Dutch Parliamentary Election Studies > Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994

Longitudinal Wave

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Title

Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994

Abstract

Two wave survey on voters' opinions: before and after the Dutch parliamentary elections of May 3, 1994.

Pre-election wave: reading of newspapers, tv-newscast exposure / most important national problems / party identification and membership / evaluation of government policy on economy, employment and respondents personal finances / perception of main parties' standpoints on various political issues: euthanasia, crime, income differences, nuclear plants, ethnic minorities, R's own viewpoints regarding these matters / voting at last municipal elections /feasibility of multi-party system / sympathy rating of parties and leading politicians / coalition preference / party identification of parents / most essential goals in life / the inflow of asylum-seekers / the meaning of life / the life of Brian /

Post-election wave: exposure to election campaigns, participation in it / voting behaviour, time of vote decision, voting stability / image of political parties regarding their ability to solve specific problems: crime, employment, pollution, welfare-fraud, financing deficit, pensioners' incomes / importance ranking of these problems / voting for European parliament / perception of main parties' standpoints on the unification of Europe, R's own standpoints in this matter / who will be the best prime minister / familiarity with politicians / best & worst qualities of leading politicians / left-right rating of political parties / meaning of the concepts of left and right / sense of political efficacy / image of politicians and the political system / civic competence / relation between citizens and politicians / importance of the city council ( gemeenteraad ), provincial states ( provinciale staten ), national and European parliament to R's personal life / importance ranking of various political and personal issues / political participation / who are most entitled to a job / attitude to foreigners / racism / positive discrimination / chance that R will ever vote for other political parties / role of religion in public life, pillarization. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership.

Longitudinal Type

Longitudinal Wave

Begin date

05-03-1994

End date

30-06-1994

Note

Cite as: C.W.A.M. Aarts (University of Twente Twente); H. Anker (University of Nijmegen); J.J.M. van Holsteyn (University of Leiden); E.V. Oppenhuis (University of Amsterdam); P.C.P.M Pennings (Free University Amsterdam); K. Wittebrood (University of Nijmegen); Stichting Kiezersonderzoek Nederland (SKON)(1994): Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek, NKO 1994. DANS.http://dx.doi.org/10.17026/dans-27g-npxj

Persistent identifier: http://www.persistent-identifier.nl/?identifier=urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-i4w-95h

Researcher

C.W.A.M. Aarts (University of Twente Twente), H. Anker (University of Nijmegen), J.J.M. van Holsteyn (University of Leiden), E.V. Oppenhuis (University of Amsterdam), P.C.P.M Pennings (Free University Amsterdam), K. Wittebrood (University of Nijmegen), Stichting Kiezersonderzoek Nederland (SKON)

Publisher

SKON / DANS / CentERdata

SKON

Funding Organization

Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP)
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid
Welzijn en Sport (VWS)
University of Amsterdam
University of Nijmegen
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties - BZK
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk O

Datasets and documentation

View Documentation

Codebook 1994

Data Files

DPES1994

Variables

Variable name	Variable Label	Variable Type
var001	Study number	directly measured
var002	Respondent identification number	directly measured
var003	Type of interview record	directly measured
var004	Typology of household composition	directly measured
var005	Reads about national news?	directly measured
var006	Talks about national problems?	directly measured
var007	Reads about foreign news?	directly measured
var008	Interested in politics?	directly measured
var009	Political interest score	directly measured
var010	Daily newspaper - first answer	directly measured
var011	Daily newspaper - second answer	directly measured
var012	Daily newspaper - third answer	directly measured
var013	Daily newspaper-fourth to eighth answer	directly measured
var014	Frequency watching NOS tv newscast	directly measured
var015	Frequency watching RTL4 tv newscast	directly measured
var016	Most imp nat problem - 1st answer	directly measured
var017	Most imp nat problem - 2nd answer	directly measured
var018	Most imp nat problem - 3rd answer	directly measured
var019	Most imp nat problem - 4th answer	directly measured
var020	Most imp nat problem - 5th answer	directly measured
var021	Resp is (not) an adherent to a party	directly measured
var022	Party respondent is an adherent to	directly measured
var023	Resp is (not) convinced adherent	directly measured
var024	Resp is not an adherent but attracted to	directly measured
var025	Party respondent is attracted to	directly measured
var026	Strength of party adherence	directly measured
var027	Direction of party adherence	directly measured
var028	Respondent is (not) a member of a party	directly measured
var029	Party respondent is a member of	directly measured
var030	Members of hh are (not) member of party	directly measured
var031	Party members of household are member of	directly measured
var032	Effect govt policy on economic situation	directly measured
var033	Effect govt policy on employment	directly measured
var034	Effect govt policy on resp's finances	directly measured
var035	Satisfaction with government	directly measured
var036	Policy satisfaction score	directly measured
var037	Intends to vote in 1994 parl elections?	directly measured
var038	Vote intention 1994 parl elections	directly measured
var039	(Un)certainty about voting and party choice	directly measured
var040	Short-term vote probability PvdA	directly measured
var041	Short-term vote probability CDA	directly measured
var042	Short-term vote probability VVD	directly measured
var043	Short-term vote probability D66	directly measured
var044	Short-term vote probability GroenLinks	directly measured
var045	Short-term vote probability SGP	directly measured
var046	Short-term vote probability GPV	directly measured
var047	Short-term vote probability RPF	directly measured
var048	Short-term vote probability CD	directly measured
var049	Short-term vote probability other prty 1	directly measured
var050	Short-term vote probability other prty 2	directly measured
var051	Short-term vote probability nonvoting	directly measured
var052	Name other party 1	directly measured
var053	Name other party 2	directly measured
var054	Vote intention if obliged to vote	directly measured
var055	Did (not) vote in 1989 parl elections	directly measured
var056	Party voted for in 1989 parl elections	directly measured
var057	Euthanasia - perception of CDA	directly measured
var058	Euthanasia - perception of PvdA	directly measured
var059	Euthanasia - perception of VVD	directly measured
var060	Euthanasia - perception of D66	directly measured
var061	Euthanasia - respondent's preference	directly measured
var062	Crime - perception of CDA	directly measured
var063	Crime - perception of PvdA	directly measured
var064	Crime - perception of VVD	directly measured
var065	Crime - perception of D66	directly measured
var066	Crime - respondents's preference	directly measured
var067	Income differences - perception of CDA	directly measured
var068	Income differences - perception of PvdA	directly measured
var069	Income differences - perception of VVD	directly measured
var070	Income differences - perception of D66	directly measured
var071	Income differences - resp's preference	directly measured
var072	Nuclear plants - perception of CDA	directly measured
var073	Nuclear plants - perception of PvdA	directly measured
var074	Nuclear plants - perception of VVD	directly measured
var075	Nuclear plants - perception of D66	directly measured
var076	Nuclear plants - resp's preference	directly measured
var077	Ethnic minorities - perception of CDA	directly measured
var078	Ethnic minorities - perception of PvdA	directly measured
var079	Ethnic minorities - perception of VVD	directly measured
var080	Ethnic minorities - perception of D66	directly measured
var081	Ethnic minorities - resp's preference	directly measured
var082	Did (not) vote in 1994 munic elections	directly measured
var083	Party voted for in municipal elections	directly measured
var084	Did vote in munic elections - 1st reason	directly measured
var085	Did vote in munic elections - 2nd reason	directly measured
var086	Did not vote in munic elections - reason	directly measured
var087	Political idealism - item 1	directly measured
var088	Political idealism - item 2	directly measured
var089	Political idealism - item 3	directly measured
var090	Political idealism score	directly measured
var091	Sympathy score PvdA	directly measured
var092	Sympathy score VVD	directly measured
var093	Sympathy score D66	directly measured
var094	Sympathy score GroenLinks	directly measured
var095	Sympathy score CDA	directly measured
var096	Sympathy score SGP	directly measured
var097	Sympathy score GPV	directly measured
var098	Sympathy score RPF	directly measured
var099	Sympathy score Centrumdemocraten	directly measured
var100	Sympathy score Lubbers	directly measured
var101	Sympathy score Kok	directly measured
var102	Sympathy score Brinkman	directly measured
var103	Sympathy score Bolkestein	directly measured
var104	Sympathy score Brouwer	directly measured
var105	Sympathy score Rabbae	directly measured
var106	Sympathy score Schutte	directly measured
var107	Sympathy score Van Mierlo	directly measured
var108	Sympathy score Woltgens	directly measured
var109	Sympathy score Van der Vlies	directly measured
var110	Sympathy score Van Dijke	directly measured
var111	Sympathy score Janmaat	directly measured
var112	D66 preferred in cabinet?	directly measured
var113	PvdA preferred in cabinet?	directly measured
var114	CDA preferred in cabinet?	directly measured
var115	VVD preferred in cabinet?	directly measured
var116	Preferred government coalition	directly measured
var117	Does it matter who are in the coalition?	directly measured
var118	Discussed politics at home when adolesc	directly measured
var119	Recalls party preference of father?	directly measured
var120	Party preference father - first answer	directly measured
var121	Party preference father - second answer	directly measured
var122	Recalls party preference of mother?	directly measured
var123	Party preference mother - first answer	directly measured
var124	Party preference mother - second answer	directly measured
var125	Family values - item 1	directly measured
var126	Family values - item 2	directly measured
var127	Family values - item 3	directly measured
var128	Family values - item 4	directly measured
var129	Family values - item 5	directly measured
var130	Family values - item 6	directly measured
var131	Family values - item 7	directly measured
var132	Family values - item 8	directly measured
var133	Family values - item 9	directly measured
var134	Family values - item 10	directly measured
var135	Family values - item 11	directly measured
var136	Family values - item 12	directly measured
var137	Family values - item 13	directly measured
var138	Family values - item 14	directly measured
var139	Left-right selfrating	directly measured
var140	Opinion on asylum seekers	directly measured
var141	Opinion on asylum seekers from within EU	directly measured
var142	Opinion on asylum seekers outside EU	directly measured
var143	Foreigners should be welcome	directly measured
var144	The number of asylum seekers is too big	directly measured
var145	Other cultures enrich Dutch society	directly measured
var146	Deny access only in exceptional cases	directly measured
var147	Willing to pay for asylum seekers	directly measured
var148	Opinion on allowing political refugees	directly measured
var149	Meaning of life - item 1	directly measured
var150	Meaning of life - item 2	directly measured
var151	Meaning of life - item 3	directly measured
var152	Meaning of life - item 4	directly measured
var153	Meaning of life - item 5	directly measured
var154	Meaning of life - item 6	directly measured
var155	Meaning of life - item 7	directly measured
var156	Meaning of life - item 8	directly measured
var157	Meaning of life - item 9	directly measured
var158	Is respondent religious?	directly measured
var159	Religious denomination of respondent	directly measured
var162	Resp's attendance of religious services	directly measured
var163	Denomination under which resp was raised	directly measured
var164	Other denom under which resp was raised	directly measured
var172	Age of respondent	directly measured
var173	Electoral cohort of respondent	directly measured
var174	Education of respondent	directly measured
var175	Number of persons in household	directly measured
var176	Sex of respondent	directly measured
var177	Marital status of respondent	directly measured
var178	Social class - self image	directly measured
var179	Income of respondent's household	directly measured
var180	Degree of urbanization	directly measured
var181	Daily activities of respondent	directly measured
var182	Number of hours resp spends on work	directly measured
var189	EGP current occupation of respondent	directly measured
var218	Identity of head of household	directly measured
var240	R had (not) a father when 12 years old	directly measured
var241	Daily activities of father	directly measured
var242	Father unemployed or disabled	directly measured
var243	Number of hours father spent on work	directly measured
var244	Occupational status of father	directly measured
var245	Nr of pers empld by self-empld father	directly measured
var246	Self-employed father mainly manager?	directly measured
var247	Number of persons supervised by father	directly measured
var248	Father's occupation	directly measured
var249	EGP father when resp was 12 years old	directly measured
var251	R had (not) a mother when 12 years old	directly measured
var252	Daily activities of mother	directly measured
var253	Mother unemployed or disabled	directly measured
var254	Number of hours mother spent on work	directly measured
var255	Occupational status of mother	directly measured
var256	Nr of pers empld by self-empld mother	directly measured
var257	Self-employed mother mainly manager?	directly measured
var258	Number of persons supervised by mother	directly measured
var259	Mother's occupation	directly measured
var260	EGP mother when resp was 12 years old	directly measured
var261	Date of first interview (mdd)	directly measured
var262	Start of first interview (hhmmss)	directly measured
var263	End of first interview (hhmmss)	directly measured
var264	Duration of first interview	directly measured
var265	Willingness to participate in next wave	directly measured
var266	Present at interview - children under 6y	directly measured
var267	Present at interview-childrn 6y and over	directly measured
var268	Present at interview - spouse or partner	directly measured
var269	Present at interview - other relatives	directly measured
var270	Present at interview - other adults	directly measured
var271	Presence of disturbing influences	directly measured
var272	Disturbing influences - first coding	directly measured
var273	Disturbing influences - second coding	directly measured
var274	Reads about campaign news	directly measured
var275	Did (not) watch election debate on tv	directly measured
var276	Campaign activity - first item	directly measured
var277	Campaign activity - second item	directly measured
var278	Campaign activity - third item	directly measured
var279	Campaign activity - fourth item	directly measured
var280	Did (not) vote in 1994 parl elections	directly measured
var281	Party voted for in 1994 parl elections	directly measured
var282	Did vote in parl elections - 1st reason	directly measured
var283	Did vote in parl elections - 2nd reason	directly measured
var284	Party choice - 1st reason	directly measured
var285	Party choice - 2nd reason	directly measured
var286	Party choice - 3rd reason	directly measured
var287	Party choice - 4th reason	directly measured
var288	Party choice - when decided	directly measured
var289	Previous voting behavior of respondent	directly measured
var290	Party previously voted for - 1st answer	directly measured
var291	Party previously voted for - 2nd answer	directly measured
var292	Party previously voted for - 3rd answer	directly measured
var293	Party previously voted for - 4th answer	directly measured
var294	Considered not to vote in 1994	directly measured
var295	Did (not) hesitate about party choice	directly measured
var296	Party considered as alternative choice	directly measured
var297	Did not vote in parl elections - reason	directly measured
var298	Did not vote - when decided	directly measured
var299	Preferred party of nonvoters	directly measured
var300	Solving unemployment - 1st party	directly measured
var301	Solving unemployment - 2nd party	directly measured
var302	Solving unemployment - 3rd party	directly measured
var303	Solving crime - 1st party	directly measured
var304	Solving crime - 2nd party	directly measured
var305	Solving crime - 3rd party	directly measured
var306	Solving pollution - 1st party	directly measured
var307	Solving pollution - 2nd party	directly measured
var308	Solving pollution - 3rd party	directly measured
var309	Solving welfare fraud - 1st party	directly measured
var310	Solving welfare fraud - 2nd party	directly measured
var311	Solving welfare fraud - 3rd party	directly measured
var312	Solving budget deficit - 1st party	directly measured
var313	Solving budget deficit - 2nd party	directly measured
var314	Solving budget deficit - 3rd party	directly measured
var315	Solving pensioners income - 1st party	directly measured
var316	Solving pensioners income - 2nd party	directly measured
var317	Solving pensioners income - 3rd party	directly measured
var318	Valence issues - 1st priority	directly measured
var319	Valence issues - 2nd priority	directly measured
var320	Valence issues - 3rd priority	directly measured
var321	Valence issues - 4th priority	directly measured
var322	Valence issues - 5th priority	directly measured
var323	Valence issues - 6th priority	directly measured
var324	European unification - CDA	directly measured
var325	European unification - PvdA	directly measured
var326	European unification - VVD	directly measured
var327	European unification - D66	directly measured
var328	European unification - GroenLinks	directly measured
var329	European unification - SGP-GPV-RPF	directly measured
var330	European unification - Centrumdemocraten	directly measured
var331	European unification - resp's preference	directly measured
var332	Political problems - 1st priority	directly measured
var333	Political problems - 2nd priority	directly measured
var334	Political problems - 3rd priority	directly measured
var335	Intends to vote in 1994 European electns	directly measured
var336	Vote intention 1994 European elections	directly measured
var337	Intends to vote in EU electns-1st reason	directly measured
var338	Intends to vote in EU electns-2nd reason	directly measured
var339	Doesn't intend to vote in EU elec-reason	directly measured
var340	Faith in Brinkman as premier	directly measured
var341	Faith in Kok as premier	directly measured
var342	Faith in Bolkestein as premier	directly measured
var343	Faith in Van Mierlo as premier	directly measured
var344	Photo a - Brouwer	directly measured
var345	Party of Brouwer	directly measured
var346	Political function of Brouwer	directly measured
var347	Photo b - Woltgens	directly measured
var348	Party of Woltgens	directly measured
var349	Political function of Woltgens	directly measured
var350	Photo c - De Vries	directly measured
var351	Party of De Vries	directly measured
var352	Political function of De Vries	directly measured
var353	Photo d - Linschoten	directly measured
var354	Party of Linschoten	directly measured
var355	Political function of Linschoten	directly measured
var356	Political knowledge score (4 items)	directly measured
var357	Political knowledge score (12 items)	directly measured
var358	Van Mierlo - like 1	directly measured
var359	Van Mierlo - like 2	directly measured
var360	Van Mierlo - like 3	directly measured
var361	Van Mierlo - like 4	directly measured
var362	Van Mierlo - dislike 1	directly measured
var363	Van Mierlo - dislike 2	directly measured
var364	Van Mierlo - dislike 3	directly measured
var365	Van Mierlo - dislike 4	directly measured
var366	Kok - like 1	directly measured
var367	Kok - like 2	directly measured
var368	Kok - like 3	directly measured
var369	Kok - like 4	directly measured
var370	Kok - dislike 1	directly measured
var371	Kok - dislike 2	directly measured
var372	Kok - dislike 3	directly measured
var373	Kok - dislike 4	directly measured
var374	Bolkestein - like 1	directly measured
var375	Bolkestein - like 2	directly measured
var376	Bolkestein - like 3	directly measured
var377	Bolkestein - like 4	directly measured
var378	Bolkestein - dislike 1	directly measured
var379	Bolkestein - dislike 2	directly measured
var380	Bolkestein - dislike 3	directly measured
var381	Bolkestein - dislike 4	directly measured
var382	Brinkman - like 1	directly measured
var383	Brinkman - like 2	directly measured
var384	Brinkman - like 3	directly measured
var385	Brinkman - like 4	directly measured
var386	Brinkman - dislike 1	directly measured
var387	Brinkman - dislike 2	directly measured
var388	Brinkman - dislike 3	directly measured
var389	Brinkman - dislike 4	directly measured
var390	Left-right selfrating	directly measured
var391	Left-right rating of PvdA	directly measured
var392	Left-right rating of VVD	directly measured
var393	Left-right rating of D66	directly measured
var394	Left-right rating of GroenLinks	directly measured
var395	Left-right rating of CDA	directly measured
var396	Left-right rating of SGP	directly measured
var397	Left-right rating of GPV	directly measured
var398	Left-right rating of RPF	directly measured
var399	Left-right rating of Centrumdemocraten	directly measured
var400	Meaning of 'left' - first answer	directly measured
var401	Meaning of 'left' - second answer	directly measured
var402	Meaning of 'left' - third answer	directly measured
var403	Meaning of 'right' - first answer	directly measured
var404	Meaning of 'right' - second answer	directly measured
var405	Meaning of 'right' - third answer	directly measured
var406	Political efficacy - first item	directly measured
var407	Political efficacy - second item	directly measured
var408	Political efficacy - third item	directly measured
var409	Political efficacy - fourth item	directly measured
var410	Political efficacy score	directly measured
var411	Political cynicism - first item	directly measured
var412	Political cynicism - second item	directly measured
var413	Political cynicism - third item	directly measured
var414	Political cynicism score	directly measured
var415	Politics sometimes too complicated	directly measured
var416	MPs quickly lose contact with citizens	directly measured
var417	Consider myself qualified for politics	directly measured
var418	Voting is a way to exert real influence	directly measured
var419	Could do as good a job in public office	directly measured
var420	Think I am better informed than others	directly measured
var421	Think have a good idea important problms	directly measured
var422	Many ways to influence govt decisions	directly measured
var423	Politicians and voters alienated	directly measured
var424	Citizen involvement in pol increased	directly measured
var425	Govt officials interestd in our opinions	directly measured
var426	Nat politics is aware of what's going on	directly measured
var427	MPs quickly lose contact with citizens	directly measured
var428	The people are interestd in munic councl	directly measured
var429	Amount of attention MPs pay to people	directly measured
var430	Amount of attention govt pays to people	directly measured
var431	Elections help govt pay attntn to people	directly measured
var432	Internal political efficacy score	directly measured
var433	External political efficacy score	directly measured
var434	Importance municipal council	directly measured
var435	Importance provincial council	directly measured
var436	Importance Second Chamber	directly measured
var437	Importance European Parliament	directly measured
var438	Importance of pol institutions score	directly measured
var439	Meaning of 'democracy' - first answer	directly measured
var440	Meaning of 'democracy' - second answer	directly measured
var441	Meaning of 'democracy' - third answer	directly measured
var442	Meaning of 'democracy' - fourth answer	directly measured
var443	Chance acting against unjust local bill	directly measured
var444	Chance acting agnst unjust national bill	directly measured
var445	Did (not) contact cabinet minister	directly measured
var446	Did (not) contact member of parliament	directly measured
var447	Did (not) sign a petition	directly measured
var448	Did (not) try to activate interest group	directly measured
var449	Did (not) try to activate radio or tv	directly measured
var450	Did (not) try to activate political pty	directly measured
var451	Did (not) contact mayor or alderman	directly measured
var452	Did (not) contact municipal councillor	directly measured
var453	Did (not) join civic action group	directly measured
var454	Did (not) join demonstration	directly measured
var455	Did (not) try to activate newspaper	directly measured
var456	Did (not) lodge a complaint	directly measured
var457	Did (not) contact department official	directly measured
var458	Civic participation score	directly measured
var459	Communal political participation score	directly measured
var460	Particularized contacting score	directly measured
var461	Respondent is (not) a member of a union	directly measured
var462	Union of which respondent is a member	directly measured
var463	Other union members in household	directly measured
var464	Fire person with or without family	directly measured
var465	Fire foreigner or Dutchman	directly measured
var466	Fire male or female	directly measured
var467	Fire old or young	directly measured
var468	Fire white or other skin color	directly measured
var469	Annoyed by people of other nationality?	directly measured
var470	Annoyed by people of other race?	directly measured
var471	Attitude towards pos action foreigners	directly measured
var472	Probability of future vote for PvdA	directly measured
var473	Probability of future vote for VVD	directly measured
var474	Probability of future vote for D66	directly measured
var475	Probability of future vote GroenLinks	directly measured
var476	Probability of future vote for CDA	directly measured
var477	Probability of future vote for SGP	directly measured
var478	Probability of future vote for GPV	directly measured
var479	Probability of future vote for RPF	directly measured
var480	Probability of future vote for CD	directly measured
var481	Should there be confessional parties?	directly measured
var482	Should there be confessional unions?	directly measured
var483	Should there be confessional schools?	directly measured
var484	Should there be confessional radio or tv?	directly measured
var485	Religion is a good guide in politics	directly measured
var486	Confessional attitude score	directly measured
var487	Value priorities - 1st out of four items	directly measured
var488	Value priorities - 2nd out of four items	directly measured
var489	Value priorities - 3rd out of four items	directly measured
var490	Value priorities - 4th out of four items	directly measured
var491	Value priorities most imp - 1st answer	directly measured
var492	Value priorities most imp - 2nd answer	directly measured
var493	Value priorities most imp - 3rd answer	directly measured
var494	Value priorities least imp - 1st answer	directly measured
var495	Value priorities least imp - 2nd answer	directly measured
var496	Value priorities least imp - 3rd answer	directly measured
var497	Personal freedom	directly measured
var498	Being open-minded to new ideas	directly measured
var499	Securing a high-paying job	directly measured
var500	Replacing parties by strong leaders	directly measured
var501	Freedom of speech	directly measured
var502	Seeking personal fulfillment	directly measured
var503	Working hard and saving for the future	directly measured
var504	Preserving traditional morals and values	directly measured
var505	Respect for authorities	directly measured
var506	Giving people more say in govt decisions	directly measured
var507	Maintaining high economic growth	directly measured
var508	Providing for strong defense forces	directly measured
var509	Increasing benefits for disadvantaged	directly measured
var510	Limiting room for dissenters	directly measured
var511	Improving environmnt and quality of life	directly measured
var512	Stimulating patriotism	directly measured
var513	Active citizen participatn in local pol	directly measured
var514	Sufficient time to cast a vote	directly measured
var515	Time at which respondent voted	directly measured
var516	Lack of time reason for not voting?	directly measured
var517	Number of working hours on election day	directly measured
var518	R does (not) have long-term party pref	directly measured
var519	Party for which resp has long-term pref	directly measured
var520	Strength of long-term party preference	directly measured
var521	Religious denomination of respondent	directly measured
var522	Church attendance of respondent	directly measured
var523	Weighting factor - cbs	directly measured
var524	Date of second interview (mdd)	directly measured
var525	Start of second interview (hhmmss)	directly measured
var526	End of second interview (hhmmss)	directly measured
var527	Duration of second interview	directly measured
var528	Willingness to participate in next wave	directly measured
var529	Present at interview - children under 6y	directly measured
var530	Present at interview-childrn 6y and over	directly measured
var531	Present at interview - spouse or partner	directly measured
var532	Present at interview - other relatives	directly measured
var533	Present at interview - other adults	directly measured
var534	Presence of disturbing influences	directly measured
var535	Disturbing influences - first coding	directly measured
var536	Disturbing influences - second coding	directly measured
var537	Verbatim answer most imp problm question	directly measured
var538	Verbatim did vote in 1994 munic electns	directly measured
var539	Verbatim did not vote 1994 munic electns	directly measured
var540	Verbatim did vote in 1994 parl elections	directly measured
var541	Verbatim answer motivation party choice	directly measured
var542	Verbatim did not vote 1994 parl electns	directly measured
var543	Verbatim intends to vote 1994 EP electns	directly measured
var544	Verbatim does not vote 1994 EP electns	directly measured
var545	Verbatim answer likes Van Mierlo	directly measured
var546	Verbatim answer dislikes Van Mierlo	directly measured
var547	Verbatim answer likes Kok	directly measured
var548	Verbatim answer dislikes Kok	directly measured
var549	Verbatim answer likes Bolkestein	directly measured
var550	Verbatim answer dislikes Bolkestein	directly measured
var551	Verbatim answer likes Brinkman	directly measured
var552	Verbatim answer dislikes Brinkman	directly measured
var553	Verbatim answer meaning of 'left'	directly measured
var554	Verbatim answer meaning of 'right'	directly measured
var555	Verbatim answer meaning of 'democracy'	directly measured

Questions

Questionnaire: Dutch Parliamentary Election Studies 1994

The questionnaire was administrated in Dutch.

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Response Information

Response Overview

This study was administered in two waves. The first wave of interviews was conducted before the election in the period from March 5 till April 22, 1994. The second wave of interviews started on May 9 (six days after the election) and continued through June 30, 1994.

Collection Events

Period

05-03-1994 to 22-04-1994

Sample

Gross sample 3816, response 1812

Collection Mode

face-to-face interviews

Fieldwork Note

Ended two weeks before the elections. Multi-stage sample: stage 1 - sample of 4000 households based on the Geographic Base Register, stage 2 - one person randomly selected by interviewing the person whose birthday was first

Period

09-05-1994 to 30-06-1994

Sample

Wave 2 of panel, response 84%

Collection Mode

face-to-face interviews

Fieldwork Note

Started six days after the elections