Abstract:

At the core of "FReDA - The German Family Demography Panel Study" are annual surveys of 18- to 49-year-old women and men and their partners. This will enable data users to answer various family-demographic, family-sociological and family-psychological questions.
The subject of this pretest are questions about infection with and vaccination against COVID-19 that were developed for wave 2a of FReDA.
The questions were tested in a cognitive online pretest via web probing.

*Note: The items were tested in German. The items documented here are English translations of the original German wordings.*

Citation:

Lenzner, T., Hadler, P., Schick, L., & Neuert, C. (2022): FReDA-W2a - Questions about infection with and vaccination against COVID-19 (English Version). Cognitive Online Pretest. GESIS Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.

DOI:

http://doi.org/10.17173/pretest132

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	Have you been infected with the COVID-19 virus since the start of the Corona pandemic? [Haben Sie sich seit dem Beginn der Corona-Pandemie mit dem COVID-19-Virus angesteckt?]	Single Question	Infection with the COVID-19 virus
2	How severe were the symptoms of your COVID-19 disease? [Wie stark waren die Symptome Ihrer COVID-19 Erkrankung?]	Single Question	Severity of symptoms of COVID-19 disease
3	To what extent are you still impaired in your daily life due to the COVID-19 disease? [Wie stark sind Sie durch die COVID-19-Erkrankung heute noch in Ihrem Alltagsleben gesundheitlich beeinträchtigt?]	Single Question	Health impairment due to COVID-19 disease
4	To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? Inwieweit stimmen Sie jeder der folgenden Aussagen zu beziehungsweise nicht zu?]	Multi-Item Scale	Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination
5	Are you vaccinated against COVID-19 (Corona)? [Sind Sie gegen COVID-19 (Corona) geimpft?]	Single Question	Vaccination status
6	When did you receive your first vaccination againgst COVID-19 (Corona)? [Wann haben Sie Ihre erste Impfung gegen COVID-19 (Corona) erhalten? ]	Single Question	Date of the first COVID-19 vaccination
7	Please think of your child(ren) ages 12-17 now: Would you have your child(ren) vaccinated against COVID-19 (Corona)? [Bitte denken Sie an Ihr(e) Kind(er) im Alter von 12-17 Jahen: Würden Sie Ihr(e) Kind(er) gegen COVID-19 (Corona) impfen lassen? ]	Single Question	Vaccination willingness for children ages 12 to 17
8	Please think about your child(ren) ages 6-11 now: Would you have your child(ren) vaccinated against COVID-19 (Corona)? [Bitte denken Sie jetzt an Ihr(e) Kind(er) im Alter von 6-11 Jahren: Würden Sie Ihr(e) Kind(er) gegen COVID-19 (Corona) impfen lassen?]	Single Question	Vaccination willingness for children ages 6 to 11

Number of Participants:

132

Selection of Target Population/Quotas:

Test persons were recruited from an online access panel.
Test persons were between the ages of 18 and 49 and were recruited based on the following independent quotas:

Gender: at least 40% female
Educational attainment: at least 30% without a university entrance qualification
COVID-19: At least 30 people who have (probably) been infected with the COVID-19 virus since the start of the Corona pandemic (see question 1)
At least 30 people who have children between the ages of 12 and 17 (and who - at least occasionally - live in the respondent's household).
At least 30 people who have children between the ages of 6 and 11 (and who - at least occasionally - live in the respondent's household).

Test Date:

12/2021

Survey mode:

CAWI

Pretest mode:

Web Probing

Procedure:

Use of an online questionnaire with additional open and closed probing questions (see Downloads).

Incentive for respondents:

Incentivization according to the guidelines of the panel provider.

Project Description:

"FReDA - The German Family Demography Panel Study" is jointly established by the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the pairfam consortium. It is an infrastructure in Germany that combines the Gender & Generations Programme (GGP) and pairfam under one roof. At the core of FReDA are annual surveys of 18- to 49-year-old women and men and their partners. This will enable data users to answer various family-demographic, family-sociological and family-psychological questions.

Scientific paper about the study:
Schneider, N. F.; Bujard, M.; Wolf, C.; Gummer, T.; Hank, K. & Neyer, F. J. (2021). Family Research and Demographic Analysis (FReDA): Evolution, Framework, Objectives, and Design of “The German Family Demography Panel Study”. Comparative Population Studies, 46. https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2021-06

Website:

https://www.freda-panel.de/

Client:

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)

Dr. Detlev Lück

Pretest Report (German):

Pretest Report (English):

Interview protocol (German):

Interview protocol (English):

Citation: Lenzner, T., Hadler, P., Schick, L., & Neuert, C. (2022): FReDA-W2a - Questions about infection with and vaccination against COVID-19 (English Version). Cognitive Online Pretest. GESIS Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.

FReDA-W2a - Questions about infection with and vaccination against COVID-19 (English Version) - Cognitive Online Pretest