CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 1990-2001 - Machine readable Codebook - Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung an der Universität zu Köln Bachemer Str. 40 D-50931 K öln E-mail: [email protected] Study_No. ZA4054 Internet: http://www.gesis.org/za Inter ZA4054 Seite 2 von 275 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Titel: Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2001 ZA-Study-Number: ZA4054 Producer: Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung=Central Archive for Empirical Social Reserach - Universität zu Köln=University of Cologne Copyright: ZA 2005-01-19 Place of Production: Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung an der Universität zu Köln Bachemer Str. 40 D-50931 Köln Germany Series: Post-Communist Publics Study (PCP) Bibliographic Reference: Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 1998-2001: A Fifteen Country Study (Continuation of the 1990-92 Post-Communist Publics Study in Eleven Countries) coordinated by Edeltraud Roller, Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Bernhard Wessels (Social Science Research Center Berlin, WZB), and János Simon (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest). Machine readable codebook. Guide to Documentation: NOTE: The questionnaire used in the second wave is not completely identical with the one used in the first data collection. Please find an overview of matching/differing variables in the attachment (Other Study Material, file "overview_var_wav.pdf"). Some variables have been generated after the data collection (v4, v310-v313, v317-v321, v609, v610, v581, v582, v592, v612, v630, v632). The description of the procedure is given with the respective variable and/or in the attachment (Other Study Materials, files: "V632_SizeCommunity.pdf", "V592_Education.pdf"). Also note that there was no value coded as 8 "DK", 98 "DK", etc. throughout the 1st wave. Abbreviations used in the dataset: COUNTRIES: BE - Belarus, BG - Bulgaria, CZ - Czech Republic, ES - Estonia, E-GE - East Germany, W-GE - West Germany, GE - Germany, HU - Hungary, LV - Latvia, LT - Lithuania, PL - Poland, RO - Romania, RU - Russia, SK - Slovakia, SL - Slovenia, UA - Ukraine, KR - Krasnoyarsk; WAVE: W1 - 1st wave, W2 - 2nd wave; VALUE LABELS: NAP - Not applicable (filter); NAV - Not available (data not collected in a certain wave/country); Other c. - Other country (data not collected in certain countries); Documentation status: Finished ZA4054 Seite 3 von 275 STUDY DESCRIPTION: Title: Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2001 Subtitle: Cumulation of the Post-communist Publics Study (PCP) I (1990-1992) and II (1997-2001) ZA-Study-Number: ZA4054 Distributer: Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung=Central Archive for Empirical Social Reserach - Universität zu Köln=University of Cologne www.gesis.org/za Depositor: Prof. Edeltraud Roller Principal Investigators: David Rotman, Belarus Sociological Service "Public Opinion", Minsk (Belarus); Andrei Raychev and Kancho Stoychev, BBSS Gallup International, Sofia, (Bulgaria); J. Hartl, Institute of Sociology, Prague (Czechoslovakia); J. Misovic, IVVM - Public Institute for Public Opinion Research, Prague (Czechoslovakia); Zdenka Mansfeldova, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague; (Czech Republic); Andrus Saar, Saar Poll Ltd., Tallinn (Estonia); Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Edeltraud Roller, Bernhard Wessels, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) (Germany); L. Bruszt, Institute of Political Science, Central European University, Budapest (Hungary); János Simon, Institute for Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary); Ilze Koroleva, Foundation for Advancement of Sociological Studies (FASS), Riga (Latvia); E. Staneika and E.-K. Sviklas, Lithuanian Center of National Research, Vilnius (Lithuania); Rasa Alisauskiene, Baltic Surveys - Gallup, Vilnius (Lithuania); R. Siemienska-Zochowska, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw (Poland); Radoslaw Markowski, Institute of Political Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland); Krzysztof Zagórski, CBOS (Public Opinion Research Center), Warsaw (Poland); P. Campeanu, Central Independent de Studii Social si Sondaje, Bucharest (Romania); Ioan Marginean, Institute for the Quality of Life, Bucharest, (Romania); V. Nemirovsky, Social Research Center, Krasnoyarsk State University (Russia); Yuri Levada and Lev Gudkov, VCIOM (The Russian Centre for Public Opinion and Market Research), Moscow (Russia); Niko Tos, Faculty of Social Sciences, Public Opinion Research Centre, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia); I. Burov, Kiev (Ukraine); Nikolay Churilov, SOCIS - Ukraine Gallup International, Kiev (Ukraine); Olga Balakireva, Ukrainian Institute for Social Research, Kiev (Ukraine); Y. Golovaha, J. N. Pakhomov, Institute of Sociology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (Ukraine) N. Panina, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev (Ukraine); Funding Agencies: German Research Foundation, Bonn BMW, Center for German and Eurpean Studies, Georgtown University, Washington Foundation of German-Polish Co-operation, Warsaw German Press and Information Office, Berlin Social Science Research Center Berlin ZA-Category: Political attitudes and behaviour ZA4054 Seite 4 von 275 Content/Topics: Content: Current state of the democratic consolidation in the newly implemented democracies. Topics: Political activities: discussions, convince friends, work in community, political meeting, contact politicians, work for party; meaning of democracy; democracy best form of government; democracy in (country) best; respect for individual human rights; importance of freedom and equality; Left-Right self placement; meaning of "Left" and "Right; membership in organisations and political parties; satisfaction with democracy; tolerance against: minority opinion, extremist demonstrations, free speech, too much freedom, critics on the way of life, right to own opinion, foreign critics; free market economy: right/wrong for country; satisfaction with free market; economic situation during present government, next year and compared to the socialist/communist regime; country's economic situation during present government, next year and compared to the socialist/communist regime; conditions of workers, peasants, middle class, entrepreneurs during present government and compared to the socialist/communist regime; corruption during present government; public safety during present government, next year and compared to the socialist/communist regime; income differences right/wrong; one's own financial situation compared to that of parents and neighbours; speed of change; satisfaction with present government and with the socialist/communist regime; communism good idea; better performance in: education, economy, poverty, black market, inflation, unemployment, public security, participation, corruption, public health, representation of interests, crime; pride in citizenship; pride to live in country; citizenship; women care of house; accept homosexuals; abortion; trust in institutions; medical care: self/governmental; income limits; government protects citizens; ecology vs. economy; conflicts: rich/poor, law-abiding/-breaker, speak language/not; (in Germany: conflicts between East/West), left/right, young/old, church moral/not, nationalists/others; police force against demonstrators; sentence against protestors, law against demonstrators, troops against strikes; big interests vs. all the people; trust in government; election best way to choose government; need for parliament; vote in last parliamentary election; vote intention; government responsible for providing job, health care, living standard for old and unemployed people, reduce income differences; governmental priorities; actions against bad governmental and local decisions; living conditions in western country; democracy in country: needs western development, never consolidated, same as in western countries, consolidation difficult process, notyet accomplished; Russia: country has own, difficult way; democracy problem will be solved; national political situation; change in political situation; state of democracy; parties: need of parties, no difference between parties, provide participation, for leaders' interests; development since the end of the socialist/communist regime; characteristics of capitalist and socialist economy: strike, freedom, inequality, technical progress, wealth, selfishness, power, profit, justice, scarcity, humane, progress, planning, efficacy, repress, corruption; capitalist economy best; capitalist economy solves problems; management of industrial enterprises; close to party; political protest; one-person vs. multi-person system; interest in government; politicians against peoples' interference; everybody can have say; better not get involved in politics; no trust in politicians; politicians seek views of people; people excl from power; make fortune get in politics; politicians only interested when trouble; participation is duty; satisfaction with changes: workers, engineers, artists, scientists, clerks, peasants, miners, entrepreneurs, politicians, army officers, policemen, leaders communist party; country where the living is better, better equality, people greater influence; importance in life: everybody voice in public matters, work for all, equality, everybody well-off, no arbitrary will, no big income differences, no state interference, live without worries, rest/entertain, free organisations, free speech, learn/access to culture; partner work