Social Contacts
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Social Contacts
Abstract
In August 2011, the LISS-I panel was presented a questionnaire about contacts with family, friends, neighbors and other acquaintances.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
01-08-2011
End date
31-08-2011
Topics
Researcher
Van Der Houwen, Karolijne
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2012 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
Cross-Cultural Psychology at Tilburg University
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
Cross-Cultural Psychology at Tilburg University
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xrc-cnzm
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| ez11a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| ez11a001 | Random variable for response categories | constructed |
| ez11a002 | How often do you have contact with one or more family members that do not share your home? | directly measured |
| ez11a003 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances? | directly measured |
| ez11a004 | How often do you have contact with neighbors? | directly measured |
| ez11a005 | Do you have children that do not live at home with you? | directly measured |
| ez11a006 | How many children do you have that do not live at home with you? | directly measured |
| ez11a007 | What is this child\'s age?/What is the age of the youngest child?/We would like to know the ages of the youngest three children. What age is the youngest child? | directly measured |
| ez11a008 | What is the age of the eldest/middle child? | directly measured |
| ez11a009 | What is the age of the eldest child/of the eldest of these three children? | directly measured |
| ez11a010 | Where does this child live?/Where does the youngest child live?/We would like to know where the three youngest children live. Where does the youngest child live? | directly measured |
| ez11a011 | In what places does this child lives? | directly measured |
| ez11a012 | Where does the eldest/middle child live? | directly measured |
| ez11a013 | In what places does this child lives? | directly measured |
| ez11a014 | Where does the eldest child/the eldest of the three children live? | directly measured |
| ez11a015 | In what places does this child lives? | directly measured |
| ez11a016 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a017 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a018 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a019 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a020 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a021 | How often do you have contact with this child/the youngest child in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a022 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a023 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a024 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a025 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a026 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a027 | How often do you have contact with the eldest/middle child in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a028 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a029 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a030 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a031 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a032 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a033 | How often do you have contact with the eldest child/the eldest of these three children in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a034 | We would like to ask some things about your contact with your parents [as well]. Are your parents still alive? | directly measured |
| ez11a035 | Where does your father live? | directly measured |
| ez11a036 | In what places does your father live? | directly measured |
| ez11a037 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a038 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a039 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a040 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a041 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a042 | How often do you have contact with your father in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a043 | Where does your mother live? | directly measured |
| ez11a044 | In what places does your mother live? | directly measured |
| ez11a045 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a046 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a047 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a048 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a049 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a050 | How often do you have contact with your mother in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a051 | Do you have any siblings that do not share your home? This concerns brothers or sisters that are still alive. | directly measured |
| ez11a052 | How many siblings are there? | directly measured |
| ez11a053 | Where does this sibling/the sibling with whom you have most contact live? | directly measured |
| ez11a054 | In what places does he or she live? | directly measured |
| ez11a055 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a056 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a057 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a058 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a059 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a060 | How often do you have contact with this sibling in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a061 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a062 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a063 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a064 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a065 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a066 | How often do you have contact with friends or close acquaintances in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a067 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? Face to face meetings | directly measured |
| ez11a068 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? By telephone (fixed line, mobile or by Internet) | directly measured |
| ez11a069 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? SMS or Ping | directly measured |
| ez11a070 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? E-mail | directly measured |
| ez11a071 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? Chat (such as MSN, Google talk, Facebook Chat) | directly measured |
| ez11a072 | How often do you have contact with your neighbors in the following ways? By writing (letters or cards) | directly measured |
| ez11a073 | Are you present on a social network site, such as Hyves, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter? | directly measured |
| ez11a074 | On what social network site or sites are you present? Multiple answers permitted. Hyves | directly measured |
| ez11a075 | On what social network site or sites are you present? Multiple answers permitted. Facebook | directly measured |
| ez11a076 | On what social network site or sites are you present? Multiple answers permitted. LinkedIn | directly measured |
| ez11a077 | On what social network site or sites are you present? Multiple answers permitted. Twitter | directly measured |
| ez11a078 | On what social network site or sites are you present? Multiple answers permitted. Other, namely | directly measured |
| ez11a079 | On what other social network site or sites are you present, then? | directly measured |
| ez11a080 | You have indicated that you are present on Hyves. How often do you use Hyves? | directly measured |
| ez11a081 | How many hours per day/week do you use Hyves on average? Please provide your answer in whole hours. | directly measured |
| ez11a082 | What do you use Hyves for, especially? | directly measured |
| ez11a083 | How many friends do you have on Hyves? | directly measured |
| ez11a084 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (In-law) family members that share your home | directly measured |
| ez11a085 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (In-law) family members that do not share your home | directly measured |
| ez11a086 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Friends/acquaintances | directly measured |
| ez11a087 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) schoolmates | directly measured |
| ez11a088 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) study mates | directly measured |
| ez11a089 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) colleagues | directly measured |
| ez11a090 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Neighbors | directly measured |
| ez11a091 | Who does your friend group on Hyves consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Others, namely | directly measured |
| ez11a092 | Who (else) does your friend group on Hyves consist of, then? | directly measured |
| ez11a093 | How many of your Hyves friends that do not share your home, do you ever meet face to face? | directly measured |
| ez11a094 | How many of your Hyves friends that do not share your home, do you ever meet face to face? | directly measured |
| ez11a095 | You have indicated that you are present on Facebook. How often do you use Facebook? | directly measured |
| ez11a096 | How many hours per day/week do you use Facebook on average? Please provide your answer in whole hours. | directly measured |
| ez11a097 | What do you use Facebook for, especially? | directly measured |
| ez11a098 | How many friends do you have on Facebook? | directly measured |
| ez11a099 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (In-law) family members that share your home | directly measured |
| ez11a100 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (In-law) family members that do not share your home | directly measured |
| ez11a101 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Friends/acquaintances | directly measured |
| ez11a102 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) schoolmates | directly measured |
| ez11a103 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) study mates | directly measured |
| ez11a104 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. (former) colleagues | directly measured |
| ez11a105 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Neighbors | directly measured |
| ez11a106 | Who does your friend group on Facebook consist of? Multiple answers permitted. Others, namely | directly measured |
| ez11a107 | Who (else) does your friend group on Facebook consist of, then? | directly measured |
| ez11a108 | How many of your Facebook friends that do not share your home, do you ever meet face to face? | directly measured |
| ez11a109 | How many of your Facebook friends that do not share your home, do you ever meet face to face? | directly measured |
| ez11a110 | You have indicated that you are present on LinkedIn. How often do you use LinkedIn? | directly measured |
| ez11a111 | Has LinkedIn ever helped you with your career? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, someone approached me through LinkedIn for a new job | directly measured |
| ez11a112 | Has LinkedIn ever helped you with your career? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, people in my LinkedIn network have helped me find a new job | directly measured |
| ez11a113 | Has LinkedIn ever helped you with your career? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, in another way, namely | directly measured |
| ez11a114 | Has LinkedIn ever helped you with your career? Multiple answers permitted. No | directly measured |
| ez11a115 | In what other way has LinkedIn ever helped you with your career? | directly measured |
| ez11a116 | Have you ever helped someone with his or her career through LinkedIn? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, I have offered someone in my LinkedIn network a job | directly measured |
| ez11a117 | Have you ever helped someone with his or her career through LinkedIn? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, I have written a recommendation for someone in my LinkedIn network | directly measured |
| ez11a118 | Have you ever helped someone with his or her career through LinkedIn? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, I have arranged contact between people in my LinkedIn network. | directly measured |
| ez11a119 | Have you ever helped someone with his or her career through LinkedIn? Multiple answers permitted. Yes, in another way, namely | directly measured |
| ez11a120 | Have you ever helped someone with his or her career through LinkedIn? Multiple answers permitted. No | directly measured |
| ez11a121 | In what other way have you ever helped someone through LinkedIn? | directly measured |
| ez11a122 | How many connections do you have on LinkedIn? | directly measured |
| ez11a123 | You have indicated that you participate in Twitter. How many people and/or companies do you follow on Twitter? | directly measured |
| ez11a124 | How many people and/or companies follow you on Twitter? | directly measured |
| ez11a125 | What do you do on Twitter? Multiple answers permitted. I place messages | directly measured |
| ez11a126 | What do you do on Twitter? Multiple answers permitted. I read other Twitterers\' messages | directly measured |
| ez11a127 | What do you do on Twitter? Multiple answers permitted. I reply to other Twitterers\' messages (@reply and @mention) | directly measured |
| ez11a128 | What do you do on Twitter? Multiple answers permitted. I forward other Twitterers\' messages (retweeting) | directly measured |
| ez11a129 | What do you do on Twitter? Multiple answers permitted. I send private messages to other Twitterers (Direct Message) | directly measured |
| ez11a130 | What do you do most on Twitter? | directly measured |
| ez11a131 | You have indicated that you place messages on Twitter. What are your messages mostly about? | directly measured |
| ez11a132 | What are your messages mostly about, then? | directly measured |
| ez11a133 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| ez11a134 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| ez11a135 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| ez11a136 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| ez11a137 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| ez11a138 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| ez11a139 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| ez11a140 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| ez11a141 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| ez11a142 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Social Contacts
This questionnaire was originally conducted in Dutch.
Browse Social ContactsResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 2427 (100%)Non-response: 708 (29.2%)
Actual response:
complete: 1717 (70.7%)
incomplete: 2 (.0%)
Collection Events
Period
01-08-2011 to 31-08-2011
Sample
Panel members aged 16 years or older.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was sent twice to non-respondents
Publications
How Does SNS Usage Affect the Personal Networks of Migrants? Societies, 4(4), pp. 640-653; Damian, E.
et al.
Family characteristics and entrepreneurship among immigrants in the Netherlands Master thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics; Grigorian, A.A.