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Frage Thema Item Text Antwort Format Konstrukt Eingesetzte Kogn Techniken Ergebnis
h.) Legal immigrants should have the same opportunities for education as Germans. [Legale Zuwanderer sollten die gleichen Möglichkeiten einer Schulbildung haben wie die Deutschen.] Nein

All test persons agree or fully agree with the statement.

All 20 test persons interpret the term "opportunities for school education" as access to educational opportunities and thus in the sense intended by the researchers:

  • „This is particularly important. If the immigrants do not receive the same school education, then one has exactly the problem that at some point these pupils, children, young people do not know the German language, cannot integrate into society. Then the Germans will complain that no integration has taken place and then you would be back in this cycle.“ (TP 09)
  • „Education is the be-all and end-all. This is the basis for them to be able to live here and to integrate themselves here; they must have the same school education.“ (TP 17)

There are differences between the test persons regarding the interpretation of the term "school education". Five test persons only think of school in the narrower sense of the term, i.e. primary and lower secondary education (primary school, Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium, Gesamtschule). The other 15 test persons include additional areas such as kindergarten, university, vocational training and further education.

However, the answers of the test persons show that there is no connection between the interpretation of the term "school education" (narrow versus broad interpretation) and the agreement on item h). All 20 test persons agree or fully agree with the statement, regardless of whether they only think of access to grades 1 to 13 or whether they also include access to further education. The statements of the 15 respondents, who interpret the term rather broadly, suggest that they do not distinguish between different educational areas but rather make a general judgement about access to educational opportunities.
a.) strengthen Germany's position in the world? [die Stellung Deutschlands in der Welt stärken?] Nein Three test subjects choose "Don't know." While test person 01 and test person 10 state not to know what influence strong patriotic feelings have on Germany's position in the world, test person 11 is unclear to what extent there is "any connection between the two."
b.) lead to intolerance in Germany? [zu Intoleranz in Deutschland führen? Nein For this item, four test persons stated that they "don't know". The reasons for this are very different. Subject 02 confuses "patriot" with "pacifist", so the question makes no sense to them. Test person 06 wonders who could develop intolerance towards. Test person 07 makes the answer to the question dependent on what image of Germany one has: "It depends on what I see Germany as and we are simply a strong immigration country and we have a lot of migrants. And I personally also think that they are one of them. In this respect, strong patriotic feelings in an immigration country would never lead to intolerance, but rather the opposite. But I don't know whether someone who asks the question like this has the same thought [Germany as an immigration country]. If you see Germany purely as Germany without all the foreigners, then strong patriotic feelings would naturally lead to intolerance. It depends on which Germany you want to feel you belong to. That's why I couldn't say it."

Test person 16 chooses the "I couldn't say it" category because it fluctuates between two interpretations of the phrase "strong patriotic feelings": If the interpretation is based on the meaning of "national pride", this promotes tolerance in Germany, but if the phrase is interpreted in such a way that it is too strong feelings in the sense of "extremism" or "National Socialism", this leads quasi automatically to intolerance in Germany.
e.) are necessary for the national cohesion of Germany? [für den nationalen Zusammenhalt Deutschlands nötig sind?] Nein
d.) lead to a negative attitude towards immigrants in Germany? [zu einer negativen Einstellung gegenüber Zuwanderern in Deutschland führen?] Nein
Das Image der Landwirtschaft in der Gesellschaft Nein
Die Frage, wie es zukünftig mit dem eigenen Betrieb weitergeht Nein
Planungsunsicherheit für große Investitionen im Betrieb Nein
Schwierigkeiten, geeignete Arbeitskräfte für den Betrieb zu finden Nein
Die Vielfalt meiner Aufgaben Nein