The School Election Project 2011, Reduced voting age

Since 1989, school elections have been held at the upper secondary schools in Norway in connection with parliamentary, municipal and county council elections. The school election is an important part of the election campaign of the party political youth organizations. The purpose is nevertheless first and foremost to be a pedagogical tool in the work of increasing political competence and interest among young people. The present data file was from a survey conducted at the same time as the school election in 2011. At the schools that participate in the school election survey, students first vote in the school election and then answer the survey.

In 2011, an experiment was carried out with a reduced voting age in the municipal council elections in 20 municipalities (+ local council elections in Svalbard). The School Election Project 2011 contained a number of questions that were only to be answered by students with the right to vote in one of the pilot municipalities. A total of 1803 students answered the supplementary form. This file contains only these students, but it contains all the answers.

30,758 students from 155 schools answered the questions in the 2011 election survey.

自1989年起，挪威高中会配合议会选举、市政选举及郡议会选举开展校园选举活动。校园选举是各政党青年组织竞选活动的重要组成部分，但其核心宗旨首先是作为教学工具，用于提升青少年的政治素养与政治参与兴趣。本次数据集源自2011年与校园选举同期开展的一项调查，参与本次校园选举调查的学校中，学生需先参与校园选举投票，随后完成调查问卷。

2011年，挪威在20个直辖市（另含斯瓦尔巴群岛地方议会选举）开展了降低市政议会选举投票年龄的试点实验。2011年校园选举项目设置了若干专属问题，仅面向在试点直辖市拥有投票权的学生作答，最终共有1803名学生完成了补充问卷。本数据集仅收录这部分学生的信息，且完整保留了他们的全部作答内容。

共有来自155所学校的30758名学生完成了2011年选举调查的问卷作答。