German Internet Panel, Wave 42 (July 2019)

EU: voting decision in the 2019 elections to the European Parliament; opinion on European unification; classification of the views of parties on European unification (CDU/CSU, SPD, Die Linke, Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen, FDP, AfD); classification of the views of the European Parliament on European unification; left-right classification of the European Parliament; advocacy of abolition of the EU if most people do not agree with EU decisions; satisfaction with the achievements of the EU; agreement on various statements: bad for the German economy/cultural life in Germany is undermined when people come from other countries to live here (nativism); good understanding and assessment of important EU policy issues or Politicians in the EU care about what people think (internal/external political efficacy).

Experiment to collect additional information using a JavaScript: Consent to automatic recording of keystrokes and mouse clicks/ of GPS data in addition to the survey data; main reason for giving consent or refusing consent to automatic recording; technical understanding: understanding of keystrokes and mouse clicks/ of GPS data/ automatic recording of additional information by a JavaScript. Survey length (general and online) (in minutes); ideal length and maximum length of a survey (general and online) in which the respondent would participate (in minutes); recall policy interest; repeat policy interest response; security recall policy interest.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth, categorized); highest educational degree; highest professional qualification; marital status; household size; employment status; German citizenship; frequency of private Internet usage; federal state. Additionally coded: respondent ID; household ID, GIP; person ID (within the household); year of recruitment (2012, 2014, and 2018); interview date; current online status; assignment to experimental groups.

Questionnaire evaluation (interesting, varied, relevant, long, difficult, too personal); assessment of the survey as a whole; respondent made further comments on the questionnaire.