PaCo - Mechanisms of panel conditioning in longitudinal surveys: Questions on social desirability, gender roles, and environment (English Version) - Cognitive Pretest

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The PaCo project addresses panel conditioning effects (PCE), that is, changes in actual behavior, attitudes, or knowledge, or changes in response behavior as a result of previous survey participation.
The subject of this pretest are questions on reflection, social desirability, and motivation, which were newly developed and collected for the first time in the GESIS Panel.
The questions were tested by means of telephone cognitive interviews.

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

Citation:

Lenzner, T., Nießen, D., Hadler, P., Steins, P., Quint, F., & Neuert, C. (2020): PaCo - Mechanisms of panel conditioning in longitudinal surveys: Questions on social desirability, gender roles, and environment (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

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10.17173/pretest104

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct	Question documented in ZIS
1	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?	Single Question	Gender roles	No
2	The previous question was about whether full-time employment is the best way for a woman to be financially independent. Do you have a clear opinion on this or are you rather unsure of your opinion on this topic?	Single Question	Response confidence	No
3	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?	Single Question	Compatibility of family and career
4	The previous question was about whether family life suffers when the wife works full-time. How likely is it that you will change your mind on this issue in the future?	Single Question	Attitude strength	No
5	How often do you throw smaller trash on the ground, in manhole covers, or flower beds when you don't see a trash can right now?	Single Question	Environmental behavior
6	Would you be willing to pay more money for drinking water if it financed measures against drinking water pollution?	Single Question	Environmental behavior: Intention
7	Which mode of transport do you think consumes the most energy on average per person and per km?	Single Question	Environmental knowledge: Energy per transport vehicle
8	And what do you think consumes the most energy in a private household?	Single Question	Environmental knowledge: Energy in the private household
9	What does the environmental protection label of the Umweltbund look like?	Single Question	Environmental knowledge: Environmental protection sign
10	How often have you used the Internet in the last 14 days to find out about political events?	Single Question	Internet use for obtaining information	No
11	How often have you viewed pornographic content in the last 14 days?	Single Question	Sexual behavior	No
12	Have you purchased any cleaning products for your home in the last 4 weeks?	Single Question	Consumption of cleaning agents	No
13	Have you ever stolen something from a store or something that does not belong to you worth less than 50 euros?	Single Question	Illegal/criminal behavior	No
14	For the following characteristics, please indicate how embarrassing it would be for a person to reveal them in public. It is not a question of how you personally judge these characteristics, but what one can and cannot admit publicly.	Multi-Item Scale	Social desirability	No
15	How likely is it that you would consent to such use of your information in the following services?	Multi-Item Scale	Willingness to share social media data	No
16	Would you agree to share your Apple or Samsung Health data with us so that we can link it to your questionnaire information for scientific purposes?	Single Question	Willingness to share smartphone data	No

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