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GESIS, Cologne. ZA5665 Data file Version 55.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14404
Abstract: The GESIS Panel provides a probability-based mixed-mode access panel infrastructure located at GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany. The project offers the social science community an opportunity to collect survey data from a representative sample of the German population. Submitted study proposals are evaluated based on a scientific review process. Panel members were initially recruited in 2013 in face-to-face interviews followed by a self-administered profile survey. The mode was chosen by the participants. All participants of the profile survey are consider ... more
Content: The following description of the contents begins with the most recent wave. Part of every survey for all respondents (except in the Recruitment Interview): mode of invitation; mode of participation; date of the beginning and the end of the fieldwork; break during the survey and its duration; date, on which the questionnaire was completed; estimate ... more
Topics: Social conditions and indicators | Information society | Media | Political behaviour and attitudes | Information technology | Government, political systems and organisations | Elections | Economic systems and development | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Equality, inequality and social exclusion | PSYCHOLOGY | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | General health and well-being | Family life and marriage | TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT | Working conditions | Leisure, tourism and sport | Income, property and investment/saving | Consumption and consumer behaviour | Energy and natural resources | Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions | Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue | Environment and conservation | Migration | Economic conditions and indicators | Wounds and injuries | International politics and organisations | Health care services and policies | Gender and gender roles | Physical fitness and exercise | LAW, CRIME AND LEGAL SYSTEMS

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.05.2013 - 16.04.2024
Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.06.2013 - 01.12.2013, Recruitment Interview (cohort 2013) | 02.05.2013 - 23.09.2016, Recruitment Interview (cohort 2016) | 04.2018 - 09.2018, Recruitment Interview (cohort 2018) | 26.06.2013 - 31.01.2014, Welcome Survey | 21.08.2013 - 14.10.2013, wave aa | 16.10.2013 - 10.12.2013, wave ab | 11.12.2013 - 19.02.2014, wave ac | 19.02.2014 - 15.04.2 ... more
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Cohort 1: German-speaking population between 18 and 70 years of age with permanent residence in Germany Cohort 2: German-speaking population over 18 years of age with permanent residence in Germany Cohort 3: German-speaking population over 18 years of age with permanent residence in Germany Cohort 4: German-speaking population over 18 years of age ... more
Number of Units: 13718
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI) • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI) • Self-administered questionnaire: Paper; Recruitment Interview: Face-to-face interview: CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview) Following Waves: Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) Self-admin ... more
Data Collector: Recruitment Interview (Cohort 1 und 2): TNS Infratest Sozialforschung, München Rekrutierungsbefragung (Cohort 2): Kantar Public, München Following Waves: GESIS Panel
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, CSV
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 21492
Notes: The waves aa, ab and ac are part of the recruitment process. Due to data protection rules they are only provided within the full data set (ZA5664). The first wave after the recruitment interviews is wave ba. Integration into the GESIS Panel dataset: In contrast to the dataset of the first recruitment cohort (a1), the data set of the second cohort ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: GESIS Panel Team - GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Publication year: 2025
DOI: 10.4232/1.14404 | 10.4232/1.14386 | 10.4232/1.14288 | 10.4232/1.14285 | 10.4232/1.14231 | 10.4232/1.14189 | 10.4232/1.14140 | 10.4232/1.14111 | 10.4232/1.14035 | 10.4232/1.14007 | 10.4232/1.13969 | 10.4232/1.13931 | 10.4232/1.13880 | 10.4232/1.13798 | 10.4232/1.13785 | 10.4232/1.13782 | 10.4232/1.13761 | 10.4232/1.13699 | 10.4232/1.13651 | 10.4232/ ... more
Study number: ZA5665
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page

Versions

Current Version: 55.0.0, 2025-02-17, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14404
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Reference publications

Publications: Bosnjak , M., Dannwolf, T., Enderle, T., Schauer, I., Struminskaya, B., Tanner, A., & Weyandt K. W. (2017). Establishing an open probability-based mixed-mode panel of the general population in Germany: The GESIS Panel. Social Science Computer Review, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439317697949
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The GESIS Panel provides a probability-based mixed-mode access panel infrastructure located at GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany. The project offers the social science community an opportunity to collect survey data from a representative sample of the German population. Submitted study proposals are evaluated base ... more

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