ViePHEP · Survey documentation
Item-level measurement inventoryInventar der Messgrößen auf Itemebene
This inventory maps every ViePHEP questionnaire item (Q1–Q94) to the construct measured, response format, and source instrument or reference, providing a transparent overview of how the survey operationalises its core domains.
Dieses Inventar ordnet jedes Fragebogen-Item des ViePHEP (Q1–Q94) dem gemessenen Konstrukt, dem Antwortformat sowie dem zugrunde liegenden Erhebungsinstrument oder Referenzwerk zu und macht die Operationalisierung der zentralen Themenbereiche transparent.
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| Q | Item / construct measured | Response format | Source instrument & reference (validity) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemography (Q1–Q9) | |||
| 1 | Study information and informed consent | Information text; consent | Study-specific preamble (no measure) |
| 2 | Sex / gender | Single choice (m/f/diverse/NA) | ATHIS 2019 (Klimont 2020); EHIS 3 |
| 3 | Year of birth | Numeric (year) | ATHIS 2019; EHIS 3 |
| 4 | Age band | Single choice (6 bands) | ATHIS 2019; EHIS 3 |
| 5 | District of residence (Wiener Gemeindebezirk) | Single choice (23 districts); screener | City of Vienna district geography; ATHIS 2019 |
| 6 | Length of residence in Vienna | Single choice | Study-specific; ATHIS 2019 |
| 7 | Country of birth (born in Austria) | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 8 | Parental country of birth (second-generation migration) | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 9 | Highest completed education (own), Austrian national categories | Single choice (12 levels); crosswalk to ISCED 2011 (UNESCO-UIS 2012) | ATHIS 2019; EHIS 3 |
| Justice, fairness, redistribution and health-policy attitudes & preferences (Q10–Q30) | |||
| 10 | General conceptions of fairness (equal start, equal treatment, equal reward, higher-order plan/fatalism, minimum standard, deserved earnings; 6 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Basic Social Justice Orientations, ESS module (Hülle et al. 2018; Adriaans & Fourré 2022); Deutsch 1975 |
| 11 | Fairness of medical priority-setting criteria (equal priority, first-come, life-years, quality-of-life, risk, children ×2, elderly, disability, economic disadvantage, healthy behaviour, downstream savings, cost, effectiveness; 14 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Rationing / priority-setting criteria (Pinho & Borges 2018; Solberg et al. 2022) |
| 12 | Factorial vignette 1, fairness of prioritising a waiting-list patient; personas vary employment × health × migration (8 personas) | Within-person factorial; 0–10 fairness | Within-person factorial / conjoint design (Auspurg & Hinz 2015; Hainmueller et al. 2014); deservingness dimensions, CARIN (Meuleman et al. 2020) |
| 13 | Attribution of responsibility for health (own vs. societal/environmental) | 11-pt scale (0–10) | Health-equity attitudes, NSHA 2018 (Towe et al. 2021) |
| 14 | Factorial vignette 2, fairness of providing a costly medicine free; personas vary wealth × age × smoking (8 personas) | Within-person factorial; 0–10 fairness | Within-person factorial / conjoint design (Auspurg & Hinz 2015; Hainmueller et al. 2014); personal responsibility / deservingness (Meuleman et al. 2020) |
| 15 | Social dominance orientation (dominance + anti-/pro-egalitarianism; 7 items) | Matrix, 7-pt (against–for) | Short SDO (Pratto et al. 1994; Ho et al. 2015); German short form SSDO (Aichholzer & Lechner 2021) |
| 16 | Beliefs about inequality, meritocracy and individual freedom vs. state intervention (12 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Meritocracy / anti-redistribution beliefs (Ballard-Rosa et al. 2016); economic-inequality perceptions (Heiserman & Simpson 2021) |
| 17 | Satisfaction with the capitalist market economy | 7-pt scale | Single-item economic-system satisfaction (study-specific; cf. marketisation battery) |
| 18 | Distributive justice principles (equality, equity/merit, need, entitlement/privilege, luck; 5 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Basic Social Justice Orientations (Hülle et al. 2018; Adriaans & Fourré 2022); Deutsch 1975; ACPP precursor (Kittel et al. 2021) |
| 19 | General support for welfare-state measures (spending up/down, new debt, taxes, top-down redistribution, benefit cuts) | Matrix (for / against) | Redistribution preferences, BSAS / ESS 4 (Cavaillé & Trump 2015) |
| 20 | Utilitarian criteria for treatment provision (cost, quality-of-life gain, life-years gain, future societal benefit, opportunity cost) | Matrix, 5-pt (very much–very little) | Health-priority trade-offs (Tordrup et al. 2013) |
| 21 | Preferred Vienna-government actions (universal quality, employer incentives, tax-privilege private insurance, privatise, raise public budget) | Matrix, 5-pt (definitely–definitely not) | Public-service marketisation / privatisation (Legge Jr & Rainey 2003; Edlund & Sevä 2013; Boyer & Van Slyke 2019) |
| 22 | Role of the state health system: prevention vs. aftercare vs. self-responsibility / acute focus | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Study-specific; preventive / follow-up public-care preferences |
| 23 | Suitability of measures to finance rising public costs (sin taxes, VAT, income/corporate tax, budget diversion, higher co-pays, privatisation, technology savings, insurance choice, income-graded co-pays; 9 items) | Matrix, 0–10 suitability | Preferred financing of public health care (cf. Eurobarometer 44.3, Gevers et al. 2000); policy trade-offs (Arroyos-Calvera et al. 2019) |
| 24 | Health as a special good vs. an economic lens (8 marketisation items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement (+ DK) | Marketisation / privatisation attitudes (Battaglio Jr 2009; Edlund & Sevä 2013; Toikko 2016) |
| 25 | Willingness to act to raise poor citizens' life expectancy (vote for redistribution, vote for access, raise awareness, pay more) | Matrix, 5-pt (definitely–definitely not) | Support for redistributive spending (Condon & Wichowsky 2019) |
| 26 | Estimated (perceived) monthly net earnings for six medical / care roles | Numeric (€/month) × 6 | Estimated-vs-fair earnings, ISSP Social Inequality tradition (cf. Limberg 2020) |
| 27 | Preferred (ought) monthly net earnings for the same six roles | Numeric (€/month) × 6 | As Q26; just-reward elicitation, ISSP Social Inequality tradition (cf. Limberg 2020) |
| 28 | Welfare scepticism / perceived consequences (benefits discourage work, undermine mutual help, undue claims, dependency; 9 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Welfare-consequences attitudes, BSAS / ESS (Cavaillé & Trump 2015); deservingness (Gielens et al. 2019) |
| 29 | Structural-injustice & redistribution beliefs (undeserved benefits, invest in unemployment support, one law for the rich, income gaps too large, government should redistribute; 11 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Redistribution & government responsibility, ISSP / BSAS (Breznau 2010; Limberg 2020) |
| 30 | Health-policy preferences (more private, more public spending, cost-causers pay more, willing to pay more, equal chances, abolish private, private-insured excluded from public, abolish co-pays; 8 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | ACPP wave 22/32 battery (Kittel et al. 2021); marketisation attitudes (Edlund & Sevä 2013) |
| Solidarity, reciprocity, trust and political orientation (Q31–Q41) | |||
| 31 | Generalised (interpersonal) trust | Single choice (4-pt) | EVS 2020 (Lomazzi 2021); ESS standard item |
| 32 | Prosocial dispositions and empathy (16 items) | Matrix, frequency (often–never) | Prosociality scale, German (Fassbender & Luhmann 2021) |
| 33 | Positive and negative reciprocity (6 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Personal reciprocity, SOEP (Perugini et al. 2003; Dohmen et al. 2009) |
| 34 | Solidarity scope, concern for living conditions across widening circles (neighbourhood → region → compatriots → Europeans → world) | Matrix, 6-pt (very much–nothing) | Global Preferences Survey altruism (Falk et al. 2022); EQLS concern (Delhey & Dragolov 2016) |
| 35 | Group-targeted solidarity within Austria (elderly, unemployed, immigrants, sick/disabled, poor) | Matrix, 6-pt | EQLS (Delhey & Dragolov 2016); deservingness targets (Meuleman et al. 2020) |
| 36 | Civic engagement in past 12 months (volunteering, neighbourhood help, charitable giving) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Civic Engagement Scale (Doolittle & Faul 2013); volunteering (Borkowska & Laurence 2021) |
| 37 | Solidarity & moral-hazard attitudes toward the public system (free-riding, private insurance undermines solidarity, healthy society, cost-benefit logic, co-pays as incentive) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Study-specific; welfare-solidarity attitudes |
| 38 | Institutional trust in nine health actors (medical research, ministry, local authorities, patient advocacy, pharmacies, pharma industry, staff representatives, public-facility staff, private-facility staff) | Matrix, 0–10 trust | Institutional trust, euHS_I (Perić et al. 2018); ESS / EVS trust tradition |
| 39 | Left–right political self-placement | 11-pt scale (0–10) | Political ideology (Carmines & D'Amico 2015; Lesschaeve 2017); ESS |
| 40 | Recalled vote, 2020 Vienna Landtag election | Single choice (parties) | Study-specific; ACPP political module (Kittel et al. 2021) |
| 41 | Vote intention (next-Sunday question) | Single choice (parties) | Standard Sunday question; ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021) |
| Access to care and health literacy (Q42–Q52) | |||
| 42 | Frequency of non-pharmacological therapy (e.g., physio-, psychotherapy) | Single choice (frequency) | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021); EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 43 | Frequency of pharmacological therapy (infusions, chemotherapy, dialysis) | Single choice (frequency) | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021); EHIS 3 |
| 44 | Number of daily prescription medications | Numeric (0–20) | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 45 | Ever-experienced access restrictions across six branches (hospital, GP, specialist, labs/diagnostics, therapists, medicine/device shortage) | Matrix, yes / no | Unmet need & access barriers, EU-SILC 2013 (Connolly & Wren 2017); ACPP |
| 46 | Reasons for restricted access, ever (waitlist, costs, no coverage, admission stop, unavailable, no time, distance, distrust, none suitable, other) | Multiple choice | Unmet-need reasons, EU-SILC 2013 (Connolly & Wren 2017) |
| 47 | Any care need in past 24 months (filter) | Single choice | ACPP; UKHLS COVID-19 study (University of Essex 2021) |
| 48 | Access restrictions in past 24 months across the six branches | Matrix, yes / no | ACPP; UKHLS COVID-19 study (University of Essex 2021) |
| 49 | Reasons for restricted access, past 24 months (incl. COVID-19 pandemic) | Multiple choice | UKHLS COVID-19 study (University of Essex 2021); EU-SILC (Connolly & Wren 2017) |
| 50 | Health literacy, locating symptoms, choosing provider, understanding information, following therapy, obtaining further information (5 items) | Matrix, 5-pt (very easy–very hard) | Adapted (5-pt) from the European Health Literacy Survey, HLS-EU-Q (Sørensen et al. 2013) |
| 51 | Private health insurance held | Single choice | LISS panel (Ooijen et al. 2017) |
| 52 | Type of supplementary private cover | Single choice | LISS panel (Ooijen et al. 2017) |
| Affordability and private cover (Q53–Q57) | |||
| 53 | Satisfaction with statutory health insurance | Single choice (5-pt) | euHS_I (Perić et al. 2018) |
| 54 | Regular monthly out-of-pocket health costs (self) | Numeric (€/month) | LISS panel (Ooijen et al. 2017) |
| 55 | Subjective financial burden of health costs | Single choice (5-pt) | Study-specific affordability; LISS panel (Ooijen et al. 2017) |
| 56 | Saving for future long-term / home care | Single choice | LISS panel, saving for home care (Ooijen et al. 2017) |
| 57 | Regular use of private medical services | Single choice | euHS_I (Perić et al. 2018) |
| Provision, perceived quality, efficiency and physician trust (Q58–Q62) | |||
| 58 | Perceived quality of public vs. private care | Matrix, 5-pt (very good–very bad) | euHS_I (Perić et al. 2018) |
| 59 | Perceived efficiency of public vs. private care | Matrix, 5-pt (very–in-efficient) | euHS_I (Perić et al. 2018) |
| 60 | Physician decision-making: paternalism vs. patient autonomy (2 items) | Matrix, 5-pt frequency | Trust in Physician Scale, VIA German (Glattacker et al. 2007) |
| 61 | Interpersonal trust in one's usual physician (cares about me as a person; puts my needs first; 2 items) | Matrix, 5-pt agreement | Trust in Physician Scale, VIA German (Glattacker et al. 2007) |
| 62 | District where most care is used | Numeric (1–23) | Study-specific spatial linkage (medical micro-migration) |
| Socio-economic position (Q63–Q77) | |||
| 63 | Highest parental education | Single choice | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021); EHIS 3 |
| 64 | Subjective social status (top–bottom self-placement, 1–10) | Single choice (10-point) | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021), ISSP/ALLBUS top–bottom tradition; cf. MacArthur ladder (Adler et al. 2000) |
| 65 | Current / last occupation (major groups) | Single choice | Verbatim ISCO-08 major groups (ILO 2012); ATHIS 2019 |
| 66 | Employment status / activity group | Single choice | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021); EHIS 3 |
| 67 | Industry / sector of employment | Single choice | Verbatim ÖNACE 2008 / NACE Rev. 2 (Statistik Austria 2008) |
| 68 | Receipt of social benefits (unemployment benefit, AWS loan, means-tested minimum benefit, none) | Multiple choice | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021) |
| 69 | Net monthly household income (brackets) | Single choice (10 bands) | ACPP (Kittel et al. 2021); EHIS 3 |
| 70 | Household size | Single choice | ACPP; EHIS 3 |
| 71 | Home ownership | Single choice | ACPP; EU-SILC tradition |
| 72 | Dwelling floor area (m²) | Numeric | Study-specific; EU-SILC housing |
| 73 | Asset ownership (second home, business/land, rental property, securities ≥ €5k, savings ≥ €5k, valuables ≥ €5k) | Matrix, yes / no | Conceptual analogue of the Eurosystem HFCS asset domains (ECB/OeNB), study-specific €5k thresholds |
| 74 | Debt / outstanding loan (filter) | Single choice | ACPP; cf. Eurosystem HFCS liabilities (ECB/OeNB) |
| 75 | Monthly debt / loan repayments | Numeric (€/month) | Study-specific |
| 76 | Subjective adequacy of own net income | Single choice (5-pt) | ACPP; self-assessed financial status |
| 77 | Perceived social recognition of one's societal role | Single choice (4-pt) | Study-specific; social-recognition / status |
| Health status and health-related behaviour (Q78–Q94) | |||
| 78 | Self-rated physical health | Single choice (5-pt) | Adapted self-perceived-health item, Minimum European Health Module (Robine & Jagger 2003) within EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019; NHIS (NCHS 2021) |
| 79 | Self-rated mental health | Single choice (5-pt) | NHIS 2020/2021 (NCHS 2021); EHIS 3 |
| 80 | Mental well-being over the last two weeks (5 items) | Matrix, 6-pt frequency | WHO-5 Well-Being Index (Topp et al. 2015) |
| 81 | Global activity limitation (limitation in usual activities due to a health problem) | Single choice (4-level) | Adapted GALI (4-pt, no 6-month clause), MEHM (Van Oyen et al. 2006; Cox et al. 2009) within EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 82 | Body height | Numeric (cm) | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 83 | Body weight | Numeric (kg) | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 84 | Current disease(s) by condition group, incl. COVID-19 / long-COVID (multiple) | Multiple choice | EHIS 3 chronic-conditions module; ATHIS 2019 |
| 85 | Chronic diagnosis / condition lasting ≥ 6 months (follow-up to Q84) | Single choice | Adapted chronic-morbidity item, MEHM (Robine & Jagger 2003; Cox et al. 2009) within EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 86 | Perceived healthiness of residential environment (air, noise, green space) | Single choice (5-pt) | EHIS 3 environment; WHO environmental-health items |
| 87 | Tobacco smoking status | Single choice | EHIS 3 smoking module; ATHIS 2019 |
| 88 | Daily cigarette type (manufactured / roll-your-own) | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 89 | Cigarettes per day | Numeric (1–100) | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 90 | Alcohol-consumption frequency (12 months) | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 91 | Fruit / vegetable consumption frequency | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 92 | Days per week of ≥ 10-min leisure physical activity | Single choice | EHIS 3; ATHIS 2019 |
| 93 | Frequency of meeting friends / relatives (12 months) | Single choice | EHIS 3 social-support module |
| 94 | Number of close confidants to rely on in serious personal problems | Single choice (none / 1–2 / 3–5 / 6+) | Oslo Social Support Scale, OSSS-3 item 1 (Kocalevent et al. 2018); EHIS 3 social-support module |