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. Experimental variations in the instruments were used. The questionnaire contains a cross-questionnaire experiment. Topics: Verification of the respondent´s stored data such as surname, first name, sex, year of birth, mobile phone number and landline number and, if applicable, correction of sex and year of birth or addition of mobile phone number and landline number (correct or incorrect); German citizenship or indication of foreign citizenship; household composition: age and sex of all household members and their relationship to the respondent; current or previous employment status and respective occupational status; denomination or religion; religiosity; years of regular computer use; BenPC use only since the beginning of the survey; frequency of use of other computers in addition to the BenPC; self-assessment of computer skills; frequency of private Internet use; several e-mail addresses; frequency and time of e-mail retrieval per week; time of completion of the questionnaire after receipt of the invitation by e-mail (directly or later); satisfaction scale for selected areas of life (family life, leisure time, financial situation and work); social activities: active or passive memberships in selected organisations and associations (sports, music or cultural associations, human rights, environmental or animal welfare associations, charitable or relief organisations, religious or church organisations, youth, parents´ or senior citizens´ associations, citizens´ initiatives, professional associations, trade unions, political parties or others); left-right self-rating (scalometer); left-right-rating of the parties CDU, CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die Linke, NPD, Piratenpartei and Alternative für Deutschland (scalometer); party affiliation and...