Selection, Data Privacy, and Anonymity

The respondents were selected from all across Switzerland on a random basis by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) and subsequently contacted by the Zurich-based project group. The participation was voluntary. The collected data are treated with the utmost confidentiality, processed in accordance with the Federal Statistical Office’s data privacy regulations and used exclusively for the purposes of scientific research. This data will not be linked to other personal data. The complete anonymization makes it impossible to draw conclusions about the study participants at any point in time.