Nature-nurture beliefs

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title
Nature-nurture beliefs
Project Number
407
Abstract
The questionnaire concerns child development, primary education and respondents' beliefs regarding nature and nurture.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
02-06-2025
End date
30-06-2025
Researcher
Tim Wienand (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Hans van Kippersluis (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Niels Rietveld (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2025 Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57990/w6c0-vb24
Funding Organization
ODISSEI

Datasets and documentation

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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file

Variables

Variable name Variable Label
nomem_encrNumber of the household member encrypted
dab25a_mYear and month of the field work period
dab25a001Random number: Determines the children's performance in the questions about the Van den Berg family.
dab25a002Random number: Determines the gender of the children in the examples.
dab25a003Random number: Determines the order in which the lowability/highability questions were asked.
dab25a004Random number: Determines the age of the children in the questions about the De Vries family.
dab25a005Preloaded variable: Determines which research result respondents were shown.
dab25a006Permutation variable: Which item was shown at dab25a015?
dab25a007Permutation variable: Which item was shown at dab25a016?
dab25a008What do you think determines whether a child performs well or less well in primary school? Factor 1:
dab25a009What do you think determines whether a child performs well or less well in primary school? Factor 2:
dab25a010What do you think determines whether a child performs well or less well in primary school? Factor 3:
dab25a011What do you think determines whether a child performs well or less well in primary school? Factor 4:
dab25a012What do you think determines whether a child performs well or less well in primary school? Factor 5:
dab25a013What percentage of the differences between in primary school performance between children do you think is due to genes (which you inherit from your parents)?
dab25a014How certain are you about your previous answer?
dab25a015If a child has genes that make it learn more easily than its brother or sister... it will certainly perform better in school.
dab25a016If a child has genes that make it learn more easily than its brother or sister... it is fair that it performs better in school.
dab25a017How important do you think genes are in determining whether a child is doing well in the first year of primary school?
dab25a018How many hours per week (Monday to Friday) do you think Jeroen and Laura should spend in total on each type of activity with [Emma/Lucas]? Educational activities:
dab25a019How many hours per week (Monday to Friday) do you think Jeroen and Laura should spend in total on each type of activity with [Emma/Lucas]? Other family activities:
dab25a020How do you expect [Emma/Lucas] to perform at the end of elementary school in the following situations? If the parents spend 2 hours per week on educational activities [...] and 3 hours on other family activities.
dab25a021How do you expect [Emma/Lucas] to perform at the end of elementary school in the following situations? If the parents spend 6 hours per week on educational activities [...] and 3 hours on other family activities.
dab25a022In your opinion, how many hours of educational activities should parents spend with their children? [Lotte/Max] (weak student)
dab25a023In your opinion, how many hours of educational activities should parents spend with their children? [Sophie/Robin] (good student)
dab25a024And how many hours should they spend with their children on other family activities? [Lotte/Max] (weak student)
dab25a025And how many hours should they spend with their children on other family activities? [Sophie/Robin] (good student)
dab25a026How much do you think the two [sisters/brothers] enjoy the educational activities? [Lotte/Max] (weak student)
dab25a027How much do you think the two [sisters/brothers] enjoy the educational activities? [Sophie/Robin] (good student)
dab25a028Imagine the parents spend more time on educational activities with [Sophie/Robin] (good student) than with [Lotte/Max] (weak student). How do you expect [Lotte/Max] to do at the end of primary school in this situation?
dab25a029Imagine the parents spend more time on educational activities with [Sophie/Robin] (good student) than with [Lotte/Max] (weak student). How do you expect [Sophie/Robin] to do at the end of primary school in this situation?
dab25a030Imagine the parents spend more time on educational activities with [Lotte/Max] (weak student) than with [Sophie/Robin] (good student). How do you expect [Lotte/Max] to do at the end of primary school in this situation?
dab25a031Imagine the parents spend more time on educational activities with [Lotte/Max] (weak student) than with [Sophie/Robin] (good student). How do you expect [Sophie/Robin] to do at the end of primary school in this situation?
dab25a032Question 1: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a033Question 2: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a034Question 3: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a035Question 4: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a036Question 5: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a037Question 6: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a038Question 7: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a039How [low/high] must the test scores of both children be in Option A for you to switch to [option B/option A]?
dab25a040Question 1: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a041Question 2: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a042Question 3: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a043Question 4: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a044Question 5: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a045Question 6: Which option do you prefer?
dab25a046How much of the differences in test scores (such as CITO) at the end of primary school do you think can be attributed to genetic differences (differences in genes) between children?
dab25a047Do you have a child/children in the age of 0-18?
dab25a048[How old is the child?/How old is your child that is closest to the age of 6?]
dab25a049How do you expect your child to perform compared to 100 other children of the same age?
dab25a050How many hours per week (Monday to Friday) do you usually spend with your child [grades 3 to 8] on joint activities?
dab25a051How many hours per week (Monday to Friday) do you usually spend with your child [grades 3 to 8] on educational activities?
dab25a052It is/was important for me to spend an equal amount of time with all my children on educational activities.
dab25a053It is/was important to me that all my children perform equally well in school.
dab25a054Was it difficult to answer the questions?
dab25a055Were the questions sufficiently clear?
dab25a056Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things?
dab25a057Was it an interesting subject?
dab25a058Did you enjoy answering the questions?
dab25a059Starting date questionnaire.
dab25a060Starting time questionnaire.
dab25a061End date questionnaire.
dab25a062End time questionnaire.
dab25a063Duration in seconds.

Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,149 (100.0%)
Non-response: 1,078 (34.2%)
Response: 2,071 (65.8%)
Complete: 1,997 (63.4%)
Incomplete: 74 (2.4%)
Collection Events
Period
02-06-2025 to 30-06-2025
Sample
Panel members aged 20-67 years who are (partner of) head of the household. One person per household was randomly selected.
Collection Mode
Internet Survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents