General
- How many children and adolescents under 14 years of age live permanently in your household?
- What toys are available for your children to play with in your household?
- What does your 0 to 2-year-old child currently play with at home?
- What does your 3 to 4-year-old child currently play with at home?
- What does your 5 to 6-year-old child currently play with at home?
- What does your 7 to 8-year-old child currently play with at home?
- What does your 9 to 11-year-old child currently play with at home?
- What does your 12 to 14-year-old child currently play with at home?
Purchase Criteria
- On which occasions does your child / your children receive new toys?
- How often does it happen that children are given toys at visits from relatives, at family celebrations or for no reason? This means not at Christmas, Easter, and (the child’s) birthday.
- How do you find out about new toys?
- What criteria are fundamentally important to you when buying toys?
- When you buy a pedagogically valuable toy for your oldest child, what do you pay particular attention to?
- When you buy a pedagogically valuable toy for your youngest child, what do you pay particular attention to?
- What influence does your up to 2 year-old child have on choosing toys?
- What influence does your 3 to 4 year-old child have on choosing toys?
- What influence does your 5 to 6 year-old child have on choosing toys?
- What influence does your 7 to 8 year-old child have on choosing toys?
- What influence does your 9 to 11 year-old child have on choosing toys?
- What influence does your 12 to 14 year-old child have on choosing toys?
Card and Board Games
- How often do you play board games in the family?
- On what occasions do you play board games with your family?
- What features in card and board games for your children are important to you?
- Which of these classic board games do you have at home?
- And which of these classic board games do you most enjoy playing with your children?
- How many board games do you own at home in total? If you are not sure, please estimate. / games
- For which of these manufacturers of card and board games are you at least familiar with the name?
- From which of these manufacturers of card and board games does your child or your children own toys?
- How often do you buy new board games?
- What price do you consider appropriate for a new board game?
- Which of these statements about card and board games do you agree with?
Electronic Toys and Devices
- What criteria are particularly important to you when purchasing electronic toys/devices? This means, radio devices, electronic pets, etc. This is not about smartphones or televisions.
- How do you find out about new electronic toys? This means, radio devices, electronic pets, etc. This is not about smartphones or televisions.
- For which manufacturers/brands of electronic toys are you at least familiar with the name? This means radio devices, electronic pets, etc. This is not about smartphones or televisions.
- From which of these manufacturers/brands of electronic toys does your child or do your children own toys? This means radio devices, electronic pets, etc. This is not about smartphones or televisions.
- On which devices does your child / your children play computer and/or console games?
- What type of computer and/or console games does your child / do your children play?
- Which statements about electronic toys do you agree with?
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Television: years
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Smart phone: years
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Music player: years
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Tablet: years
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Laptop/PC: years
- From what age do you think a child should be allowed to own the following toys/devices? / Games console: years
STEM-Toys
- What criteria are particularly important to you when buying STEM toys?
- How do you become aware of new STEM toys?
- Which manufacturers of STEM toys do you at least know the name of?
- From which of these manufacturers of STEM toys does your child or do your children own toys?
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / General education
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Extension of speech faculty
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Ability to concentrate
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Creativity
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Logical thinking
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Mathematical abilities
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Motor function abilities
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Spatial thinking
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Social behavior
- What do you think: Which abilities should be particularly promoted at what age? Multiple selections are possible. / Technical understanding
- Which of these statements on gender-specific toys do you agree with?
Demographics
- Gender
- Age
- How many people permanently live in your household, including yourself? Please also consider all children living in your household.
- Number of children (below the age of 14)
- Gender of children
- Age of children
- What is your primary language?
- Which race/ethnicity best describes you?
- Are you of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin?
- What is the highest level of education you have completed?
- What is your family status?
- Which of these categories best describes your current occupation?
- How large is the place you live in?
- What kind of community do you live in?
- Where do you currently live?
- How much total combined money do all members of your household earn annually? This includes money from jobs net income from business, farm, or rent pensions dividends interest social security payments and any other money income received by members of your household?
