June 5, 2024 Dataset Open Access

People in Germany 2021 - Experiment

Endtricht, Rebecca

This data set contains a subset of variables and respondents of the representative population survey "People in Germany 2021". A survey experiment integrated into the questionnaire explored the role of social crises and threat perception in fostering hostility towards out-groups. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups (splits 1 to 4), with three groups receiving different threat scenarios presented as conspiracy theories related to diseases, economic crises, and wars. The fourth group serves as a control group. Following the treatments, respondents’ general attitudes toward various ethnic and religious groups were assessed using a ‘feeling thermometer’, aiming to investigate the emergence of group-related intolerance as a consequence of perceived threats during crises. The data set contains all variables that were part of the experiment as well as control variables (age, gender, educational level, migration background, religious affiliation, survey mode, region of living, and political self-positioning on the left-right-scale. 

Information on methodology, survey design and sampling of the survey can be found in the technical report: http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.12244