ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Dutch Parliamentary Election Study, 1994 H. Anker and E.V. Oppenhuis ICPSR 6740 DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STUDY, 1994 (ICPSR 6740) Principal Investigators H. Anker University of Nijmegen and E.V. Oppenhuis University of Amsterdam Second ICPSR Version September 1997 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: Anker, H., and E.V. Oppenhuis. DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STUDY, 1994 [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR version. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Dutch Electoral Research Foundation (SKON)/Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) [producers], 1995. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Steinmetz Archive/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1997. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON USE OF ICPSR RESOURCES To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, users of ICPSR data are requested to send to ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Please indicate in a cover letter which data were used. DATA DISCLAIMER The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses. DATA COLLECTION DESCRIPTION H. Anker and E.V. Oppenhuis DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STUDY, 1994 (ICPSR 6740) SUMMARY: This survey, the ninth in a series of election studies from the Netherlands, focuses on the May 3, 1994, elections for the Second Chamber of Parliament. This election occurred after the Lubbers-III Cabinet formed by the political parties CDA and Pvda had reached the end of its term. The survey was administered in two waves, one conducted before the election and one following the vote. In the first wave, respondents provided information on their interest in politics; what they considered the most important national problem; how they intended to vote in the upcoming election; political party membership and affiliation; attitudes toward government policies and officials; opinions on political and social issues such as crime, minorities, nuclear energy, and income differences; and a variety of personal and demographic characteristics. Many first-wave items were repeated in the second wave. During the second wave, respondents also reported the name of the party they had voted for in the election and their reasons for doing so. Other variables recorded voter perceptions of the stance of various political parties on issues such as crime, unemployment, pollution, and economic concerns; voter knowledge of national politicians; rating of political parties based on a 10-point left- right scale; attitudes toward politics and the effectiveness of government; union membership; and opinions on European unification. Respondents were also asked to describe how they would participate in the governing process if they thought that the Second Chamber of Parliament was about to consider a bill that the voter thought unjust, and, in addition, to state which national goals should receive the highest priority. UNIVERSE: Members of the Dutch electorate at the time of the 1994 parliamentary election. SAMPLING: A sample of 4,000 households was drawn from the Geographic Base Register, which is based to a large extent on the national mail delivery register of the Netherlands. From all eligible citizens within each household, one person was randomly selected by interviewing the person whose birthday was first. No substitution by another person was allowed in the case of refusal, no-contact, or other factors precluding an interview. NOTE: (1) The data file contains string variables which are 255 characters. Due to SAS limitations, these variables were split in the SAS data definition statements. As a result, 509 variables are identified in the SAS data definition statements. (2) The data collection instruments are written in Dutch. (3) The codebook, data collection instruments, and frequencies are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements EXTENT OF PROCESSING: DDEF.ICPSR/ FREQ.PR/ REFORM.DATA/ REFORM.DOC/ SCAN DATA FORMAT: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements and SPSS export file File Structure: rectangular Cases: 1,812 Variables: 490 Record Length: 5,950 Records Per Case: 1 RELATED PUBLICATIONS: Anker, H., and E.V. Oppenhuis. DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PANEL STUDY, 1989-1994. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Steinmetz Archive/SWIDOC, 1995. Van Holsteyn, J.J.M. HET WOORD IS AAN DE KIEZER. EEN BESCHOUWING OVER VERKIEZINGEN EN STEMEDRAG AAN DE HAND VAN OPEN VRAGEN. Leiden, the Netherlands: DSWO-Press, 1994. Andeweg, R.B., and G.A. Irwin. DUTCH GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS. London, England: MacMillan Press, 1993. Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994 DEZE (LINKER) PAGINA MET OPZET WIT GELATEN Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994 An enterprise of the Dutch Political Science Community H. Anker E.V. Oppenhuis Steinmetz Archive/SWIDOC Dutch Electoral Research Foundation (SKON) CIP-DATA KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK, THE HAGUE Anker, H. Dutch parliamentary election study 1994 : an enterprise of the Dutch political science community / H. Anker, E.V. Oppenhuis. - Amsterdam : Steinmetz Archive/SWIDOC ; Amsterdam : Dutch Electoral Research Foundation (SKON). - (Steinmetz archive codebook ; P1208) With ref. ISBN 90-71684-41-5 Subject headings: parliamentary elections ; The Netherlands © Stichting Kiezersonderzoek Nederland (SKON) 1995 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the copyright owner. Published by Steinmetz Archive/SWIDOC Printed and bound in the Netherlands STEINMETZ ARCHIVE/SWIDOC, HERENGRACHT 410-412, 1017 BX AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ASSISTANCE All manuscripts utilizing the data documented in this codebook should identify the original collectors of the data. All users are urged to include some adaptation of the following statement in their publication (the brackets indicate items which can be inserted or deleted as appropriate): The data [and tabulations] utilized in this [publication] were originally collected for the Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994 by the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics, in close cooperation with the Dutch Electoral Research Foundation (SKON). This study has been made possible by grants from the Ministry of Health and Sport (formerly the Ministry of Health and Culture), the Ministry of the Interior, the Social and Cultural Planning Office, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and the Departments of Political Science of the University of Amsterdam and the University of Nijmegen. The original collectors of the data do not bear any responsibility for the analyses or interpretations published here. The data file has been prepared and documented by SKON, with the assistance of CBS. The data are distributed by Steinmetz Archive, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In order to provide the funding agencies with essential information about the use of the data that have been collected with their assistance, each user of the data is expected to send two copies of each completed manuscript to the distributor of the data: Steinmetz Archive Herengracht 410-412 1017 BX Amsterdam The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] phone: +31206225061 fax: +31206238374 DEZE (LINKER) PAGINA MET OPZET WIT GELATEN CONTENTS Part 1 General information 1 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Funding 3 1.3 Organization 3 1.4 Study design 4 1.5 Sampling information 4 1.6 Response and nonresponse 5 1.7 Data processing 7 1.8 Data files 8 Part 2 Documentation of variables 11 2.1 Variable description list 13 2.2 Guide to documentation of variables 30 2.3 Documentation of variables 32 Part 3 Questionnaires 223 3.1 Introduction 225 3.2 Questionnaire wave 1 227 3.3 Showcards wave 1 275 3.4 Questionnaire wave 2 282 3.5 Showcards wave 2 314 Appendices 323 Appendix 1 Construction of scale scores 325 Appendix 2 Most important national problems 334 Appendix 3 Construction of variables on party adherence 351 Appendix 4 Motivation for voting 354 Appendix 5 Motivation for not voting 357 Appendix 6 Dutch politicians 359 Appendix 7 Education 360 Appendix 8 Degree of urbanization 361 Appendix 9 Occupation 362 Appendix 10 EGP codings 367 Appendix 11 Motivation for party choice 368 Appendix 12 Likes and dislikes of party leaders 372 Appendix 13 Meaning of 'left' and 'right' 388 Appendix 14 Meaning of 'democracy' 393 Appendix 15 Union membership 396 Appendix 16 Comparability of questions