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German National Election Study - Post-Election Study 1998 German CSES Study
Judgement on parties and politicians after the Federal Parliament election. Behavior at the polls and political knowledge. Topics: satisfaction with democracy; correctly conducting the Federal Parliament election; party identification (rank order); necessity of parties; memory of direct candidates in the constituency and knowledge of names; sympathy scale for parties and leading politicians; assessment of the economic situation of Germany and perceived change in the course of the last few years; populism of members of Parliament and parties; contact with a member of Parliament; significance of the governing party for the respondent; perceived political effectiveness through one´s own voting decision; expressing personal political opinion taboo; self-assessment and assessment of parties on a left-right continuum; political knowledge test (name of foreign minister, number of states in Germany and member countries in the EU); most important topics in the media in the last few days; most able party to solve current problems in the Federal Republic; personal change in party voted for; interest in politics; expected development of personal standard of living; most important election campaign topics for the respondent and assignment of election campaign topics to the parties; issue-competence of different governments and coalitions; comparison of personal character traits and political abilities of the two candidates for chancellor Kohl and Schroeder (split); preference for representative or direct democracy (split: exchange of sequence of the permitted response alternatives); personal election participation at the last Federal Parliament election and behavior at the polls regarding first vote and second vote; current party preference (Sunday question). Demography: year of birth; sex; school degree; marital status; living together with a partner; union membership; union member in household; extent of employment; occupation; size of household and number of adult persons in household; employment and occupational position of partner as well as head of household; household income; religiousness; religious denomination; characterization of place of residence; state; municipality code; city name; city size; survey date.Beurteilung von Parteien und Politikern nach der Bundestagswahl. Wahlverhalten und politische Kenntnisse. Themen: Demokratiezufriedenheit; korrekte Durchführung der Bundestagswahl; Parteiidentifikation (Rangfolge); Notwendigkeit von Parteien; Erinnerung an Direktwahlkandidaten im Wahlkreis und Kenntnis der Namen; Sympathie-Skalometer für die Parteien und führende Politiker; Einschätzung der wirtschaftlichen Lage Deutschlands und empfundene Veränderung im Verlaufe des letzten Jahres; Bürgernähe von Bundestagsabgeordneten und Parteien; Kontakt zu einem Bundestagsabgeordneten; Bedeutung Regierungspartei für den Befragten; empfundene politische Wirksamkeit durch die eigene Wahlentscheidung; Äußerung der persönlichen politischen Meinung tabu; Selbsteinschätzung und Einschätzung der Parteien auf einem Links-Rechts-Kontinuum; politischer Kenntnistest (Name des Außenministers, Anzahl der Bundesländer in Deutschland und der Mitgliedsländer in der EU); wichtigste Themen in den Medien in den letzten Tagen; kompetenteste Partei zur Lösung der aktuellen Probleme in der Bundesrepublik; eigene Wechselwählerschaft; Politikinteresse; erwartete Entwicklung des eigenen Lebensstandards; wichtigste Wahlkampfthemen für den Befragten und Zuordnung von Wahlkampfthemen zu den Parteien; Issue-Kompetenz unterschiedlicher Regierungen und Koalitionen; Vergleich der persönlichen Charaktereigenschaften und der politischen Fähigkeiten der beiden Kanzlerkandidaten Kohl und Schröder (Split); Präferenz für repräsentative oder direkte Demokratie (Split: Vertauschung der Reihenfolge der vorgegebenen Antwortalternativen); eigene Wahlbeteiligung bei der letzten Bundestagswahl und Wahlverhalten bezüglich Erststimme und Zweitstimme; aktuelle Parteipräferenz (Sonntagsfrage). Demographie: Geburtsjahr; Geschlecht; Schulabschluss; Familienstand; Zusammenleben mit einem Partner; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Gewerkschaftsmitglied im Haushalt; Umfang der Erwerbstätigkeit; Beruf; Haushaltsgröße und Anzahl der erwachsenen Personen im Haushalt; Erwerbstätigkeit, Branche und berufliche Stellung des Partners sowie des Haushaltsvorstands; Haushaltseinkommen; Religiosität; Konfession; Charakterisierung der Wohngegend; Bundesland; Regierungsbezirk; Ortsgröße; Befragungsdatum. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Gewichtungsfaktoren; Ost-West
Post-election Surveys on Federal Parliament Election 1949-2005 (Cumulated Variable Selection)
Kumulation von ausgewählten Variablen aus Nachwahlbefragungen zu Bundestagswahlen von 1949 bis 2005. Themen: Wahljahr; Alter; Geschlecht; Bildung; Einkommen; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Beruf (EGP); Selbsteinschätzung der Schichtzugehörigkeit; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Konfession, Wahlbeteiligung und Wahlverhalten (Zweitstimme). Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Gewichtungsfaktor
CSES Module 1 Full Release
The module was administered as a post-election interview. The resulting data are provided along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables in a single dataset. CSES Variable List The list of variables is being provided on the CSES Website to help in understanding what content is available from CSES, and to compare the content available in each module. Themes: MICRO-LEVEL DATA: Identification and study administration variables: weighting factors;election type; date of election 1st and 2nd round; study timing (post election study, pre-election and post-election study, between rounds of majoritarian election); mode of interview; gender of interviewer; date questionnaire administered; primary electoral district of respondent; number of days the interview was conducted after the election Demography: age; gender; education; marital status; union membership; union membership of others in household; current employment status; main occupation; employment type - public or private; industrial sector; occupation of chief wage earner and of spouse; household income; number of persons in household; number of children in household under the age of 18; attendance at religious services; religiosity; religious denomination; language usually spoken at home; race; ethnicity; region of residence; rural or urban residence Survey variables: respondent cast a ballot at the current and the previous election; respondent cast candidate preference vote at the previous election; satisfaction with the democratic process in the country; last election was conducted fairly; form of questionnaire (long or short); party identification; intensity of party identification; political parties care what people think; political parties are necessary; recall of candidates from the last election (name, gender and party); number of candidates correctly named; sympathy scale for selected parties and political leaders; assessment of the state of the economy in the country; assessment of economic development in the country; degree of improvement or deterioration of economy; politicians know what people think; contact with a member of parliament or congress during the past twelve months; attitude towards selected statements: it makes a difference who is in power and who people vote for; people express their political opinion; self-assessment on a left-right-scale; assessment of parties and political leaders on a left-right-scale; political information items DISTRICT-LEVEL DATA: number of seats contested in electoral district; number of candidates; number of party lists; percent vote of different parties; official voter turnout in electoral district MACRO-LEVEL DATA: founding year of parties; ideological families of parties; international organization the parties belong to; left-right position of parties assigned by experts; election outcomes by parties in current (lower house/upper house) legislative election; percent of seats in lower house received by parties in current lower house/upper house election; percent of seats in upper house received by parties in current lower house/upper house election; percent of votes received by presidential candidate of parties in current elections; electoral turnout; electoral alliances permitted during the election campaign; existing electoral alliances; most salient factors in the election; head of state (regime type); if multiple rounds: selection of head of state; direct election of head of state and process of direct election; threshold for first-round victory; procedure for candidate selection at final round; simple majority or absolute majority for 2nd round victory; year of presidential election (before or after this legislative election); process if indirect election of head of state; head of government (president or prime minister); selection of prime minister; number of elected legislative chambers; for lower and upper houses was coded: number of electoral segments; number of primary districts; number of seats; district magnitude (number of members elected from each district); number of secondary and tertiary electoral districts; compulsory voting; votes cast; voting procedure; electoral formula; party threshold; parties can run joint lists; requirements for joint party lists; possibility of apparentement; types of apparentement agreements; multi-party endorsements; multi-party endorsements on ballot; ally party support; constitutional prerogatives of the head of state; constitutional powers of prime minister; methods of cabinet dismissal; dissolution of legislatur
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (2001-2006)
The module was administered as a post-election interview. The resulting data are provided along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables in a single dataset. CSES Variable List The list of variables is being provided on the CSES Website to help in understanding what content is available from CSES, and to compare the content available in each module. Themes: MICRO-LEVEL DATA: Identification and study administration variables: mode of interview; gender of interviewer; date questionnaire administered; election type; weighting factors; if multiple rounds: percent of vote selected parties received in first round; selection of head of state; direct election of head of state and process of direct election; threshold for first-round victory; selection of candidates for the final round; simple majority or absolute majority for 2nd round victory; primary electoral district of respondent; number of days the interview was conducted after the election Demography: age; gender; education; marital status; union membership; union membership of others in household; business association membership, farmers´ association membership; professional association membership; current employment status; main occupation; socio economic status; employment type - public or private; industrial sector; current employment status, occupation, socio economic status, employment type - public or private and industrial sector of spouse; household income; number of persons in household; number of children in household under the age of 18; attendance at religious services; race; ethnicity; religiosity; religious denomination; language usually spoken at home; region of residence; rural or urban residence Survey variables: political participation during the recent election campaign (persuade others, campaign activities) and frequency of political participation; contacted by candidate or party during the campaign; respondent cast a ballot at the current and the previous election; vote choice (presidential, lower house and upper house elections) at the current and the previous election; respondent cast candidate preference vote at the current election; most important issue; evaluation of governments performance concerning the most important issue and in general; satisfaction with the democratic process in the country; attitude towards selected statements: it makes a difference who is in power and who people vote for; democracy is better than any other form of government; respondent cast candidate preference vote at the previous election; judgement of the performance of the party the respondent voted for in the previous election; judgement how well voters´ views are represented in elections; party and leader that represent respondent´s view best; form of questionnaire (long or short); party identification; intensity of party identification; sympathy scale for selected parties; assessment of parties and political leaders on a left-right-scale; political participation during the last 5 years: contacted a politician or government, protest or demonstration, work with others who share the same concern; respect for individual freedom and human rights; assessment how much corruption is widespread in the country; self-placement on a left-right-scale; political information items DISTRICT-LEVEL DATA: number of seats contested in electoral district, number of candidates, number of party lists, percent vote of different parties, official voter turnout in electoral district MACRO-LEVEL DATA: percent of popular vote received by parties in current (lower house/upper house) legislative election; percent of seats in lower house received by parties in current lower house/upper house election; percentage of official voter turnout; number of portfolios held by each party in cabinet, prior to and after the most recent election; year of party foundation; ideological family the parties are closest to; European parliament political group and international organization the parties belong to; significant parties not represented before and after the election; left-right position of parties; general concensus on these left-right placements among informed observers in the country; alternative dimension placements; consensus on the alternative dimension placements; most salient factors in the election; consensus on the salience ranking; electoral alliances permitted during the election campaign; name of alliance and participant parties; number of elected legislative chambers; for lower house and upper house was asked: number of electoral segments; number of primary districts; number of seats; district magnitude (number of members elected from each district); number of secondary and tertiary electoral districts; compulsory voting; votes cast; voting procedure; transferrable votes; cumulated votes if more than one can be cast; party threshold; used electoral formula; party lists close, open, or flexible; parties can run joint lists; possibility of apparentement; multi-party endorsements; ally party support; requirements for joint party lists; types of apparentement agreements; multi-party endorsements on ballot; head of state (regime type); year of presidential election (before or after this legislative election); process if indirect election; if by electoral college: selection of electors, deliberates, and voting procedure; if by legislature: chambers of the legislature, voting procedure; power of the head of state (introduce legislation, expedited action, package veto, partial veto, legislate by decree, emergency powers, negotiate agreements, commander of forces, introduce referenda, refer legislation to judiciary, legislative sessions); head of government (elected independently, is the head of state, selection method if not elected independently); authorities of the head of government concerning the composition of the cabinet (name ministers, nominate ministers, review ministerial nominations, dismiss ministers); authorities of the head of government concerning the policy making process (chair cabinet meetings, legislature schedules, policy alternatives, refers policy to committee, votes of confidence); methods of cabinet dismissal (head of state acting alone, by head of government alone, majority of legislature, plurality of legislature, combination); dissolution of legislature prior to regularly scheduled elections; dissolution of legislature by: head of state, head of government, majority of legislature, combination; restrictions on dissolving legislature (on the timing, as a response to action/inaction by the legislature); second chamber of the legislature (method of election, composition, exclusive legislative powers, power over the cabinet); constitutional federal structure; central power over peripher
CSES Module 3 Full Release
The module was administered as a post-election interview. The resulting data are provided along with voting, demographic, district and macro variables in a single dataset. CSES Variable List The list of variables is being provided on the CSES Website to help in understanding what content is available from CSES, and to compare the content available in each module. Themes: MICRO-LEVEL DATA: Identification and study administration variables: weighting factors; election type; date of election 1st and 2nd round; study timing (post election study, pre-election and post-election study, between rounds of majoritarian election); mode of interview; gender of interviewer; date questionnaire administered; primary electoral district of respondent; number of days the interview was conducted after the election Demography: age; gender; education; marital status; union membership; union membership of others in household; business association membership, farmers´ association membership; professional association membership; current employment status; main occupation; socio economic status; employment type - public or private; industrial sector; current employment status, occupation, socio economic status, employment type - public or private, and industrial sector of spouse; household income; number of persons in household; number of children in household under the age of 18; attendance at religious services; religiosity; religious denomination; language usually spoken at home; race; ethnicity; region of residence; rural or urban residence Survey variables: most important issues of election; candidates competencies to deal with most important issues; difference who is in power and who people vote for; evaluation of governments performance; party and leader that represent respondent´s view best; sympathy scale for selected parties and political leaders; assessment of parties and political leaders on a left-right-scale; self-assessment on a left-right-scale; differences of choice options; campaign involvement; satisfaction with democracy; party identification; intensity of party identification; respondent cast a ballot at the current and the previous election; vote choice (presidential, lower house and upper house elections) at the current and the previous election; respondent cast candidate preference vote at the current and the previous election; political information items DISTRICT-LEVEL DATA: number of seats contested in electoral district; number of candidates; number of party lists; percent vote of different parties; official voter turnout in electoral district MACRO-LEVEL DATA: election outcomes by parties in current (lower house/upper house) legislative election; percent of seats in lower house received by parties in current lower house/upper house election; percent of seats in upper house received by parties in current lower house/upper house election; percent of votes received by presidential candidate of parties in current elections; electoral turnout; party of the president and the prime minister before and after the election; number of portfolios held by each party in cabinet, prior to and after the most recent election; size of the cabinet after the most recent election; number of parties participating in election; ideological families of parties; left-right position of parties assigned by experts and alternative dimensions; most salient factors in the election; fairness of the election; formal complaints against national level results; election irregularities reported; scheduled and held date of election; irregularities of election date; extent of election violence and post election violence; geographic concentration of violence; post-election protest; electoral alliances permitted during the election campaign; existing electoral alliances; requirements for joint party lists; possibility of apparentement and types of apparentement agreements; multi-party endorsements on ballot; votes cast; voting procedure; voting rounds; party lists close, open, or flexible; transferable votes; cumulated votes if more than one can be cast; compulsory voting; party threshold; unit for the threshold; freedom house rating; democracy-autocracy polity IV rating; age of the current regime; regime: type of executive; number of months since last lower house and last presidential election; electoral formula for presidential elections; electoral formula in all electoral tiers (majoritarian, proportional or mixed); for lower and upper houses was coded: number of electoral segments; linked electoral segments; dependent formulae in mixed systems; subtypes of mixed electoral systems; district magnitude (number of members elected from each district); number of secondary and tertiary electoral districts; fused vote; size of the lower house; GDP growth (annual percent); GDP per capita; inflation, GDP Deflator (annual percent); Human development index; total population; total unemployment; constitutional federal structure; number of legislative chambers; electoral results data available; effective number of electoral and parliamentary partie
CSES Module 1-3 Harmonized Trend File
Für weitere Informationen zur Variablenliste siehe die Dokumentation (Codebook) des CSES Module 1-3 Harmonized Trend File. Informationen zum Inhalt können den Studiennummern ZA5179 CSES Module 1 Full Release, ZA5180 CSES Module 2 Full Release, und ZA5181 CSES Module 3 Full Release entnommen werden