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GESIS Panel Longitudinal Core Studies

Within each data collection wave, about five to seven minutes of interviewing time are reserved for thematic modules of the GESIS Panel Longitudinal Core Study.

One aim of the GESIS Longitudinal Core Study is to measure longitudinally frequently demanded characteristics of enduring interest to the social sciences. In 2020, the GESIS Panel revised the core studies and the layout of the surveys. Below you will find the old and the new versions of the questionnaires as PDFs.

Each year, GESIS Panel Longitudinal Core Study modules are fielded according to the following schedule:

  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zb".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 1 (February - March)
    • From 2021: Wave 1 (February - April)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: M. Joseph Sirgy, Carina Cornesse, Michael Bosnjak
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zc".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 2 (April - May)
    • From 2021: Wave 1 (February - April)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Jan van Deth, Gema Garcia Albacete, Tanja Dannwolf
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zd".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 3 (June - July)
    • From 2021: Wave 2 (May - July)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Henning Best, Tanja Dannwolf
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "ze".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 4 (August - September)
    • From 2021: Wave 2 (May - July)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Shalom Schwartz, Beatrice Rammstedt, Constanze Beierlein
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zf".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 5 (October - November)
    • From 2021: Wave 3 (August - October)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Walter Klingler, Albrecht Kutteroff, Angela Tanner, Wolfgang Bandilla
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zg".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 5 (October - November)
    • From 2021: Wave 3 (August - October)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Sabine Sonnentag, Ines Schaurer
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zh".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 6 (December - January) with two questions in wave 5
    • From 2021: Wave 4 (November - January) with two questions in wave 3
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Tanja Dannwolf, Silke Schneider, Ines Schaurer
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zt".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2017 - 2020: Wave 4 (August - September)
    • From 2021: Wave 4 (November - January)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Katharina Schmidt, David Bretschi
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zi".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2014 - 2020: Wave 6 (December - January)
    • From 2021: Wave 4 (November - January)
  • Documentation: 
  • Authors of the study module: Bella Struminskaya, Michael Bosnjak
  • This core study is labeled with the study code "zj".
  • Data collection in waves:
    • 2017 - 2018: Wave ea, ec, ef, fb and ff  
    • 2019 - 2020: Wave 3 (June - July)
    • From 2021: Wave 3 (August - October)
  • Documentation:
  • Authors of the study module: Ulrich Wagner, Patrick Kotzur, Simon Greipl, Peter Schmidt, Steffen Pötzschke