Coordinated by RISC-FGZ 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.

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based

Individuals in private households of 12 communes in Germany

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.