Election Survey Ukraine referendum > Measurement 3
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Measurement 3
Project Number
151.3
Abstract
This concerns the third questionnaire on the Ukraine referendum.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
07-04-2016
End date
26-04-2016
Topics
Researcher
Kristof Jacobs
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2017 CentERdata
Funding Organization
Dutch Foundation for Electoral Research (SKON)
NWO
NWO
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zs3-ha7a
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 the household member encrypted | preloaded |
| mj16a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| mj16a001 | Did the respondent participate in part 1 and part 2? | constructed |
| mj16a002 | A national referendum was held on 6 April 2016. Were you aware of this? | directly measured |
| mj16a003 | The referendum of 6 April was an advisory referendum. Do you know what an advisory referendum is? | directly measured |
| mj16a004 | Yes, namely… | directly measured |
| mj16a005 | Did you vote in the referendum of 6 April on the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine? | directly measured |
| mj16a006 | At what time of the day did you vote? | directly measured |
| mj16a007 | How did you vote on 6 April? | directly measured |
| mj16a008 | What was the most important reason for you to vote for the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a009 | What was the most important reason for you to vote against the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a010 | What was the most important reason for you to cast a blank or invalid vote? | directly measured |
| mj16a011 | What was the most important reason for you not to vote? | directly measured |
| mj16a012 | If you had been obliged to cast a vote in the referendum, how would you have voted? | directly measured |
| mj16a013 | What do you think the government should do, if the majority of votes in the referendum are against the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a014 | Were you aware of this participation quorum? | directly measured |
| mj16a015 | Do you think that this participation quorum of 30%... | directly measured |
| mj16a016 | How high did you expect voter turnout to be on 6 April? | directly measured |
| mj16a017 | Did you have any difficulties reaching your voting station? | directly measured |
| mj16a018 | Yes, namely… | directly measured |
| mj16a019 | Do you think that this amount of 30 million euros... | directly measured |
| mj16a020 | Do you think that your municipality should open more, as many or fewer voting stations in the event of a national referendum, compared to general elections? | directly measured |
| mj16a021 | Are you familiar with one or more voting guides on the internet, designed to help people find out to what extent they are for or against the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a022 | Did you seriously fill out one or more voting guides, prior to the referendum? | directly measured |
| mj16a023 | What advice did the voting guide give you the first time? | directly measured |
| mj16a024 | Did you read, hear or see any information about the referendum in the past week, on: Television | directly measured |
| mj16a025 | Did you read, hear or see any information about the referendum in the past week, on: Radio | directly measured |
| mj16a026 | Did you read, hear or see any information about the referendum in the past week, on: Newspaper | directly measured |
| mj16a027 | Did you read, hear or see any information about the referendum in the past week, on: Websites | directly measured |
| mj16a028 | Did you read, hear or see any information about the referendum in the past week, on: Social media | directly measured |
| mj16a029 | Other media, namely... | directly measured |
| mj16a030 | How often in the past weeks did you read, see or hear anything about...the referendum on the Association Agreement with Ukraine? | directly measured |
| mj16a031 | How often in the past weeks did you read, see or hear anything about...people who are against the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a032 | How often in the past weeks did you read, see or hear anything about...people who are in favor of the Association Agreement? | directly measured |
| mj16a033 | I learned a lot about the Association Agreement during the campaign period. | directly measured |
| mj16a034 | There was sufficient information available about the Association Agreement. | directly measured |
| mj16a035 | The available information about the Association Agreement was reliable. | directly measured |
| mj16a036 | There was too much mud-slinging during the campaign. | directly measured |
| mj16a037 | I am not interested in the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine. | directly measured |
| mj16a038 | The Association Agreement will help the Dutch economy. | directly measured |
| mj16a039 | The Association Agreement will cause tensions with Russia. | directly measured |
| mj16a040 | The Association Agreement will help to combat corruption in Ukraine. | directly measured |
| mj16a041 | The Association Agreement will lead to EU membership for Ukraine. | directly measured |
| mj16a042 | The Association Agreement was a suitable subject for a referendum. | directly measured |
| mj16a043 | Russia poses a threat to peace in Europe. | directly measured |
| mj16a044 | The economic sanctions against Russia need to be lifted. | directly measured |
| mj16a045 | Russia is responsible for the unrest in Ukraine. | directly measured |
| mj16a046 | The Netherlands should tighten its political and cultural ties with Russia. | directly measured |
| mj16a047 | The institutions of the European Union have too much power. | directly measured |
| mj16a048 | The European Union should enter into a free trade agreement with as many countries as possible. | directly measured |
| mj16a049 | European integration has gone too far. | directly measured |
| mj16a050 | Turkey must be able to join the European Union one day. | directly measured |
| mj16a051 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? The Netherlands | directly measured |
| mj16a052 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Denmark | directly measured |
| mj16a053 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Serbia | directly measured |
| mj16a054 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Ukraine | directly measured |
| mj16a055 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Spain | directly measured |
| mj16a056 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Bulgaria | directly measured |
| mj16a057 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Great Britain | directly measured |
| mj16a058 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Iceland | directly measured |
| mj16a059 | Do you welcome the (possible) EU membership of the following countries? Greece | directly measured |
| mj16a060 | How much trust you personally have in: European Union | directly measured |
| mj16a061 | How much trust you personally have in: Russia | directly measured |
| mj16a062 | How much trust you personally have in: Ukraine | directly measured |
| mj16a063 | How much trust you personally have in: The Dutch government | directly measured |
| mj16a064 | How much trust you personally have in: The Dutch House of Representatives | directly measured |
| mj16a065 | How much trust you personally have in: VVD (Liberal party) | directly measured |
| mj16a066 | How much trust you personally have in: PvdA (Labor party) | directly measured |
| mj16a067 | How much trust you personally have in: PVV (Freedom party) | directly measured |
| mj16a068 | How much trust you personally have in: SP (Socialist party) | directly measured |
| mj16a069 | How much trust you personally have in: CDA (Christian Democrat party) | directly measured |
| mj16a070 | How much trust you personally have in: D66 (Liberal Democrat party) | directly measured |
| mj16a071 | How much trust you personally have in: ChristenUnie (Christian Union party) | directly measured |
| mj16a072 | How much trust you personally have in: GroenLinks (Green-left party) | directly measured |
| mj16a073 | Other party important to me, namely... | directly measured |
| mj16a074 | How much trust you personally have in: Other party | directly measured |
| mj16a075 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? VVD | directly measured |
| mj16a076 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? PvdA | directly measured |
| mj16a077 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? PVV | directly measured |
| mj16a078 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? SP | directly measured |
| mj16a079 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? CDA | directly measured |
| mj16a080 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? D66 | directly measured |
| mj16a081 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? ChristenUnie | directly measured |
| mj16a082 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? GroenLinks | directly measured |
| mj16a083 | Other party important to me, namely... | directly measured |
| mj16a084 | Which position do you think the following political parties took with respect to the Association Agreement? Other party | directly measured |
| mj16a085 | Are you familiar with: Stem voor Nederland (with people like Joshua Livestro, Michiel van Hulten) | directly measured |
| mj16a086 | Are you familiar with: Forum voor Democratie (with people like Thierry Baudet) | directly measured |
| mj16a087 | Are you familiar with: Burgercomité EU (with people like Pepijn van Houwelingen) | directly measured |
| mj16a088 | Are you familiar with: GeenPeil (with people like Jan Roos, Bart Nijman) | directly measured |
| mj16a089 | How much do you personally appreciate: Stem voor Nederland (with people like Joshua Livestro, Michiel van Hulten) | directly measured |
| mj16a090 | How much do you personally appreciate: Forum voor Democratie (with people like Thierry Baudet) | directly measured |
| mj16a091 | How much do you personally appreciate: Burgercomité EU (with people like Pepijn van Houwelingen) | directly measured |
| mj16a092 | How much do you personally appreciate: GeenPeil (with people like Jan Roos, Bart Nijman) | directly measured |
| mj16a093 | Politicians in the House of Representatives should heed the opinion of the people. | directly measured |
| mj16a094 | The most important political decisions should be made by the people and not by politicians. | directly measured |
| mj16a095 | I would rather be represented by an everyday citizen than by a professional politician. | directly measured |
| mj16a096 | The political divisions are greater between the elite and everyday citizens than between citizens. | directly measured |
| mj16a097 | Politicians talk too much and do too little. | directly measured |
| mj16a098 | In politics, reaching a compromise is often another way of describing a betrayal of principles. | directly measured |
| mj16a099 | Democracy is the best political system. | directly measured |
| mj16a100 | It is important that a country is governed on the basis of democratic principles. | directly measured |
| mj16a101 | The government does too little for people like me. | directly measured |
| mj16a102 | For most people in the Netherlands, life is getting harder rather than better. | directly measured |
| mj16a103 | The way things are now, it is difficult to be hopeful about the future of the world. | directly measured |
| mj16a104 | I have the feeling that some groups are given undue advantage over people like me. | directly measured |
| mj16a105 | Some of the decisions that are important for our country need to be voted on directly by the electorate, by means of a referendum. | directly measured |
| mj16a106 | The result of a referendum should be binding. | directly measured |
| mj16a107 | Referendums are too expensive. | directly measured |
| mj16a108 | Mayors should be elected directly by the residents of the municipality. | directly measured |
| mj16a109 | If I had the opportunity to participate in a meeting where citizens discuss important issues with regard to the community and/or local politics, then I would certainly do so. | directly measured |
| mj16a110 | My municipality should make it possible to organize referendums on municipal issues. | directly measured |
| mj16a111 | Do you think that, overall, cultural life in the Netherlands is undermined or enriched by people from other countries that have come to live here? | directly measured |
| mj16a112 | Do you think that, overall, it is bad or good for the Dutch economy that people from other countries come to live here? | directly measured |
| mj16a113 | To what extent do you feel that the Netherlands should permit Muslims from other countries to come live and work in the Netherlands? | directly measured |
| mj16a114 | Do you think that, in the past 12 months, the Dutch economy improved, remained the same, or deteriorated? | directly measured |
| mj16a115 | Overall, how do think the Netherlands is faring? Do you think that things are heading in the wrong direction or in the right direction? | directly measured |
| mj16a116 | If general elections were held today, for what party would you vote? | directly measured |
| mj16a117 | Other party, namely... | directly measured |
| mj16a118 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| mj16a119 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| mj16a120 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| mj16a121 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| mj16a122 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| mj16a123 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| mj16a124 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| mj16a125 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| mj16a126 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| mj16a127 | Duration of the questionnaire in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Election Survey Ukraine referendum - Measurement 3
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Election Survey Ukraine referendum - Measurement 3Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 2,888 (100%)Non-response: 363 (12.6%)
Response: 2,525 (87.4%)
Complete: 2,502 (86.6%)
Incomplete: 23 (0.8%)
Collection Events
Period
07-04-2016 to 26-04-2016
Sample
selection of 2,024 panel members who also participated in part 1 and part 2, and 864 ‘fresh’ panel members who did not participate in part 1 and part 2.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents