Question: No changes recommended.
Response format: We recommend that in self-administered modes the arrangement of the answer options be horizontal instead of vertical.
1. What did the respondents think of when answering this question?
The persons understood that they were supposed to make a global judgment about justice in Germany. They often included several aspects in their answer, sometimes comparing Germany with other countries in their judgment, but especially weighing different groups and aspects of social justice within Germany:
Four persons mentioned the gap between rich and poor and income differences between occupational groups:
Two respondents (TP 04, 08) mentioned the tax system including tax progression and two others (TP 02, 07) mentioned the effects of the partial lockdown in fall 2020 on various industries:
"I was thinking about the current state, that the second lockdown is coming, where, for exam-ple, restaurants have to close again. [...] Many depend on their profit from the restaurant or the café. If that all closes again now and the schools, [which] are attended by a lot of people, continue to stay open, I think that's very unfair." (TP 02)
A total of four persons referred to social justice and equal opportunities between social groups. Of these, Test Person 01 and 05 referred to integration and opportunities for refugees, Test Person 10 referred to discrimination against women, and Test Person 06 mentioned several areas: "Rich and poor, young and old, East and West."
Finally, two test persons mentioned the legal system in Germany:
One respondent (TP 09) noted that she would "make the arrangement of the answers not from top to bottom, but from right to left."
