Perceptions of the determinants of economic success and demand for redistribution of income
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Perceptions of the determinants of economic success and demand for redistribution of income
Project Number
89
Abstract
This study aims to investigate whether discrepancies in personal attitudes about how the economy should be run, perceptions of what people believe other people’s attitudes to be, and perceptions of how the economy actually functions, can explain individual demand for the redistribution of income.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
04-02-2013
End date
26-02-2013
Researcher
Van De Werfhorst, Herman, Burgoon, Brian, Steijn, Sander
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2013 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zh7-np4f
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 |
| ie13a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| ie13a001 | When was part A (ie13a004 through ie13a036) presented? | preloaded |
| ie13a002 | When was part B (ie13a037 through ie13a047) presented? | preloaded |
| ie13a003 | Age of household member | preloaded |
| ie13a004 | Economic success among people in the Netherlands is achieved in a fair manner. | directly measured |
| ie13a005 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: intelligence | directly measured |
| ie13a006 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: chance | directly measured |
| ie13a007 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: social skills | directly measured |
| ie13a008 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: gender | directly measured |
| ie13a009 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: hard work | directly measured |
| ie13a010 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: ethnicity | directly measured |
| ie13a011 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: to be driven by greed | directly measured |
| ie13a012 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: to be ambitious | directly measured |
| ie13a013 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: to have high education qualifications | directly measured |
| ie13a014 | Please indicate first to what extent you believe that the following factors should be important for someone’s economic success: to be prepared to tell lies | directly measured |
| ie13a015 | To what extent do you think that most people in the Netherlands will, in general, agree with you on how important the factors just mentioned should be? | directly measured |
| ie13a016 | People in the Netherlands generally have the same opinion on what is a fair way of determining economic success. | directly measured |
| ie13a017 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: intelligence | directly measured |
| ie13a018 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: chance | directly measured |
| ie13a019 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: social skills | directly measured |
| ie13a020 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: gender | directly measured |
| ie13a021 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: hard work | directly measured |
| ie13a022 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: ethnicity | directly measured |
| ie13a023 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: to be driven by greed | directly measured |
| ie13a024 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: to be ambitious | directly measured |
| ie13a025 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: to have high education qualifications | directly measured |
| ie13a026 | Estimate how important the following factors should be for someone’s economic success, according to most people in the Netherlands: to be prepared to tell lies | directly measured |
| ie13a027 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: intelligence | directly measured |
| ie13a028 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: chance | directly measured |
| ie13a029 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: social skills | directly measured |
| ie13a030 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: gender | directly measured |
| ie13a031 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: hard work | directly measured |
| ie13a032 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: ethnicity | directly measured |
| ie13a033 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: to be driven by greed | directly measured |
| ie13a034 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: to be ambitious | directly measured |
| ie13a035 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: to have high education qualifications | directly measured |
| ie13a036 | Please indicate how important, in your opinion, these factors actually are, at present, for someone’s economic success: to be prepared to tell lies | directly measured |
| ie13a037 | It is the government’s responsibility to reduce the difference in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes. | directly measured |
| ie13a038 | The government should reduce the income differences between people, even if it means that people with high incomes lose some purchasing power. | directly measured |
| ie13a039 | If the government decides to redistribute income, through which measure do you think this will mainly be done? | directly measured |
| ie13a040 | If the government decides to redistribute income, which measure has your personal preference? | directly measured |
| ie13a041 | Do you want the government to spend more or to spend less on compensating income for people who have lost their job? | directly measured |
| ie13a042 | Do you want the government to spend more or to spend less on training courses and education programs for people that have lost their job? | directly measured |
| ie13a043 | Do you want the government to spend more or to spend less on health care? | directly measured |
| ie13a044 | Would you prefer that the government imposes more tax on the higher incomes, or that it provides the poor with more abundant provisions? | directly measured |
| ie13a045 | Income differences in the Netherlands are too large. | directly measured |
| ie13a046 | If general elections were to be held today, for which party would you vote? | directly measured |
| ie13a047 | What other party do you mean? | directly measured |
| ie13a048 | In what sector do you work? | directly measured |
| ie13a049 | In what sector do you work, then? | directly measured |
| ie13a050 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| ie13a051 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| ie13a052 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| ie13a053 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| ie13a054 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| ie13a055 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| ie13a056 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| ie13a057 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| ie13a058 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| ie13a059 | duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Perceptions of the determinants of economic success and demand for redistribution of income
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch.
Browse Perceptions of the determinants of economic success and demand for redistribution of incomeResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members 2,784 (100%)Non-response: 547 (19.6%)
Response: 2,237 (80.4%)
Complete: 2,225 (79.9%)
Incomplete: 12 (0.4%)
Collection Events
Period
04-02-2013 to 26-02-2013
Sample
random sample among panel members aged 16 and older
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.
Publications
What we want and what we see: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences; Steijn, S.R.