The School Election Project 2015, Questionnaire Survey Among Pupils

Since 1989, school elections have been held at the upper secondary schools 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 the political competence and interest among the young people. The present data file was from a survey conducted at the same time as the school election in 2015. In the schools that participate in the school election survey, students first vote in the school election and then answer the survey.

30,787 students from 139 schools answered the questions in the 2015 election survey.

This file is an extract from the complete data file. Based on the variables "county" and "education program", we have created this file which is more representative of the population "students in upper secondary education in the autumn of 2015".