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The Germany Monitor is an annual survey with the aim of empirically surveying the stability and changes in political and social moods and attitudes of the population in East and West Germany. Each year, a new annual focus is set. A main survey (nationwide) and a regional in-depth survey are carried out. The latter includes pre-selected districts. These surveys are available in separate data sets. The Deutschland-Monitor ´23 regional survey was conducted by the opinion research institute forsa on behalf of the Zentrum für Sozialforschung Halle e.V.. During the survey period from 03.07.23 to 28.07.23, the German-speaking resident population aged 16 and over was interviewed by telephone (CATI) in a total of eight districts. At least 500 respondents from the population were to be interviewed in each district. The focus in 2023 was on ´urban and rural areas´. In addition to socio-demographic and political attitudes, regional issues were also addressed. This included the coexistence of people, the challenges and strengths of the place of residence, the socialization of the respondent and attachment to the place of residence. Respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample from an ADM selection frame, excluding mobile phone numbers. A total of 4,018 telephone interviews were conducted.Life satisfaction; affiliation to Germany as a whole, to East Germany, to West Germany, to the federal state and to the place of residence; assessment of the economic situation in Germany as a whole, in East Germany, in West Germany, in the federal state and in the place of residence as well as of one´s own economic situation; migration is necessary to meet the demand for qualified skilled workers; year since moving to the current place of residence; perceived development of the place of residence in the last 10 to 15 years; expected development of the place of residence in the next 10 to 15 years; sociality index where I live (People here help each other, you can trust the...