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Environmental Consciousness in Germany 2020

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU), Berlin; Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau
GESIS, Cologne. ZA8799 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14278
Abstract: The study series “Environmental Consciousness in Germany” has been conducted every two years since 1996 on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency to investigate how environmental awareness and environmental behavior are developing among the population in Germany. The aim is to understand the existing patterns of thought and action in society and to anticipate the needs of different population groups. The main survey 2020 was conducted by infas Institute for Applied Social Sciences from November 1 to December 8, 2020. In addition to updating the c ... more
Content: A) Main survey: Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on personal life situation; importance of various socio-political issues (social justice, economic development, crime, public safety, wars, terrorism, environmental and climate protection, digitalization, unemployment, immigration, integration, state of the education system, state of the healthcar ... more
Topics: Environment and conservation | Energy and natural resources | Political behaviour and attitudes | Diet and nutrition | General health and well-being | Consumption and consumer behaviour | Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue | Agriculture and rural industry | TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL | Leisure, tourism and sport | Social change | Social conditions and indicators

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 11.2020 - 09.2021
Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.11.2020 - 08.12.2020, main survey | 11.2020 - 11.2020, add-on survey "economic structural change" | 04.2021 - 04.2021, add-on survey "heating with wood" | 09.2021 - 09.2021, add-on survey "adaptation to climate change"
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Persons aged 14 and over (Main survey) Persons aged 18 and over (Additional surveys)
Number of Units: Haupterhebung: 2115 Zusatzbefragung Holzöfen: 1006 Zusatzbefragung Klimaanpassung: 1023 Zusatzbefragung Wirtschaftlicher Strukturwandel: 1013
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; The respondents of the main survey were recruited via the infas ad hoc panel. The panel participants were recruited via a random sample of landline and mobile phone numbers. The surveys for the three additonal surveys were each conducted as part of a representative omnibus survey, which is carried out by infas on a mon ... more
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI) • Telephone interview;
Data Collector: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: Haupterhebung: 253 Zusatzbefragung Holzöfen: 47 Zusatzbefragung Klimaanpassung: 47 Zusatzbefragung Wirtschaftlicher Strukturwandel: 48

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit (BMU), Berlin | - Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau
Publication year: 2024
DOI: 10.4232/1.14278
Study number: ZA8799
Publisher: GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2024-03-28, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14278
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH: Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2020 : Methodenbericht. Bonn: infas, April 2023
Study group:
Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland | show all hits of the group
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 (2024). Environmental Consciousness in Germany 2020. GESIS, Cologne. ZA8799 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14278.

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