NZES1990: New Zealand Election Survey

This post-election survey focused on voting trends and decision making in the 1990 New Zealand general election. Respondents were questioned on: the importance to them of various issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, defence, health, social welfare, law and order, education; which party was most likely, as a government, to address these issues; opinions on existing policies, leaders of major parties and speed and direction of government actions; trends in respondent's financial status; party identification of respondent and parents; voting in the 1984 and 1987 elections; reasons for and timing of voting decisions. Background variables include sex, age, country of birth, place of residence, racial, religious and class identity, personal income, marital status, level of education, employment status and supervisory responsibilities of respondent and partner, number of dependent children, and household income.The first mailout was despatched on election day, 27th October. A reminder postcard was sent to non-respondents 5th November, followed by a second questionnaire to non-respondents 19th November and a third copy by registered mail to remaining nonrespondents whose telephone number could not be identified, 7th December. A supplementary telephone survey was undertaken to raise the response rate and reduce the possibility of bias from reliance on a self-completion questionnaire. The interview lasted about 20 minutes and consisted of a simplified and shorter version of the mailed-out questionnaire.本次选举后调查聚焦于1990年新西兰大选的投票趋势与决策逻辑。受访对象被问及以下内容：通货膨胀、失业、经济增长、国防、医疗、社会福利、法律与秩序、教育等各类议题对其自身的重要性；受访者认为哪个政党作为执政党最有能力妥善处理上述议题；对现有政策、主要政党领导人以及政府施政的速度与方向的看法；受访者自身财务状况的变化趋势；受访者及其父母的政党认同；1984年与1987年大选的投票情况；以及投票决策的成因与时间节点。本次调查的背景变量涵盖：受访者及其伴侣的性别、年龄、出生国家、居住地、种族、宗教与阶级认同、个人收入、婚姻状况、受教育水平、就业状态与监管职责；受抚养子女数量与家庭收入。问卷首次邮寄发放于大选当日（10月27日）；11月5日向未回复受访者寄送提醒明信片，11月19日向未回复者寄出第二份问卷；12月7日，针对无法获取电话号码的剩余未回复受访者，通过挂号邮件寄出第三份问卷。为提升回复率并降低仅依赖自填式问卷可能引发的抽样偏差，研究团队额外开展了补充电话调查：该访谈时长约20分钟，内容为邮寄问卷的简化精简版本。