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The study on living conditions in East and West Germany was conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen Telefonfeld on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. During the survey period 05.07.2023 to 25.07.2022, eligible voters in Germany aged 18 and over were asked in telephone interviews (CATI) about the following topics: living conditions in East and West Germany as well as the relationship of the respective sections of the population to politics and trust in institutions. The survey examines how the sense of identity differs in East and West and how strongly East and West Germans feel their interests and experiences are represented in politics and society. It also looks at the assessment of living conditions, especially in the areas of infrastructure, mobility, health care, social participation and life in the city and in the countryside. The respondents were selected by means of a multi-stage random sample according to the RDD method, including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).Predominance of differences or similarities with regard to East and West Germany as well as North and South Germany; satisfaction with democracy; democracy as the best form of government; opinion on social justice in Germany; trust in institutions (courts, science and research, churches, police, federal government, politicians, parties and media); interest in politics; 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); strength of conflicts between supporters of Corona vaccination and opponents of vaccination and between left-wing political forces and right-wing political forces; assessment of the situation in various areas in one´s own region (road conditions, provision of public transport, fast internet and doctors, shopping facilities for daily needs, wages and salaries, childcare facilities in after-school...