Study title

The short survey on current questions on migration / integration was conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. During the survey period 04.10.2022 to 11.10.2022, the German-speaking population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on their attitudes toward migration and integration. The focus is on attitudes toward refugee issues, especially refugees from Ukraine and Russia. Respondents were selected by a multi-stage random sample in a multi-topic survey (Emnid-bus) including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).
Concerns about having so many refugees in Germany (split A), concerns about current refugee numbers in Germany (split B); short-term and long-term prognosis regarding the advantages or disadvantages for Germany of accepting refugees; management of the refugee situation on the part of the German government (tends to come forward vs. tends not to make progress; ability of Germany to take in even more refugees from Ukraine; assessment of residence rights and work permits without asylum procedures for refugees from Ukraine; assessment of basic assurance for refugees from Ukraine without sufficient income of their own; Germany should take in refugees from Russia vs. not take in refugees; housing of refugees or asylum seekers in residential area; so far rather positive or rather negative experiences with housing of refugees or asylum seekers in residential area. Demography: sex; age; education; employment status; household size; number of persons in the household aged 14 and over; party preference; voter eligibility; net household income; survey by mobile or landline. Additonally coded were: current respondent number; weighting factor; interview date; city size (BIK regions); federal state; survey area west/ east.