS) is a project of the German Internet Panel that investigates the social changes caused by the Corona pandemic in Germany. From 20 March to 10 July 2020, approximately 3,600 participants of the German Internet Panel (GIP) were interviewed every week about how their lives have changed since the Corona crisis. The study examined social/economic aspects (e.g. childcare, employment situation and disposable income) as well as the impact of policies on social interactions, feelings of anxiety and public support for the measures to contain the Corona pandemic.
The Mannheim Corona Study conducts research on the following topics:
• Changes to the job (e.g. home office, leave of absence, job loss) due to the Corona
crisis
• Financial hardship induced by the corona crisis
• The childcare situation of children and adolescents under the age of 16 before and
during the corona crisis
• Satisfaction with the work of selected politicians
• Attitudes towards democratic processes during the corona crisis
• Frequency of social interactions
• Attitudes towards the economic costs and benefits for society of measures taken to
contain the pandemic
• The extent to which individuals are personally affected by the corona virus and their
subjective health risks
• Feelings of fear and concern
Topics: Child care situation before and during the Corona crisis: number of children under 16 in the household; no children in the household; regular child care in February 2020 by the following persons or institutions: Daycare, primary school, school, person aged 60 and over, no care); childcare on the day of the interview (by the respondent, emergency care, other person in the household under/over 60, person under/over 60 not living in the household, none, daycare/school); spouse or partner; Place of residence of partner; employment status of partner; division of childcare between partners before Corona crisis; reduction of working hours during Corona...
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Methodology
Data collection period
20/03/2020 - 10/07/2020
Country
Germany
Time dimension
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Analysis unit
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Universe
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Sampling procedure
Probability: Multistage
The Mannheim Corona Study is based on the methodology and infrastructure of the German Internet Panel (GIP). The GIP is based on a random sample of the general population in Germany and has been conducted regularly since 2012. The GIP sample was divided into eight random sub-samples for the Corona study. Sub-samples 1-7 were each assigned to a different day of the week; an eighth sample serves as a control group and was not surveyed in the Corona study.
Kind of data
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Data collection mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Access
Publisher
GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Publication year
2021
Terms of data access
C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.