Documentation
The documentation comprises the questionnaires, the study descriptions, the wave reports, a codebook that documents all variables in the dataset, and other additional documents.
Download: Questionnaires
Download: FAQ - What makes a good questionnaire? (190 kB)
Download: Codebook (all waves)
Download: Cheatsheet (244 kB)
Download: GESIS Panel Data Manual
Download: Study Descriptions
2023:
2022:
- Wave jd (November 2022 - January 2023)
- Wave jc (August 2022 - October 2022)
- Wave jb (May 2022 - July 2022)
- Wave ja (February 2022 - April 2022)
2021:
- Wave id (November 2021 - January 2022)
- Wave ic (August 2021 - October 2021)
- Wave ib (May 2021 - July 2021)
- Wave ia (February 2021 - April 2021)
2020:
- Wave hf (December 2020 - January 2021)
- Wave he (October 2020 - November 2020)
- Wave hd (August 2020 - October 2020)
- Wave hc (July 2020 - August 2020)
- Wave hb (April 2020 - May 2020)
- Wave hz (March 2020 - Corona Special Survey - online only)
2019:
- Wave gf (December 2019 - January 2020)
- Wave ge (October 2019 - November 2019)
- Wave gd (August 2019 - September 2019)
- Wave gc (June 2019 - July 2019)
- Wave gb (April 2019 - May 2019)
- Wave ga (February 2019 - March 2019)
2018:
- Wave ff (December 2018 - January 2019)
- Wave fe (October 2018 - November 2018)
- Wave fd (August 2018 - September 2018)
- Wave fc (June 2018 - July 2018)
- Wave fb (April 2018 - May 2018)
- Wave fa (February 2018 - March 2018)
2017:
- Wave ef (December 2017 - January 2018)
- Wave ee (October 2017 - November 2017)
- Wave ed (August 2017 - September 2017)
- Wave ec (June 2017 - July 2017)
- Wave eb (April 2017 - May 2017)
- Wave ea (February 2017 - March 2017)
2016:
- Wave df (December 2016 - January 2017)
- Wave de (October 2016 - November 2016)
- Wave dd (August 2016 - September 2016)
- Wave dc (June 2016 - July 2016)
- Wave db (April 2016 - May 2016)
- Wave da (February 2016 - March 2016)
2015:
- Wave cf (December 2015 - January 2016)
- Wave ce (October 2015 - November 2015)
- Wave cd (August 2015 - September 2015)
- Wave cc (June 2015 - July 2015)
- Wave cb (April 2015 - May 2015)
- Wave ca (February 2015 - March 2015)
2014:
- Wave bf (December 2014 - January 2015)
- Wave be (October 2014 - November 2014)
- Wave bd (August 2014 - September 2014)
- Wave bc (June 2014 - July 2014)
- Wave bb (April 2014 - May 2014)
- Wave ba (February - March 2014)
2013:
Throughout the recruitment process, the GESIS Panel followed state-of-the-art recommendations for building a probability based online access panel. The reference population for the GESIS Panel is the German speaking population aged between 18 and 70 years and permanently resident in Germany. By the end of the recruitment phase in February 2014, the GESIS Panel comprised around 4900 panelists. All panelists were recruited from a random sample drawn from municipal population registers.
All persons in the sample were interviewed in personal house visits with a computer-aided personal interview (CAPI) (in German only) and asked to participate in the GESIS Panel. Mail questionnaires were sent to those participants who were unable or unwilling to participate in online surveys. Each interviewed person was given an incentive to participate in the recruitment interview; participation in all subsequent waves was also incentivized.
Further details of the recruitment process can be found in the Executive Summary: Recruitment for the GESIS Panel and the GESIS Panel reference paper (Bosnjak et al., 2018). The executive summary of the recruitment process is based on the comprehensive report authored by TNS Infratest. Further details can be found in that report and in its appendix (in German only).
- Recruitment Report - Executive Summary
- Recruitment Report - TNS Infratest
- Recruitment Report - Appendix
In order to compensate for panel attrition, refreshment samples were drawn from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) in 2016 and 2018. In 2021, another refreshment sample was drawn from the German study of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). Below, you find the respective recruitment reports.
