Danish Election Studies Continuity File, 1971-1981

This survey is a merged version of recurring questions found in a number of Danish Election Studies. The four groups of variables in the collection deal with the following: (1) the respondent's social and demographic background including sex, age, marital status, occupational status, designation of occupation, branch of economy, size of place of work, number of children under 15, type of household, income, household income, type of residence, and place of residence, (2) political interest and election campaign questions including the role of newspapers, radio, and television during election campaigns, (3) party affiliation, party preference, and actual votes cast in the general election, and (4) information on political attitudes including the respondent's opinion of what the most important political problems facing the country were at that time.