The German Victimization Survey - Cumulation 2012-2017
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6853 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13672
Abstract: The German Victimization Survey is a dark field survey conducted on behalf of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) with the aim of collecting comprehensive information on the topics of fear of crime, victim experiences and reporting behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany. Other focal points of the survey were fraud offences with EC and credit cards or on the Internet as well as crime-related attitudes. The study, designed as a cross-sectional survey, was first conducted in 2012 and repeated in 2017 with a slightly modified survey instrument. A representative sample of the German popu ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 2012 - 2017
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: German-speaking resident population aged 16 and over in private households as well as the resident population of the aforementioned age group who do not have sufficient knowledge of German, insofar as they can be interviewed in Turkish or Russian.
Number of Units: 66695
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Two sub-samples were used: a nationwide fixed network and mobile phone sample (basic sample) and an additional sample (onomastic sample) to increase the proportion of people with a Turkish migration background.
Basic sample: combined fixed network and mobile phone sample (dual frame design) in the ratio 70% fixed netwo ... more Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: infas, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 2018
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Wiesbaden
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13672
Study number: ZA6853
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-02-16, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13672
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Schiel, Stefan; Knerr, Petra; Schumacher, Dennis:
Methodenbericht : Deutscher Viktimisierungssurvey 2017
Bonn: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH, 2018
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