Expectations for the Future
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Expectations for the Future
Project Number
14
Abstract
The study focuses on expectations people have for the future and how question order influences the answers to questions about these expectations.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Researcher
Ester, P., Vinken, H.
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2009 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xcb-38sz
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
English version
Dutch (original) version
Data Files
English SPSS version
English STATA version
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| am08a_m | Year and month of the field work period | preloaded |
| am08a001 | Experimental condition question order (random variable) | preloaded |
| am08a002 | negative or positive question formulation (random variable) | preloaded |
| am08a003 | When you think about the Netherlands during the next 25 years, are you optimistic or pessimistic? | directly measured |
| am08a004 | Can you indicate why you are [am08a003] optimistic or pessimistic about the Netherlands during the next 25 years? | directly measured |
| am08a005 | When you think about your personal life during the next 25 years, are you optimistic or pessimistic? | directly measured |
| am08a006 | Can you indicate why you are [am08a005] about your personal life during the next 25 years? | directly measured |
| am08a007 | Development next 25 years: unemployment | directly measured |
| am08a008 | Development next 25 years: poverty | directly measured |
| am08a009 | Development next 25 years: inequality of women | directly measured |
| am08a010 | Development next 25 years: old age provisions | directly measured |
| am08a011 | Development next 25 years: tensions between religions | directly measured |
| am08a012 | Development next 25 years: means of communication | directly measured |
| am08a013 | Development next 25 years: work pressure | directly measured |
| am08a014 | Development next 25 years: economic growth | directly measured |
| am08a015 | Development next 25 years: war | directly measured |
| am08a016 | Development next 25 years: solidarity | directly measured |
| am08a017 | Development next 25 years: health provisions | directly measured |
| am08a018 | Development next 25 years: genetic engineering | directly measured |
| am08a019 | Development next 25 years: environmental pollution | directly measured |
| am08a020 | Development next 25 years: computer illiteracy | directly measured |
| am08a021 | Development next 25 years: affordability of social provisions (e.g. social welfare, unemployment benefit) | directly measured |
| am08a022 | Development next 25 years: criminality | directly measured |
| am08a023 | Development next 25 years: tensions between ethnic groups | directly measured |
| am08a024 | Development next 25 years: asylum seekers | directly measured |
| am08a025 | Development next 25 years: congestion on highways | directly measured |
| am08a026 | Development next 25 years: discrimination | directly measured |
| am08a027 | Development next 25 years: population growth | directly measured |
| am08a028 | When I think about the future of the Netherlands and of the world, I think about events in … | directly measured |
| am08a029 | What are the good things from the past 25 years that you would wish to take into the next 25 years? | directly measured |
| am08a030 | What are the bad things from the past 25 years that you would not wish to take into the next 25 years? | directly measured |
| am08a031 | When I think about the future of my own life, I think about events in … | directly measured |
| am08a032 | the future is unpredictable, I prefer to live by the day | directly measured |
| am08a033 | I believe that people should plan their day each morning | directly measured |
| am08a034 | I like to think about the future | directly measured |
| am08a035 | I don't like to think about the future | directly measured |
| am08a036 | I believe it is important not to waste time | directly measured |
| am08a037 | I believe it is important to invest part of my income now in insurances | directly measured |
| am08a038 | I have pretty well figured out the further course of my life | directly measured |
| am08a039 | I don't make many plans for the further course of my life | directly measured |
| am08a040 | I believe it is important to save now for harder times ahead | directly measured |
| am08a041 | I believe it is important to make plans for the future as early as possible | directly measured |
| am08a042 | I like to plan the time I spend on socializing well ahead of time | directly measured |
| am08a043 | I believe it is important to reserve money now for my old age | directly measured |
| am08a044 | I do not believe it is important to reserve money now for my old age | directly measured |
| am08a045 | How do you deal with the future of your own life? | directly measured |
| am08a046 | Below is a list of feeling that people may have about the future during the next 25 years | directly measured |
| am08a047 | What gives you a feeling of [am08a046]? | directly measured |
| am08a048 | What other feeling do you have when you think about the future during the next 25 years, and can you tell us a bit more about this feeling? | directly measured |
| am08a049 | Did you have difficulty answering the questions? | directly measured |
| am08a050 | Did you feel the questions were clear? | directly measured |
| am08a051 | Did the questionnaire get you to think? | directly measured |
| am08a052 | Did you find this questionnaire’s topic interesting? | directly measured |
| am08a053 | Did you like filling out the questions? | directly measured |
| am08a054 | Questionnaire starting date | constructed |
| am08a055 | Questionnaire starting time | constructed |
| am08a056 | Questionnaire end date | constructed |
| am08a057 | Questionnaire end time | constructed |
| am08a058 | Questionnaire duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Toekomst
Please note that the order of the questions varied based on a random variable (see variable am08a001). Here we present the order as in condition 1 (original question order).
This questionnaire was originally conducted in Dutch.
Response Information
Response Overview
Response: Selected number of household members: 1580 (100%)Non-response: 530 (33.5%)
Actual response:
-complete: 1050 (66.5%)
-incomplete: 7
Collection Events
Period
06-10-2008 to 29-10-2008
Sample
a random sub-selection of 1580 panel members aged 16 - 61 years
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was sent twice to non-respondents
Publications
Measuring attitudes toward controversial issues in internet surveys: Order effects of open and closed questioning In: M. Das, P. Ester & L. Kaczmirek (Eds.), Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies, pp. 245-268; Ester, P.
et al.