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FGZ Cohesion Panel: Wave 2 – Questions on climate change, antisemitism, and gender equality (English Version)

General Information:

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

Question Text:

Currently, there is a lot of discussion about climate policy (i.e., policy decisions made because of climate change). To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
[Derzeit gibt es viele Diskussionen über die Klimapolitik (d.h. politische Entscheidungen, die wegen des Klimawandels getroffen werden). Inwieweit stimmen Sie den folgenden Aussagen zu?]

Answer Categories:

Strongly disagree [Stimme überhaupt nicht zu]
Rather disagree [Stimme eher nicht zu]
Neither agree nor disagree [Teils-teils]
Rather agree [Stimme eher zu]
Strongly agree [Stimme voll und ganz zu]
There was no item nonresponse for question 2, that is, all three items were answered by all 240 respondents. In addition, the test persons used the entire scale range for all items (see Table 3). Looking at the frequency distributions of items a and b, it can be seen that respondents agreed and disagreed with the statements in roughly equal proportions (item a: 34 % vs. 38 %, item b: 38 % vs. 35 %). Item c, on the other hand, was agreed with significantly more often (65 %) than disagreed (15 %).
The aim of the pretest was to investigate how the test persons justified their answers to the individual items and whether the justifications matched the selected answer option. The corresponding cognitive follow-up questions (N1_F2, see Appendix) were asked of the 116 subjects who were (randomly) as-signed to Group 2. About one-third of these subjects were asked questions on items a, b, and c, respectively.

Cognitive Techniques:

General Probing
Item Text Actively tested

Item Text:

a.I am concerned that my own standard of living will decline because of climate policy.
[Mir macht Sorgen, dass mein eigener Lebensstandard wegen der Klimapolitik sinken wird.]

Recommendations:

The results of the pretest do not indicate any problems with the item, so it can be left in its current form.
Yes

Item Text:

b. I am concerned that jobs are being destroyed as a result of climate policy without sufficient new ones being created.
[Mir macht Sorgen, dass infolge der Klimapolitik Arbeitsplätze vernichtet werden, ohne dass ausreichend neue geschaffen werden.]

Recommendations:

The results of the pretest do not indicate any problems with the item, so it can be left in its current form.
Yes

Item Text:

c. I am concerned that conflicts in society will increase because of climate policy.
[Mir macht Sorgen, dass Konflikte in der Gesellschaft wegen der Klimapolitik zunehmen werden.]

Recommendations:

The results of the pretest do not indicate any problems with the item, so it can be left in its current form.
Yes