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To what extent do you feel affected by the following extreme weather events where you live? <br> <i>[Inwiefern fühlen Sie sich von folgenden Unwetterereignissen an Ihrem Wohnort betroffen?]</i>

Item Text:

b. Heavy rain/flooding [Starkregen/Überschwemmungen]

Different Answer Format Tested:

Nein

Findings:

For item b, those respondents who selected lower values explained that there had not been any floods at their place of residence so far, but only heavy rain from time to time, if at all. Test persons who selected higher values, on the other hand, justified this by saying that they had already experienced flooding at their place of residence or had registered an increase in heavy rain events:
  • "There has been no heavy rain or flooding in our vicinity so far." (TP254, scale value: 0)
  • "Rain has definitely increased. However, there are no rivers or lakes near here." (TP439, scale value: 1)
  • "When it does rain, it's much worse than it used to be." (TP273, scale value: 7)
  • "Our place was affected by the flood disaster last year. I would rate the likelihood of something like that happening again as high." (TP297, scale value: 10)

Recommendations:

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

Question tested:

true