RISC RegPan W1 2021
RISC Regional Panel 2021 – Wave 1 (FGZ Regionalpanel 2021 – Welle 1)
Coordinated by the RISC section Halle (Saale), sections Bielefeld, Göttingen, and Hannover jointly conducted this panel study on social cohesion in local societies. The RISC Regional Panel covers 12 communes in 4 German federal states (Bavaria, Lower-Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt): One large city (min 200,000 inhabitants), one medium-sized city (max 50,000 inhabitants), and one small commune/village each. The samples are randomly drawn from official registry and the data are representative for each commune. The first wave of the dataset comprises data on a wide range of topics like social cohesion, neighbourhoods, media consumption, local infrastructures, and polarisation.
Dataset information
Title: RISC Regional Panel 2021 – Wave 1 (FGZ Regionalpanel 2021 – Welle 1)
DOI: 10.60532/risc_regpan.2021.w1.v1
Principal Investigators: Reinhold Sackmann, Peter Dirksmeier, Angelina Göb, Jakob Hartl, Ina Mayer, Jonas Rees, Yann Rees, Maike Reinhold, Andreas Schmidt, Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, Berthold Vogel, Oliver Winkler
Contributors: Sarah Dröge, Sarah Einzel, Hannah Glinka, Mortischa Mokelke, Finn Moog, Julian Peek, Nell Richter, Maren Scholz, Sophie Schroeder, Julian Schweer, Leon Walter (Project Members), Centouris Passau (Data Collector)
Selection Method: The respondents were drawn from the official local registry of 12 communes in 4 German federal states (Bavaria, Lower-Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt) using a two-staged random sampling procedure.
Collection Method: In the RISC regional panel study, the respondents had the choice of participating via online questionnaires or by means of paper-pencil questionnaires. The study was self-administered and translated into five other languages (English, French, Polish, Russian, Turkish).
Citation of the Data: Sackmann, R., Dirksmeier, P., Göb, A., Hartl, J., Mayer, I., Rees, J., Rees, Y., Reinhold, M., Schmidt, A., Schmidt, J.-H., Vogel, B., & Winkler, O. (2024). RISC Regional Panel 2021 – Wave 1 (FGZ Regionalpanel 2021 – Welle 1). Dataset and Documentation. doi:10.60532/risc_regpan.2021.w1.v1