GESIS Pretest Database - Project "Best_FDM" - Questions on the Corona pandemic, religion, and household income (English Version)

Abstract:

As part of the project “Better results through interoperability and standardized research data management: connecting empirical social science research in societal crises (Best_FDM)”, a standard set of questions was developed for use in surveys, recommending survey instruments for both sociodemographic and crisis-related characteristics.
The subject of this pretest are questions on the Corona pandemic, religion and household income.
The questions were tested by means of telephone and video-based cognitive interviews.

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

Citation:

Lenzner, T., Schick, L., Hadler, P., Behnert, J., Steins, P., & Neuert, C. (2022): Project "Best_FDM" - Questions on the Corona pandemic, religion, and household income (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

DOI:

10.17173/pretest128

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	Have you ever had an infection with the coronavirus detected by a PCR test?	Single Question	Coronavirus infection
2	When was the last time you tested positive for the coronavirus? Please indicate the day, month and year. If you cannot recall the exact date, please estimate.	Single Question	Date of last positive coronavirus test
3	Did you have symptoms when you were infected with the coronavirus?	Single Question	Treatment of symptoms of the coronavirus disease
4	How satisfied are you with the measures the federal government has taken so far against the coronavirus pandemic?	Single Question	Satisfaction with the measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic
5	Which religious community do you belong to?	Single Question	Religion
6	Which Christian community do you belong to?	Single Question	Religion
7	Which other religious community do you belong to?	Single Question	Religion
8	This question is about being able to evaluate groups in the population with, for example, high, middle or low income, Therefore, we would like to know: What is the total average monthly net income of your household? We assure you that your answer will not be evaluated in connection with your name.	Single Question	Net household income

Number of Participants:

12

Selection of Target Population/Quotas:

Quota selection. Cross quotas by gender (m/f), age (18–45, 46+), and education (with/without university entrance qualification):

2 women and 1 man, 18-45 years, no university entrance qualification
1 woman and 2 men, 18-45 years, university entrance qualification
1 woman and 2 men, 46+ years, no university entrance qualification
2 women and 1 man, 46+ years, university entrance qualification

Test Date:

05/2022

Number of cognitive interviewers:

5

Pretests conducted via phone or externally (audio-recorded):

12

Survey mode:

CATI

Pretest mode:

CATI, Remote-CAPI

Procedure:

The cognitive interviews were conducted by telephone or video conference. The interviewers first read out the questions to be tested and noted down the respondents’ answers. The cognitive follow-up questions were either asked directly after the individual questions (concurrent probing) or after several questions had been answered (retrospective probing, see interview protocol in the appendix).

Incentive for respondents:

7,50 Euro (interview length: approx. 15min)

Project Description:

As part of the project “Better results through interoperability and standardized research data management: connecting empirical social science research in societal crises (Best_FDM)”, the RatSWD supports empirical research on and in societal crises with a working group. The starting point was the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, but the recommendations for action are intended to apply to societal crises in general. The aim of the working group is to initiate networking and interoperability of social, behavioral, educational and economic research projects across methodological boundaries and thus to support the quality assurance of research data and the change in data culture even in small ad hoc research projects. To this end, a standard set of questions was developed for use in surveys, recommending survey instruments for both sociodemographic and crisis-related characteristics.

Website:

https://www.konsortswd.de/ratswd/themen/krisen/#projekt-best_fdm

Client:

RatSWD
Andrés Saravia

Pretest Report (German):

Pretest Report (English):

Interview protocol (German):

Citation:

Lenzner, T., Schick, L., Hadler, P., Behnert, J., Steins, P., & Neuert, C. (2022): Project "Best_FDM" - Questions on the Corona pandemic, religion, and household income (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences