Documentation

Download: Questionnaires

Download: FAQ - What makes a good questionnaire?

Download: Codebook (all waves)

Download: Study Descriptions

2018:

• 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:

• Wave ac (December 2013 - January 2014)
• Wave ab (October 2013 - November 2013)
• Wave aa (August 2013 - September 2013)
• Wave a12

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 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., 2017). 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 (in German only). Please see also our recruitment reports:

• Recruitment Report - Executive Summary
• Recruitment Report - TNS Infratest
• Recruitment Report - Appendix

In order to compensate for panel attrition, a refreshment sample was drawn from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) in 2016 and 2018. Now, the GESIS Panel comprises about 5400 panelists (June, 2019).

• Recruitment Report - Refreshment Sample 2016