Attachment to political parties > Attachment to political parties
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Attachment to political parties
Project Number
150.1
Abstract
This questionnaire is about political parties and to
what extent respondents feel connected to political parties.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
06-08-2012
End date
28-08-2012
Topics
Researcher
Martin Rosema (University of Twente); Leonie Huddy (Stony Brook University)
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2021 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata
MESS Project
MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xf6-ebjy
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 |
| jd12a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| jd12a001 | number of the experimental condition | constructed |
| jd12a002 | Do you consider yourself a supporter of a particular political party? | directly measured |
| jd12a003 | Which political party do you support? | directly measured |
| jd12a004 | Other party, namely | directly measured |
| jd12a005 | Would you describe yourself as a very strong supporter, a strong supporter, or not such a strong supporter of [political party] | directly measured |
| jd12a006 | Do you feel more attracted to a certain political party than to other political parties? | directly measured |
| jd12a007 | To which political party do you feel attracted? | directly measured |
| jd12a008 | Other party, namely | directly measured |
| jd12a009 | How strongly do you feel attracted to [political party] | directly measured |
| jd12a010 | The last time that you voted in the general elections, for which party did you vote? | directly measured |
| jd12a011 | other party, namely | directly measured |
| jd12a012 | When I talk about this political party, I say ‘we’ instead of ‘they’. | directly measured |
| jd12a013 | I am interested in what other people think of this party. | directly measured |
| jd12a014 | If people are critical of this party, then I feel personally offended. | directly measured |
| jd12a015 | I have much in common with other people that support this party. | directly measured |
| jd12a016 | If this party does poorly in an opinion poll, then that puts me in a bad mood. | directly measured |
| jd12a017 | When I meet someone who supports this party, then I feel connected with this person. | directly measured |
| jd12a018 | When I talk about this party, then I refer to it as ‘my party’. | directly measured |
| jd12a019 | When people are positive about this party, then that makes me feel good. | directly measured |
| jd12a020 | Would you describe yourself as a very strong supporter, a strong supporter, or not such a strong supporter of [political party] | directly measured |
| jd12a021 | How strongly do you feel attracted to [political party] | directly measured |
| jd12a022 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| jd12a023 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| jd12a024 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| jd12a025 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| jd12a026 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| jd12a027 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| jd12a028 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| jd12a029 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| jd12a030 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| jd12a031 | Duration of questionnaire in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Attachment to political parties
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Attachment to political partiesResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 6,903 (100.0%)Non-response: 1,708 (24.7%)
Response: 5,195 (75.3%)
Complete: 5,187 (75.1%)
Incomplete: 8 (0.2%)
Collection Events
Period
06-08-2012 to 28-08-2012
Sample
panel members aged 16 years and older
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents
Publications
Measuring partisanship as a social identity in multi-party systems Political Behavior (2017), 39(1), 103-132; Bankert, A.,
et al.
Expressive Versus Instrumental Partisanship in Multiparty European Systems Political Psychology, 39(S1), 173-199; Huddy, L.,
et al.
Political Partisanship as a Social Identity Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, online publication date May 2017; Huddy, L.,
et al.