Vignette-based study of citizen-friendly data communication
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Vignette-based study of citizen-friendly data communication
Project Number
250
Abstract
Vignette experiment on how governments should communicate online data
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
06-07-2020
End date
28-07-2020
Researcher
Annemarie Balvert (Tilburg University, TLS); Lisanne van Weelden (Tilburg University, TLS); Peter Achterberg (Tilburg University, TSB)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2021 Centerdata
Funding Organization
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Tilburg University, TLS
Tilburg University, TSB
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Tilburg University, TLS
Tilburg University, TSB
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-26s-pn6p
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| qi20a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| qi20a001 | Random variable for the purposes of the text of vignette 1. | constructed |
| qi20a002 | Random variable for the purposes of the text of vignette 1. | constructed |
| qi20a003 | Random variable for the purposes of the text of vignette 2. | constructed |
| qi20a004 | Random variable for the purposes of the text of vignette 2. | constructed |
| qi20a005 | Random variable for the purposes of the mode of information (visualization, table or text) in vignette 1. | constructed |
| qi20a006 | Random variable for the purposes of the mode of information (visualization, table or text) in vignette 2. | constructed |
| qi20a007 | Auxiliary variable to ensure a difference in mode between vignettes. | constructed |
| qi20a008 | If I were Tom, I would be interested in this type of data about my own environment. | directly measured |
| qi20a009 | If I were Tom, I would want to be able to see data about the entire country as well. | directly measured |
| qi20a010 | If I were Tom, I would consider the source that provided the data to be reliable. | directly measured |
| qi20a011 | If I were Tom, I would feel that I was being taken seriously. | directly measured |
| qi20a012 | These data will allow Tom to find an answer to his question. | directly measured |
| qi20a013 | These data will allow Tom to quickly find an answer to his question. | directly measured |
| qi20a014 | These data will allow Tom to easily find an answer to his question. | directly measured |
| qi20a015 | These data are useful for answering Tom’s question. | directly measured |
| qi20a016 | I find the data to be presented in an attractive way | directly measured |
| qi20a017 | I find the presented data easy to understand | directly measured |
| qi20a018 | I find the presented data to be clear | directly measured |
| qi20a019 | I could easily explain the information to another person. | directly measured |
| qi20a020 | I am familiar with the way in which the data are presented. | directly measured |
| qi20a021 | I find the data credible. | directly measured |
| qi20a022 | Had I been in Tom’s place, I would have preferred to receive the data in a different form, preferably as [if (qi20a005 = 1): a table / if (qi20a005 = 2): a visualization / if (qi20a005 = 3): a visualization] | directly measured |
| qi20a023 | Had I been in Tom’s place, I would have preferred to receive the data in a different form, preferably [if (qi20a005 = 1): a text-based summary / if (qi20a005 = 2): a text-based summary / if (qi20a005 = 3): a table] | directly measured |
| qi20a024 | What was the source of the information you just read? | directly measured |
| qi20a025 | What was the information that you just read about? | directly measured |
| qi20a026 | What is your conclusion based on the data that was presented? | directly measured |
| qi20a027 | If I were Els, I would be interested in this type of data about my own environment. | directly measured |
| qi20a028 | If I were Els, I would want to be able to see data about the entire country as well. | directly measured |
| qi20a029 | If I were Els, I would consider the source that provided the data to be reliable. | directly measured |
| qi20a030 | If I were Els, I would feel that I was being taken seriously. | directly measured |
| qi20a031 | These data will allow Els to find an answer to her question. | directly measured |
| qi20a032 | These data will allow Els to quickly find an answer to her question. | directly measured |
| qi20a033 | These data will allow Els to easily find an answer to her question. | directly measured |
| qi20a034 | These data are useful for answering Els’s question. | directly measured |
| qi20a035 | I find the data to be presented in an attractive way. | directly measured |
| qi20a036 | I find the presented data to be to understand. | directly measured |
| qi20a037 | I find the presented data to be clear. | directly measured |
| qi20a038 | I could easily explain the data to another person. | directly measured |
| qi20a039 | I am familiar with the way in which the data is presented. | directly measured |
| qi20a040 | I find the data to be credible. | directly measured |
| qi20a041 | Had I been in Els’s place, I would have preferred to receive the data in a different form, preferably as [if (qi20a006 = 1): a table / if (qi20a006 = 2): a visualization / if (qi20a006 = 3): a visualization] | directly measured |
| qi20a042 | Had I been in Els’s place, I would have preferred to receive the data in a different form, preferably [if (qi20a006 = 1): a text-based summary / if (qi20a006 = 2): a text-based summary / if (qi20a006 = 3): a table] | directly measured |
| qi20a043 | What was the source of the information you just read? | directly measured |
| qi20a044 | What was the information that you just read about? | directly measured |
| qi20a045 | What is your conclusion based on the data that was presented? | directly measured |
| qi20a046 | The environment is in far worse shape than many people realize. | directly measured |
| qi20a047 | If the industry continues to emit harmful substances in such quantities, the consequences will be dire. | directly measured |
| qi20a048 | People are increasingly inflicting irreversible damage on nature. | directly measured |
| qi20a049 | To say that the environment is in dire straits is highly exaggerated. | directly measured |
| qi20a050 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Recycling | directly measured |
| qi20a051 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Driving less to spare the environment | directly measured |
| qi20a052 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Donating money to an environmental organization | directly measured |
| qi20a053 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Signing a petition relating to an environmental problem | directly measured |
| qi20a054 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Paying more taxes to protect the environment | directly measured |
| qi20a055 | Willing to participate in environmental activities: Accepting a lower standard of living to protect the environment | directly measured |
| qi20a056 | Science and technology only serve to make our lives easier | directly measured |
| qi20a057 | Technological developments will enable us to cope with future problems | directly measured |
| qi20a058 | Risks posed by new technology should be viewed as temporary problems that will be solved with time | directly measured |
| qi20a059 | Please choose the description that best fits the word. 1. Well-off | directly measured |
| qi20a060 | Please choose the description that best fits the word. 2. Pristine | directly measured |
| qi20a061 | Please choose the description that best fits the word. 3. Diligence | directly measured |
| qi20a062 | Please choose the description that best fits the word. 4. Scarcely | directly measured |
| qi20a063 | Please choose the description that best fits the word. 5. Sparse | directly measured |
| qi20a064 | What is the logical next number in this series? 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, ? | directly measured |
| qi20a065 | What is the logical next number in this series? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ? | directly measured |
| qi20a066 | What is the logical next number in this series? 21, 20, 18, 15, 11, ? | directly measured |
| qi20a067 | What is the logical next number in this series? 1109, 1116, 1123, ? | directly measured |
| qi20a068 | What is the logical next number in this series? 128, 64, 32, ? | directly measured |
| qi20a069 | Do you have a background in or experience with visualization or design? | directly measured |
| qi20a070 | Yes, background in visualization or design, namely:... | directly measured |
| qi20a071 | Frequency of viewing: Diagrams | directly measured |
| qi20a072 | Frequency of viewing: Tables | directly measured |
| qi20a073 | Frequency of viewing: Graphs | directly measured |
| qi20a074 | Frequency of viewing: Data maps | directly measured |
| qi20a075 | Frequency of viewing: Infographics | directly measured |
| qi20a076 | Frequency of viewing: Dashboards | directly measured |
| qi20a077 | How many times a week do you create data visualizations, on average? | directly measured |
| qi20a078 | Do you enjoy viewing and/or creating data visualizations? | directly measured |
| qi20a079 | How would you rate your own ability with regard to the viewing and understanding of data visualizations? | directly measured |
| qi20a080 | How would you rate your own ability with regard to the creation of data visualizations? | directly measured |
| qi20a081 | I can quickly identify what is important in data visualizations. | directly measured |
| qi20a082 | I can draw conclusions from data visualizations. | directly measured |
| qi20a083 | When I look at a data visualization, I think about who created it. | directly measured |
| qi20a084 | I prefer to see data as a visualization than in a table or text-based summary. | directly measured |
| qi20a085 | I prefer to see data in a table than as a visualization or text-based summary. | directly measured |
| qi20a086 | I prefer to see data as a text-based summary than as a visualization or table. | directly measured |
| qi20a087 | Have you become better at understanding data visualizations during the Corona crisis? | directly measured |
| qi20a088 | Have you become more interested in data visualizations since the Corona crisis? | directly measured |
| qi20a089 | Have the visualizations that were disseminated during the Corona crisis affected your judgment of the reliability of visualizations in general? | directly measured |
| qi20a090 | I check my email every day | directly measured |
| qi20a091 | I can recognize spam | directly measured |
| qi20a092 | I find it easier to receive emails from the government than letters | directly measured |
| qi20a093 | I would like to be able to make a phone call instead of having to search for things online | directly measured |
| qi20a094 | In terms of digital ability, I am... | directly measured |
| qi20a095 | Do you work in the public sector, the semi-public sector, or the private sector? | directly measured |
| qi20a096 | Have you ever filed a request under the Government Information (Public Access) Act (Dutch: Wob)? | directly measured |
| qi20a098 | Have you ever visited the open data portal of a government organization? | directly measured |
| qi20a100 | Have you ever been to a courthouse? | directly measured |
| qi20a101 | Have you ever applied for a permit from the government? | directly measured |
| qi20a102 | Applied for a permit from the government, if so, was this permit denied? | directly measured |
| qi20a103 | Have you ever visited the website of the RIVM (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment; Dutch: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu)? | directly measured |
| qi20a104 | Responsibility of the government: Providing work for unemployed immigrants | directly measured |
| qi20a105 | Responsibility of the government: Providing work for everyone who needs it | directly measured |
| qi20a106 | Responsibility of the government: Making sure that everyone receives medical treatment when they are sick | directly measured |
| qi20a107 | Responsibility of the government: Making sure that elderly people have a decent standard of living | directly measured |
| qi20a108 | Responsibility of the government: Making sure that unemployed people have a decent standard of living | directly measured |
| qi20a109 | Responsibility of the government: Reducing differences in income between the rich and the poor | directly measured |
| qi20a110 | Responsibility of the government: Providing a place to live for families who can’t afford it | directly measured |
| qi20a111 | Responsibility of the government: Providing childcare for everyone who needs it | directly measured |
| qi20a112 | Responsibility of the government: Publishing information on a website about how the government works | directly measured |
| qi20a113 | Responsibility of the government: Sharing information with people about government projects in their area | directly measured |
| qi20a114 | Responsibility of the government: Sharing information with citizens in an easy and accessible way | directly measured |
| qi20a115 | Responsibility of the government: Sharing information with companies in such a way that it can be read by an automated computer program | directly measured |
| qi20a116 | I know where to go if I have any questions about my municipality | directly measured |
| qi20a117 | I like to know what is going on in my municipality | directly measured |
| qi20a118 | Letters from government organizations can require a lot of energy | directly measured |
| qi20a119 | I have unopened letters from the government | directly measured |
| qi20a120 | I believe that if I don’t take care of things straight away, it will cause problems later on | directly measured |
| qi20a121 | I have enabled email notifications for Berichtenbox (Message Box) | directly measured |
| qi20a122 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Having a good job | directly measured |
| qi20a123 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being unemployed | directly measured |
| qi20a124 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being unfit for work | directly measured |
| qi20a125 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being unable to work due to sickness | directly measured |
| qi20a126 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Growing old | directly measured |
| qi20a127 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being a welfare mother | directly measured |
| qi20a128 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Having children | directly measured |
| qi20a129 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being a widow or widower | directly measured |
| qi20a130 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Living together with a partner | directly measured |
| qi20a131 | Having control over ending up in the situation: Being divorced | directly measured |
| qi20a132 | How often does it happen that people who are entitled to welfare or a subsidy do not receive it or do not apply for it? | directly measured |
| qi20a133 | Personal situation How happy are you right now? | directly measured |
| qi20a134 | My work and my home situation sometimes get in each other’s way | directly measured |
| qi20a135 | Due to my home situation, I can’t perform properly at work | directly measured |
| qi20a136 | I am satisfied with the way I combine work and domestic chores | directly measured |
| qi20a137 | The pressure of work and domestic chores is so high that I don’t have enough time for myself | directly measured |
| qi20a138 | My career prevents me from investing more in my family | directly measured |
| qi20a139 | My social network is suffering as a result of the various obligations I have to fulfil | directly measured |
| qi20a140 | I regularly feel like I don’t have control over my life anymore | directly measured |
| qi20a141 | Are you currently receiving: An unemployment benefit | directly measured |
| qi20a142 | Are you currently receiving: An invalidity benefit | directly measured |
| qi20a143 | Are you currently receiving: Continued payment of wages during sickness leave | directly measured |
| qi20a144 | Are you currently receiving: Welfare benefit | directly measured |
| qi20a145 | Are you currently receiving: An early pension (e.g. early retirement benefit (Dutch: VUT) or pre-pension) | directly measured |
| qi20a146 | Are you currently receiving: Student grant/loan (Dutch: studiefienanciering) | directly measured |
| qi20a147 | Are you currently receiving: Subsidized home care | directly measured |
| qi20a148 | Are you currently receiving: Childcare subsidy | directly measured |
| qi20a149 | Are you currently receiving: None of the above | directly measured |
| qi20a150 | Normal people like me have little influence on the things that happen around us | directly measured |
| qi20a151 | In the end, you don’t get to do what you really want to | directly measured |
| qi20a152 | I regularly feel forced to do things that I don’t really want to do at all | directly measured |
| qi20a153 | The economic forecasts of banks are complete fabrications | directly measured |
| qi20a154 | Scientific knowledge is ultimately based on opinions | directly measured |
| qi20a155 | Politicians rarely speak the truth | directly measured |
| qi20a156 | The sentences pronounced by judges are ultimately nothing more than their own interpretations | directly measured |
| qi20a157 | Diagnoses by medical specialists are often contestable | directly measured |
| qi20a158 | When I watch the news, I have my doubts about the truthfulness of the information | directly measured |
| qi20a159 | Policy documents drafted by civil servants only reflect their own opinions | directly measured |
| qi20a160 | These days, you really can’t tell who you can trust anymore | directly measured |
| qi20a161 | Improving your life is primarily a matter of luck | directly measured |
| qi20a162 | It’s irresponsible to have children in this day and age | directly measured |
| qi20a163 | What you personally think and feel no longer counts nowadays | directly measured |
| qi20a164 | Due to a lack of skill among public prosecutors, too many court cases are failing | directly measured |
| qi20a165 | People who invoke their right to privacy have something to hide | directly measured |
| qi20a166 | Lawyers who defend people suspected of very serious crimes have no principles | directly measured |
| qi20a167 | It makes sense for people to take the law into their own hands when the legal system fails | directly measured |
| qi20a168 | Without lawyers, there can be no fair process of law | directly measured |
| qi20a169 | Bureaucrats always find a way to hide numbers | directly measured |
| qi20a170 | The National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) only publishes information if it is to their advantage | directly measured |
| qi20a171 | Institutions, trust in: Politics | directly measured |
| qi20a172 | Institutions, trust in: The bank sector | directly measured |
| qi20a173 | Institutions, trust in: Science | directly measured |
| qi20a174 | Institutions, trust in: The legal system | directly measured |
| qi20a175 | Institutions, trust in: The medical world | directly measured |
| qi20a176 | Institutions, trust in: The media | directly measured |
| qi20a177 | Institutions, trust in: The government | directly measured |
| qi20a178 | Institutional experts, trust in: Politicians | directly measured |
| qi20a179 | Institutional experts, trust in: Bankers | directly measured |
| qi20a180 | Institutional experts, trust in: Scientists | directly measured |
| qi20a181 | Institutional experts, trust in: Judges | directly measured |
| qi20a182 | Institutional experts, trust in: Lawyers | directly measured |
| qi20a183 | Institutional experts, trust in: Medical specialists | directly measured |
| qi20a184 | Institutional experts, trust in: Journalists | directly measured |
| qi20a185 | Institutional experts, trust in: Civil servants | directly measured |
| qi20a186 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| qi20a187 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| qi20a188 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| qi20a189 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| qi20a190 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| qi20a191 | Starting date of the questionnaire | constructed |
| qi20a192 | Starting time of the questionnaire | constructed |
| qi20a193 | End date of the questionnaire | constructed |
| qi20a194 | End time of the questionnaire | constructed |
| qi20a195 | Duration questionnaire in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Vignette-based study of citizen-friendly data communication
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Vignette-based study of citizen-friendly data communicationResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 2,939 (100.0%)Non-response: 807 (27.5%)
Response: 2,132 (72.5%)
Complete: 2,076 (70.6%)
Incomplete: 56 (1.9%)
Collection Events
Period
06-07-2020 to 28-07-2020
Sample
Random selection of 2,939 panel members
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents