Position of the vignette
interview_start
interview_end
How old are you?
Hidden variable for age group
Hidden variable to pipe 'landkreis' from database against the zipcode
Hidden variable to pipe 'AGS_kreis' from database against the zipcode
Hidden variable for 'Bundesland'
Hidden variable to pipe 'Regierungsbezirk' from database against the zipcode
Hidden variable for 'Kreistyp'
grown up here
bezahlbarer Wohnraum
Proximity to work/training/university
Low taxes/levies in city/municipality or state
social environment (family, relatives, friends)
Care and education services for children and juvenile
Leisure offer
Provision of public services, such as hospitals, physicians, public.
other
Most important criterion
Second most important criterion
How difficult was the evaluation for you?
the place where you spent most of your childhood until you were 15 years old
Your current place of residence?
How many years have you lived in this city or community?
Do you own or rent your house or flat, or are you living there rent-free?
How many close relatives living in a county other than you?
How many good friends are living in a county other than you?
How many times in total have you moved across a county border?
Do you plan to move out of the city or municipality within the next 2 years?
Living conditions in residential area 1 Very good/5 Very poor
Local branch of a party
Church parish
Association such as music, sports or cultural club
Another organization where I live that has not yet been named.
Cut or expand measures tranfering from richer to poorer regions?
Knows State fiscal equalization
Knows Municipal financial equalization
Knows Urban development funding
Knows Life in the countryside
Knows ERDF - European Regional Development Fund
Knows GRW - Improvement of the regional economic structure
Knows RIF - Promoting regional innovations
For quality reasons, please mark this line with 'Agree' = 1.
What is your current marital status?
Number of people in your household
Do you currently care for any family members?
Which party would you vote for if there were a federal election next Sunday?
other party, namely:
How satisfied are you, all in all, with your life at present?
Risk that your home district will get worse in the near future?
Risk that things will be bad for home district in the next 50 years?
In general, I'm a person who likes to take risks.
Unemployment rate
Income per inhabitant
Doctors per inhabitant
Proportion of the Population Rejecting the Political System in Germany
Which employment situation applies to you?
Other, namely
Were you previously employed?
How much time for route from your home to your workplace?
Place of birth
Place of birth: father
Place of birth: mother
Place of birth: others, namely:
Place of birth: father, others, namely:
Place of birth: mother, others, namely:
What is your highest general education degree?
Other high school diploma:
What is your highest vocational education degree?
Other vocational training degree, namely:
How much is the average monthly net income of your household in total?
Unemployment rate 2015
Change in unemployment rate 2011-2015
Share of foreign employees 2015
Employees in production occupations 2015
Average age of the population 2015
Total net migration 2015
Voter turnout 2017
Vote shares CDU/CSU 2017
Vote shares SPD 2017
Vote shares Gruene 2017
Vote shares FDP 2017
Vote shares DieLinke 2017
Vote shares AfD 2017
Share of votes for other parties 2017
Household income 2015
Development of household income 2011-2015
Median income 2015
Inhabitants per physician 2015
Childcare rate for young children 2015
Tax revenue 2015
Municipal debt 2015
Urban development funding (long-term) 2006 to 2015
Urban development funding (short-term) 2011 to 2015
GRW  economy (long-term) 2006 to 2015
GRW economy (short-term) 2011 to 2015
GRW infrastructure (long-term) 2006 to 2015
GRW infrastructure (short-term) 2011 to 2015
Labor market region 2015
Asylum seekers 2015
Child poverty 2015
Local supply Supermarkets Average distance 2015
Local supply Primary schools Average distance 2015
Local supply Secondary 1 schools Average distance 2015
Local supply Pharmacies Average distance 2015
Net balance of commuters 2015
Gross domestic product per capita 2015
Gross domestic product per employee 2015
Forecast population development (2012-2035)
Prognose Neubaubedarf insgesamt 2030
Population
Earnings gap between women and men 2017
Proportion of women in city councils and district councils 2017
Old-age poverty 2017
Rental prices 2017 in categories
Change in proportion of foreigners 2012-2017
Gender proportion 20 to under 40 years 2017
Naturalizations per inhabitant 2017
Population density 2017
Share of foreigners 2017
Foreigners 2017
Change Foreigners 2012-2017
Proportion of protection seekers in the population 2017
Share of protection seekers in foreign population 2017
Development of protection seekers 2012-2017
Commuting time to workplace in minutes
Household size
Urban or Rural Space (Ref.: Staedtischer Raum)
East (Ref. West)
Male (Ref. Female)
housing==Mieter/in
housing==Mietfrei
pop_child==Weniger als 5.000
pop_child==Mehr als 500.000
pop_subj==Weniger als 5.000
pop_subj==Mehr als 500.000
Future move (possibly) planned
famstat==Verheiratet bzw. in eingetragener Lebenspartnerschaft lebend
famstat==Ledig, in fester Partnerschaft
famstat==Ledig, ohne feste Partnerschaft
famstat==Geschieden bzw. eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft aufgehoben
famstat==Verwitwet bzw. eingetragene/r Lebenspartner/-in verstorben
party==CDU/CSU
party==SPD
party==FDP
party==Die Linke
party==AfD
party==sonstige Partei, und zwar:
employ==In einer beruflichen Ausbildung/Lehre
employ==In Umschulung
employ==Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr
employ==Mutterschafts-, Erziehungsurlaub, Elternzeit oder sonstige Beurlaubung
employ==Sonstiges, und zwar
Dummy: commuting distance at least 30min
Commuting distance in minutes categorical
Country of birth: East Germany/other country UK
Country of birth: West Germany/England
Country of birth: Foreign
Born in East Germany and now in the West
Born in West Germany and now in the East
Migration background Ref. No
Are you self-employed?
Pro regional redistribution (Ref.Contra or no matter)
Contra regional redistribution (Ref.Pro or no matter)
regional redistribution Maintain(Ref.No)
No opinion on regional redistribution (Ref.Pro/Contra/Keep).
edu==Kein Schulabschluss
edu==Volks-/Hauptschulabschluss / Polytechnische Oberschule mit Abschluss 8. ode
edu==Mittlere Reife/Realschulabschluss / Polytechnische Oberschule mit Abschluss
edu==Fachabitur oder Abitur / Erweiterte Oberschule mit Abschluss 12. Klasse
edu==Sonstiger Schulabschluss:
voctrain==Noch in beruflicher Ausbildung
voctrain==Kein Berufsabschluss
voctrain==Lehre oder Anlernausbildung in einem Betrieb
voctrain==Ausbildung an einer Berufsfachschule
voctrain==Meisterabschluss oder Technikerabschluss
voctrain==Abschluss an einer Berufsakademie
voctrain==Sonstiger Ausbildungsabschluss, und zwar:
bundesland==Schleswig-Holstein
bundesland==Hamburg
bundesland==Niedersachsen
bundesland==Bremen
bundesland==Nordrhein-Westfalen
bundesland==Hessen
bundesland==Rheinland-Pfalz
bundesland==Bayern
bundesland==Saarland
bundesland==Berlin
bundesland==Brandenburg
bundesland==Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
bundesland==Sachsen
bundesland==Sachsen-Anhalt
Dummy: 1 = Kennt Laenderfinanzausgleich
Dummy: 1 = Kennt kommunalen finanzausgleich
Haeufigkeit der Umzüge Kategorisiert
Dummy: Noch nie umgezogen (Ref. schon mal umgezogen)
Dummy: Max 1mal umgezogen (Ref. öfter wie 1mal umgezogen)
Active on site in an organization
Already lived in other BL for at least 1 year
Dummy: 1 Hälfte oder mehr Verwandte in anderem BL
Dummy: 1 Hälfte oder mehr Freunde in anderem BL
Net household income
Median general satisfaction: 0 Less satisfied 1 Satisfied
Median Short-term risk of region doing poorly: 0 rather Low, 1 rather
Median long-term risk that the region will fare badly: 0 rather low, 1 high
Median risk aversion: 0 Rather not, 1 Risk taker
Median household net income: 0 Less, 1 More
Dummy: age 0 younger, 1 older
Many areas rely on transfers instead of showing efforts
Many areas are not driven to improve their economic position.
There are too many people getting help even though they do nothing for society.
Transfers to the poor should be used for business development.
The  economic  and  financial  position  of  most areas over all corresponds to
In Germany, each areas should offer the same living conditions.
The areas that are better off should support the areas that are worse off.
Basic services such as medical care and transport infrastructure should be equal
If the government needs to take on more debt to help areas, they should do this
It is unacceptable that some areas in Germany are 'dying  out'.
If the government must go deeper in debt to help people, it should do so.
Compassion for others is the most important human value.
There are too many people getting something for nothing in this society.
Many poor people simply don't want to work hard.
Maybe it's not their fault, but most poor people were brought up without ambitio
Anybody receiving welfare in this country should be made to work for the money t
All things considered, most people get just what they deserve out of life.
In Germany, everyone should be treated equally, because we are all human beings.
Those who are well off in this country should help those who are less fortunate.
Basic services such as health care and legal assistance should be provided to ev
It is not right for people to go hungry in our country.
Many areas rely on ctransfers instead of implementing improvements
Many areas are  not driven to improve their economic position
There are many areas that receive aid and don't do anything for it.
Financial transfers should be used for business development.
Vignettes: Acceptance of the regional transfer from 1 disagree to 11 fully agree
ID of the vignette solidarity
Vig: Location of the recipient region
Vig: Economic relations with recipient region
Vig: Economic strenght lower than average
Vig: Proportion of elderly people
Vig: Past financial expenses
Dim: Effectiveness: Created jobs preventing outflows