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The study on innovations - influences of new developments on our society was conducted by USUMA on behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. During the survey period 02.02.2021 to 30.03.2021, 1307 eligible voters were surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on the following topics: politics, technology, economy and sustainability as well as socio-demographic questions. Respondents were selected by stratified random sampling from an ADM selection frame including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).Life satisfaction; willingness to take risks; economic situation of the region; expected economic change for the region; assessment of the innovative capacity of the regional economy; party preference (Sunday question) and alternative party; party affinity or dislike of different parties; agreement with statements on digitalization (new jobs will be created in Germany through digitalization, digitalization endangers our jobs, digitalization makes our work easier, technology has become so complicated that I often don´t know how to use it, technology will help me to continue to live independently in old age, I would like more help in everyday life through the technical innovations, when I think of the developments in digitalization I get anxious); digital devices used (smartphone, tablet or iPad, computer or laptop, smart watch or digital bracelet, speaker or screen with digital voice assistant such as Amazon Alexa, etc.); frequency of internet use; frequency of purchasing goods or services over the internet; frequency of use of different digital offers (entering an electricity meter reading online, clarifying a question with the authority by email, making an appointment with an authority online, exchanging or giving away objects or services with people in the neighbourhood online, paying digitally via an app); receiving advice from a doctor online; using an app to monitor personal health data or one´s own physical activities with fitness apps or fitness...