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Structural Change in Germany

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7756 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13763
Abstract: On behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation´s Department of Policy and Consulting, Ipsos conducted a combined qualitative and quantitative survey on structural change in Germany. The aims of the project were to gain a comprehensive understanding of structural change and its consequences for people´s personal (professional) biographies, their identification with the regions as well as different attitudes towards politics and community. The qualitative interviews were conducted with citizens in four regions of Germany affected by structural change. These were: Lusatia, Greater Chemnitz/Zwickau, ... more
Content: Length of residence in the city or municipality; previously lived in another region and then moved to the region or left the region in the meantime and moved back; willingness to move out of the region for a more attractive job; general satisfaction with life; satisfaction with different areas of life (job situation, housing situation and living en ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 29.11.2018 - 18.01.2019
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Eligible voters in Germany aged 18 and over in private households
Number of Units: 3817
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; Multi-stage stratified random sample from the ADM sampling frame for telephone samples; N=3,817 including N=500 each in the regions Ruhr, Greater Chemnitz-Zwickau, Lusatia, Saarland Nationwide: dual frame (40% mobile, 60% fixed network); structural change regions: Fixed network
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: Ipsos Public Affairs, Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 109
Notes: The study consisted of a qualitative and a quantitative part. Only the quantitative data are archived at GESIS.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Neu, Viola - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. | Pokorny, Sabine - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. | Roose, Jochen - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13763
Study number: ZA7756
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-06-23, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13763
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Reference publications

Publications: Roose, Jochen (2020): Wirtschaft ist Heimat. Regionaler Strukturwandel in Biografien und Erwartungen der Bevölkerung. Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. | Ipsos Public Affairs: Strukturwandel in Deutschland - Quantitative und Qualitative Befragung in Deutschland. Methodenbericht. Berlin: Ipsos Public Affairs, 2019
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Research focuses on social change, political attitudes, extremism and participation research, the explanation of electoral behaviour and party research. The data stock includes both specific election studies (e.g. by-election studies) and studies with focus topics as well as multi-topic surveys.

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Neu, Viola, Pokorny, Sabine, & Roose, Jochen (2021). Structural Change in Germany. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7756 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13763.

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