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. Topics: Verification of the respondent´s personal details stored in the database, such as first name, surname, sex, year of birth, mobile phone number and landline number (details correct or incorrect) and, if necessary, correction of previous details or addition of mobile phone number and landline number if not available in the database; German citizenship; marital status; number of household members (household size); age (grouped) and sex of other household members and relationship of the respondent to these persons; federal state of the main residence; highest general school leaving certificate; highest vocational training or (technical) university degree). Occupational situation: employment status or (professional) activities; main activity; previous employment status (full-time or part-time); occupational status of paid activity (employed, self-employed or helping family member); short-time work or leave with/without continued pay of employed persons; amount of short-time work of employed persons; amount of work in self-employment (more, about the same or less than before the start of the Corona pandemic, not working at all in my self-employment at the moment); place of work of the main activity (exclusively on site at the employer´s or client´s premises, predominantly on site at the employer´s premises, about equally on site at the employer´s premises and in the home office, predominantly in the home office, occasionally at the employer´s or client´s premises, exclusively in the home office); time limit employment contract; employment in the public sector; occupational status of the last paid employment; employment contract of indefinite or fixed duration of the last employment relationship; employment in the public sector in the last employment...