On this page you will find the survey data from all previous waves of the Weizenbaum Panel as a cumulative dataset for scientific re-use and secondary analysis. It also provides an overview of all questionnaires, field reports, and other materials published to date. All files are archived in appropriate repositories and are only linked here.
| General resources | Data Formats |
| Cumulative Data Set (Public Use, Wave 1–5, Version 1) | SAV |
| Tabular overview of all variables (Wave 1–5) | XLS |
| Privacy policy for all respondents (as of October 2022) | n.a. |
| Errata list | n.a. |
If you consider working with the Weizenbaum Panel data, we recommend to first use the table above for an overview of the surveyed variables and the respective wave(s). Once the relevant survey waves are identified, you can download the cumulative data set and pick the relevant survey wave. The questionnaires provide information on operationalization and measurement, and the field reports include material on the data collection. A descriptive overview of central concepts and variables can be found in the annual reports.
| Wave | Year | N | Questionnaires | Field reports | Annual reports |
| WP1-19 | 2019 | 1,298 | |||
| WP2-20 | 2020 | 964 | |||
| WP3-21 | 2021 | 1,595 | n.a. | ||
| WP4-22 | 2022 | 2,023 | n.a. | ||
| WP5-23 | 2023 | 2,170 | n.a. | n.a. | |
| WP6-24 | 2024 | 2,658 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
Have you worked with the survey data or materials provided by the Weizenbaum Panel? In that case we kindly ask you to inform us about corresponding publications, so they can be included in our publication list.