Religion and Ethnicity > Wave 1

Longitudinal Wave

General Information

Title
Wave 1
Project Number
3.1
Abstract
This questionnaire is about religion and ethnicity and is part of the first wave of the LISS Core Study.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
07-01-2008
End date
30-04-2008
Researcher
Vera Toepoel (Centerdata)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2022 Centerdata
Funding Organization
MESS Project
Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xkw-t8dm

Datasets and documentation

View Documentation

Codebook in English
Note: Version 2.0 of the codebook: cr08a045 - cr08a051, cr08a052, cr08a054, cr08a055, cr08a056, cr08a058, cr08a059, cr08a061, cr08a062, cr08a063 - cr08a077, cr08a078 were deleted (due to privacy sensitivity).
Codebook in Dutch
Note: Version 2.0 of the codebook: cr08a045 - cr08a051, cr08a052, cr08a054, cr08a055, cr08a056, cr08a058, cr08a059, cr08a061, cr08a062, cr08a063 - cr08a077, cr08a078 were deleted (due to privacy sensitivity).

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file
Note: Version 2.0 of the data file: cr08a045 - cr08a051, cr08a052, cr08a054, cr08a055, cr08a056, cr08a058, cr08a059, cr08a061, cr08a062, cr08a063 - cr08a077, cr08a078 were deleted (due to privacy sensitivity).

Variables

Variable name Variable Label Variable Type
nomem_encrNumber of household member encryptedpreloaded
cr08a_m Year and month of the field work periodconstructed
cr08a001scan main activity preloaded
cr08a002When you were 15 years old, did your parents consider themselves member of a certain religion or church community?directly measured
cr08a003Of which religion or church community did they consider themselves a member? directly measured
cr08a004Of which religion or church community did your parents consider themselves a member? directly measured
cr08a005Of which religion or church community did your parents consider themselves a memberdirectly measured
cr08a006What other direction of the Dutch Reformed Church do you mean?directly measured
cr08a007What other direction of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands do you mean?directly measured
cr08a008What other Christian church community do you mean?directly measured
cr08a009What other Eastern religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a010What other non-Christian religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a011When you were 15 years old, how often did your parents attend religious gatherings? directly measured
cr08a012Do you consider yourself a member of a certain religion or church community? directly measured
cr08a013Of which religion or church community are you a member?directly measured
cr08a014Of which religion or church community are you a member?directly measured
cr08a015Of which religion or church community are you a member?directly measured
cr08a016What other direction of the Dutch Reformed Church do you mean?directly measured
cr08a017What other direction of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands do you mean?directly measured
cr08a018What other Christian church community do you mean?directly measured
cr08a019What other Eastern religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a020What other non-Christian religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a021Have you ever considered yourself member of a certain religion or church community? directly measured
cr08a022Of which religion or church community did you consider yourself a member? directly measured
cr08a023Of which religion or church community did you consider yourself a member?directly measured
cr08a024Of which religion or church community did you consider yourself a member?directly measured
cr08a025What other direction of the Dutch Reformed Church do you mean?  directly measured
cr08a026What other direction of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands do you mean?directly measured
cr08a027What other Christian church community do you mean?directly measured
cr08a028What other Eastern religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a029What other non-Christian religion do you mean?directly measured
cr08a030 Which of the following statements best matches your idea of God? directly measured
cr08a031Do you believe in a life after death?directly measured
cr08a032Do you believe in the existence of heaven?directly measured
cr08a033Do you believe in purgatory?directly measured
cr08a034Do you believe in hell?directly measured
cr08a035Do you believe in a devil?directly measured
cr08a036Do you believe Adam and Eve existed?directly measured
cr08a037Do you see the Bible as the word of God?directly measured
cr08a038Do you see the Koran as the word of God?directly measured
cr08a039Do you see the Torah as the word of God?directly measured
cr08a040Do you think that it makes sense of you to pray? directly measured
cr08a041Aside from special occasions such as weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious gatherings nowadays? directly measured
cr08a042Aside from when you attend religious gatherings, how often do you pray? directly measured
cr08a043Dutchdirectly measured
cr08a044 otherdirectly measured
cr08a053Were you born in the Netherlands?directly measured
cr08a057 Was your father born in the Netherlands?directly measured
cr08a060Was your mother born in the Netherlands?directly measured
cr08a079 Dutchdirectly measured
cr08a080 Arabdirectly measured
cr08a081 Berberdirectly measured
cr08a082 Germandirectly measured
cr08a083 Frisiandirectly measured
cr08a084 Indonesiandirectly measured
cr08a085 Turkishdirectly measured
cr08a086 Flemishdirectly measured
cr08a087 other languagedirectly measured
cr08a088What other language do you mean?directly measured
cr08a089At home, do you generally speak Dutch or another language? directly measured
cr08a090What other language do you generally speak at home?directly measured
cr08a091What other language do you mean?directly measured
cr08a092Do you ever speak dialect?directly measured
cr08a093 Do you speak Dutch with… your partner?directly measured
cr08a094 Do you speak Dutch with… your children?directly measured
cr08a095 Do you speak Dutch with… most of your friends and acquaintances?directly measured
cr08a096 Do you speak Dutch with… colleagues?directly measured
cr08a097When having conversations in Dutch, do you ever have trouble speaking the Dutch language? directly measured
cr08a098When reading newspapers, letters or brochures, do you ever have trouble understanding the Dutch language? directly measured
cr08a099 Do you think that religion is a human invention? directly measured
cr08a100 Do you think it would be good if everyone had the same religion? directly measured
cr08a101 Does a wife have to do what her husband asks of her?directly measured
cr08a102 Does a husband have to do what his wife asks of him?directly measured
cr08a103 Should women enter marriage as a virgin?directly measured
cr08a104 Should men enter marriage as a virgin?directly measured
cr08a105 Do you believe that abortion is ever permitted?directly measured
cr08a106 Do you believe in reincarnation?directly measured
cr08a107 Do you believe in karma (the law of cause and effect)?directly measured
cr08a108 Do you ever meditate?directly measured
cr08a109 Did you find it difficult to answer the questions? directly measured
cr08a110 Were the questions clear to you?directly measured
cr08a111 Did the questionnaire get you thinking? directly measured
cr08a112 Did you find the topic interesting?directly measured
cr08a113 Did you enjoy answering the questions?directly measured
cr08a116Starting date of the interviewconstructed
cr08a117Starting time of the interviewconstructed
cr08a118End date of the interviewconstructed
cr08a119End time of the interviewconstructed

Questions

Questionnaire: Religion and Ethnicity, wave 1

This questionnaire was originally conducted in Dutch.

Browse Religion and Ethnicity, wave 1

Response Information

Response Overview

In January 2008, the LISS panel completed a questionnaire on religion and ethnicity. The survey was repeated in April 2008 for non-respondents.

Response: Selected number of household members: 9072 (100%)   
Nonrespons:   1654 (18.2%)
Actual respons: 7418 (81.2%)

Collection Events
Period
07-01-2008 to 29-01-2008
Sample
panel members aged 16 years and older
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was sent twice to non-respondents

Period
07-04-2008 to 30-04-2008
Sample
non-respondents of the first measurement
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was sent twice to non-respondens