Study title

The Crisis Monitor has been conducted regularly by the opinion research institute forsa on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government since calendar week 1/2023. The Crisis Monitor is a continuation of the representative population surveys Trendquestions Ukraine on the topic of Germany and the Ukraine war conducted regularly by forsa in the period from calendar week 13/2022 to 50/2022. The individual question areas were adjusted depending on the survey period. In the survey period from 05.06.2023 to 07.06.2023, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and older was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). Respondents were selected using a multistage random sample.
Level of personal burden caused by the current situation surrounding the current crises in Germany; level of personal burden caused by the war in Ukraine and the media content perceived about it; greatest responsibility for the conflict between Ukraine and Russia (Russia, Ukraine, USA, NATO, all equally); opinion on the level of dispute on important political issues (there is too much, too little or just the right amount of dispute); perceived relief for one´s own household from the federal government´s relief measures (noticeably, hardly or not at all relieved; split: noticeably, somewhat, hardly or not at all relieved); importance of further relief of the own household by the government. Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; party preference in the next federal election; voting behaviour in the last federal election; general assessment of income (low, medium, high). Additionally coded were: Region; federal state; weighting factor.