1 ELECTION STUDY 1998 STAGE A AND B PRE- AND POSTELECTION INTERVIEWS Translated from Swedish to English by Anders Widfeldt Interviewer number Respondent number Time of interview Month:____________________________ Day:_______________________________ Duration of interview (no. of minutes):________ For queries and information about the1998 Election Study, please contact the election research team in Göteborg: Sören Holmberg 031 - 773 12 27, e-mail
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[email protected] The Election Studies Programme Department of Political Science Göteborg University Box 711 SE 405 30 Göteborg STATSVETENSKAPLIGA INSTITUTIONEN GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET 2 INTRODUCTION We have been commissioned to undertake an impartial interview study of this year’s election. Before the questions I would like to inform you that the answer will only be used for statistical analysis. No outsider will get to know how any individual has answered our questions. I am of course under obligation to observe confidentiality. Question 1 How often do you read news and articles about politics in the daily press? SHOW CARD 1. READ OUT ALTERNATIVES 1 never reads news and articles about politics 3 2 occasionally reads news and articles about politics 3 often reads news and articles about politics 4 reads what there is in the newspaper of news and articles about politics every day 7 other answer:_______________________________________________ 8 DK/refusal Question 2A-C When you read about politics in the daily papers: How much do you then read of: SHOW CARD 2. REPEAT QUESTION FOR EVERY AREA. 1 reads practically everything 2 reads quite a lot 3 does not read a lot 4 reads nothing/almost nothing 8 DK/refusal ___ A.