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The survey focused on the attitudes of the respondents to the state and trust in institutions, to actors and measures in the corona crisis (COVID-19), their social image and current attitudes, their personal well-being and experiences in the corona crisis, and media use. Topics: Greatest personal burden or restriction due to the corona crisis (1. mention, 2. mention); institutional trust (courts, science and research, churches, police, federal government, politicians, parties); satisfaction with democracy; opinion on democracy in Germany as the best form of government; attitude towards the principle of the welfare state; social conflict lines: strength of conflicts between different social groups (rich and poor, employers and employees, young and old, foreigners and Germans, East Germans and West Germans, women and men); right people in leading positions in Germany; agreement on statements about the state and politics (the state gets too involved in our lives in the corona crisis, citizens are well informed by politicians about the current measures in the corona crisis, concerns that many measures and restrictions will not be withdrawn after the corona crisis, politicians in Germany do most things right in coping with the corona crisis); assessment of the federal government´s cooperation with states and municipalities; opinion on the scope of laws and regulations because of the corona crisis; assessment of the support measures of the Federal Government for companies and businesses, for employees in health and care facilities, for the protection of the health of the population as well as for the economic situation of the population; extent of the perceived restriction in one´s own life due to the corona crisis; effects of the corona crisis on one´s own economic situation; personal experience with authorities and institutions in the context of the corona crisis (health authority, employment agency, authorities responsible for subsidies and support services for the...