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Future? Ask the Youth! (Environmental Consciousness in Germany - Youth Survey 2019)

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU), Berlin; Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7564 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13656
Abstract: In the youth study "Future? Ask the Youth!", sustainability-related views, attitudes and behaviours of young people between the ages of 14 and 22 were investigated. Specifically, it examined what young people think about the environment and climate, what concerns they have, how they get involved and what measures are important to them for environmental and climate protection. The study was conducted for the second time in 2019, following 2017. The youth study followed a participatory design with close involvement of a youth project advisory board.
Content: Wave 1: Topics: 1. Topic interests and general self-efficacy: interest in various topics; top 5 topic interests; general self-efficacy (in difficult situations I can rely on my abilities, I can cope well with most problems on my own, I can also usually solve strenuous and complicated tasks well). 2. Attitudes towards politics and society and pol ... more
Topics: Leisure, tourism and sport | Diet and nutrition | Political behaviour and attitudes | TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | Environment and conservation | Consumption and consumer behaviour

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 30.04.2019 - 02.06.2019
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population in Germany aged 14 to 22 years
Number of Units: 1007
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Quota; Basis for selection: Online Access Panel of Norstat Germany (www.norstat.de) Quotation representative of the population according to the following characteristics age, sex, education and region
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI);
Data Collector: aproxima Gesellschaft für Markt- und Sozialforschung Weimar mbH, Weimar
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 337

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU), Berlin | - Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13656
Study number: ZA7564
Contributor, Institution, Role: Gossen, Maike - Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) GmbH - ProjectLeader
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
External links: Survey at Umweltbundesamt

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-01-06, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13656
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: „Zukunft? Jugend fragen! Umwelt, Klima, Politik, Engagement – Was junge Menschen bewegt“ (https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/zukunft-jugend-fragen) | aproxima Gesellschaft für Markt- und Sozialforschung Weimar mbH: Onlinebefragung zur IÖW Jugendstudie 2019 - Methodenbericht. Weimar: 2019
Study group:
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Since the middle of the 1990s Federal Environment Agency finances the analysis of environmental consciousness in Germany. The survey series was developed from scientific cross-sections to a regular survey program.

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Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU), Berlin, & Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau (2021). Future? Ask the Youth! (Environmental Consciousness in Germany - Youth Survey 2019). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7564 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13656.

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