Study title

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 (W57), 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.The questionnaire contains numerous experimental variations in the survey instruments. For more information, see the study documentation. Employment status or (occupational) activity; main job; partner; partner´s employment status or (occupational) activity; satisfaction with the domains of work and family life; Conjoint experiment to assess the impact of fictive care situations on child well-being. Respondents were assigned combinations of values of different attributes (age of child, care, working hours); Opinion on home office legislation; impact of Corona pandemic containment measures in Germany (economic harm greater than societal benefit vs. societal benefits greater than economic harm); government should take action to reduce income inequality (GIP sample only); vaccination status; date of last vaccination (month/year); satisfaction with democracy; satisfaction with federal and state government performance regarding the Corona pandemic; preferences regarding decision-making authority of the federal government, state governments, the German Bundestag, and the Robert Koch Institute in the event of another...