Study title

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is a long-term study at the University of Mannheim. The GIP examines individual attitudes and preferences that are relevant in political and economic decision-making processes. To this end, more than 3,500 people throughout Germany have been regularly surveyed online every two months since 2012 on a wide range of topics. The GIP is based on a random sample of the general population in Germany between the ages of 16 and 75. The study started in 2012 and was supplemented by new participants in 2014 and 2018. The panel participants were recruited offline. The GIP questionnaires cover a variety of topics that deal with current events.The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. Further information can be found in the study documentation. Digital platforms: Use of selected digital platforms for ordering products; change in the use of selected digital platforms for ordering products due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of selected digital platforms for booking services; change in the use of selected digital platforms for booking services due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of sharing platforms; change in the use of sharing platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of collaboration platforms; change in the use of collaboration platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of digital platforms to offer own products or services; change in the use of digital platforms to offer own products or services due to the COVID-19 pandemic; use of selected sharing platforms; planned future use of selected sharing platforms. Migration: Assumed personal reaction to a fictitious person with certain characteristics (gender, country of origin, professional qualifications, language skills, religion, religiosity) marrying into the own family; assumed personal reaction to a fictitious person with certain characteristics (gender, country of origin, professional qualifications, language skills, religion, religiosity)...