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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (284 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (1.12 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (420 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (32 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (408 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (1.55 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (156 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (39 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (378 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (3.12 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (481 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (81 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (129 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (0.96 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (442 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (42 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (866 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (1.45 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (175 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (47 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (301 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (2.61 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (162 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (142 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (315 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (1.18 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (431 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (159 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (299 kB) 2017 - 2019, new version (390 kB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (221 kB) 2017 - 2019, new version (35 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (293 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (2.31 MB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (407 kB) 2014 - 2019, new version (97 kB) from 2020
- 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:
- Study description (PDF)
- Codebook (PDF)
- Online questionnaires: old version (255 kB) 2017 - 2019, new version (747 kB) from 2020
- Offline questionnaires: old version (166 kB) 2017 - 2019, new version (28 kB) from 2020
- Authors of the study module: Ulrich Wagner, Patrick Kotzur, Simon Greipl, Peter Schmidt, Steffen Pötzschke