General Information:
*Note: The item was tested in German. This is an English translation of the original German wording.*
Introduction:
In the following, we will ask you questions about the duration and frequency of your contact with each person.
[Im Folgenden stellen wir Ihnen Fragen zu der Dauer und der Häufigkeit des Kontakts zu den einzelnen Personen.]
Question Text:
How often have you been in contact via phone or video calls over the past two weeks? This includes calls made through communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, Viber, and so on.
[Wie häufig hatten Sie in den letzten 2 Wochen Kontakt per Telefon- oder Video-Kommunikation? Darunter fallen auch Anrufe über Kommunikationsmedien wie WhatsApp, Skype, Zoom, Facetime, Viber und so weiter.]
Answer Categories:
Every day [Jeden Tag]
Several times a week [Mehrmals in der Woche]
Once a week [Einmal in der Woche]
Less often [Seltener]
Never [Nie]
Recommendations:
The participants had a consistent understanding of the term “meeting in person” and distinguished their response to Question 4 from their response to Question 3 (contact via telephone or video communication). No participant reported any difficulty answering the question. The results of the pretest indicate that there are no issues with the question, so it can be left in its current form.
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Findings for Question:
Information on the question:
In the pretest, Question 3 served as a contextual question that was asked together with Question 4 to clarify the distinction in content between Question 3 (contact via communication media) and Question 4 (personal contacts). Question 3 was asked for each of the six individuals previously selected in Question 2. There were no comments from the test persons, and no cognitive follow-up questions were asked regarding Question 3.
Question Topic:
Society & social affairs/ Relationships
Construct:
Contextual question: Frequency of contact across different communication channels
