After each survey wave we will present information concerning

• sampling and recruiting
• the questionnaire
• where the anonymised data set may be found for scientific use (AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive)

Wave 5

• Population: population aged 16 years and older (at the time of recruitment) residing in Austria.
• Sample: n=2.883, pre-stratified random selection according to NUTS3. 
• Survey period: September 22, 2023 - December 3, 2023
• Data weighting: socio-demographic (gender, age, education, region, employment, marital status, migration background, religious affiliation); political (voting behavior in the 2019 National Council election), in order to provide a representative representation of the universe 

Wave 4

• Population: population aged 16 years and older (at the time of recruitment) residing in Austria.
• Sample: n=2.467, pre-stratified random selection according to NUTS3. 
• Survey period: March 24, 2023 - July 31, 2023
• Data weighting: socio-demographic (gender, age, education, region, employment, marital status, migration background, religious affiliation); political (voting behavior in the 2019 National Council election), in order to provide a representative representation of the universe 

Wave 3

• Population: population aged 16 years and older (at the time of recruitment) residing in Austria.
• Sample: n=2.269, pre-stratified random selection according to NUTS3. 
• Survey period: November 24, 2022 - March 28, 2023
• Data weighting: socio-demographic (gender, age, education, region, employment, marital status, migration background, religious affiliation); political (voting behavior in the 2019 National Council election), in order to provide a representative representation of the universe 

Wave 2

• Population: population aged 16 years and older (at the time of recruitment) residing in Austria.
• Sample: n=1.102, pre-stratified random selection according to NUTS3. 
• Survey period: July 20, 2022 - October 15, 2022
• Data weighting: socio-demographic (gender, age, education, region, employment, marital status, migration background, religious affiliation); political (voting behavior in the 2019 National Council election), in order to provide a representative representation of the universe   

Wave 1

• Population: population aged 16 years and older (at the time of recruitment) residing in Austria.
• Sample: n=1.921, pre-stratified random selection according to NUTS3. 
• Survey period: February 7, 2022 - April 8, 2022
• Data weighting: socio-demographic (gender, age, education, region, employment, marital status, migration background, religious affiliation); political (voting behavior in the 2019 National Council election), in order to provide a representative representation of the universe