Election Campaigns 2009 > Wave 2
Longitudinal Wave
General Information
Title
Wave 2
Project Number
26.2
Abstract
This second wave of the survey concerns the European elections and the political campaigns that accompanied the elections.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Researcher
Van Aelst, Peter
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2010 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zye-yt2h
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 |
| ay09b_m | Month in which the questionnaire was completed | constructed |
| ay09b001 | In recent years, some people do not vote for certain reasons. Did you vote in the last elections for the European Parliament on Thursday 4 June, 2009? | directly measured |
| ay09b002 | For which party did you vote in the European Parliamentary elections held on 4 June? | directly measured |
| ay09b003 | For what other party did you vote, then? | directly measured |
| ay09b004 | I have learnt more about the candidates running in this election | directly measured |
| ay09b005 | I have learnt quite a bit more about the viewpoints of the political parties | directly measured |
| ay09b006 | This campaign did not do politics any good | directly measured |
| ay09b007 | The media have done a good job reporting on the elections | directly measured |
| ay09b008 | I thought the campaign was very interesting | directly measured |
| ay09b009 | I was more concerned with politics during this campaign than before the campaign | directly measured |
| ay09b010 | The parties conducted their campaigns in an informative manner | directly measured |
| ay09b011 | The media spent too little attention on these elections | directly measured |
| ay09b012 | I have learnt quite a bit more about the viewpoints of the political party for which I voted | directly measured |
| ay09b013 | I would like to start with a question about the campaign conducted in the run-up to the European elections of 4 June. In your opinion, did the campaign show: | directly measured |
| ay09b014 | Did you follow the election campaign very intensively, intensively, not so intensively or not at all? | directly measured |
| ay09b015 | How often do you read a newspaper? Is that: | directly measured |
| ay09b016 | If the newspaper carried news about the election campaign, did you read that item: | directly measured |
| ay09b017 | In the week preceding the election, debates were held on television between the top candidates of the main political parties. Did you: | directly measured |
| ay09b018 | Can you indicate your degree of interest in politics? | directly measured |
| ay09b019 | These last questions are about political institutions. How important to your personal life are the matters that are discussed and decided on in the Municipal Council? | directly measured |
| ay09b020 | How important to your personal life are the matters that are discussed and decided on in the Provinciale Staten (States-Provincial)? | directly measured |
| ay09b021 | How important to your personal life are the matters that are discussed and decided on in the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives)? | directly measured |
| ay09b022 | How important to your personal life are the matters that are discussed and decided on in the European Parliament? | directly measured |
| ay09b023 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| ay09b024 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| ay09b025 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| ay09b026 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| ay09b027 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| ay09b028 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| ay09b029 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| ay09b030 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| ay09b031 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
Response Information
Response Overview
Overview of the response:Selected number of household members: 7678 (100.0%)
Non-response: 2894 (37.7%)
Response: 4784 (62.3%)
Complete: 4749 (61.9%)
Incomplete: 35 (0.5%)
Collection Events
Period
05-06-2009 to 30-06-2009
Sample
Members of the LISS panel of 18 years of age and older
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
Non-respondents received two (default) reminders per email.