Dutch Parliamentary Election Study 1994 (DPES/NKO 1994)

Two wave survey on voters' opinions: before and after the Dutch parliamentary elections of May 3, 1994. Pre-election wave: reading of newspapers, tv-newscast exposure / most important national problems / party identification and membership / evaluation of government policy on economy, employment and respondents personal finances / perception of main parties' standpoints on various political issues: euthanasia, crime, income differences, nuclear plants, ethnic minorities, R's own viewpoints regarding these matters / voting at last municipal elections /feasibility of multi-party system / sympathy rating of parties and leading politicians / coalition preference / party identification of parents / most essential goals in life / the inflow of asylum-seekers / the meaning of life / the life of Brian / Post-election wave: exposure to election campaigns, participation in it / voting behaviour, time of vote decision, voting stability / image of political parties regarding their ability to solve specific problems: crime, employment, pollution, welfare-fraud, financing deficit, pensioners' incomes / importance ranking of these problems / voting for European parliament / perception of main parties' standpoints on the unification of Europe, R's own standpoints in this matter / who will be the best prime minister / familiarity with politicians / best & worst qualities of leading politicians / left-right rating of political parties / meaning of the concepts of left and right / sense of political efficacy / image of politicians and the political system / civic competence / relation between citizens and politicians / importance of the city council ( gemeenteraad ), provincial states ( provinciale staten ), national and European parliament to R's personal life / importance ranking of various political and personal issues / political participation / who are most entitled to a job / attitude to foreigners / racism / positive discrimination / chance that R will ever vote for other political parties / role of religion in public life, pillarization. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership.The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.

本数据集为1994年5月3日荷兰议会选举前后开展的两波选民民意调查数据。选举前调查波涵盖以下内容：报纸阅读、电视新闻收看情况；最受关注的国家层面议题；政党认同与党员身份；对政府在经济、就业及受访者个人财务相关政策的评价；对主要政党在各类政治议题（包括安乐死、犯罪、收入差距、核电站、少数族裔等）立场的认知；受访者自身对上述议题的观点；上一次市政选举的投票情况；多党制的可行性评价；各政党及政坛领军人物的好感度评分；联合政府组建偏好；父母的政党认同；人生核心目标；寻求庇护者的入境情况；生命的意义；《布莱恩的一生》相关议题。选举后调查波涵盖以下内容：竞选活动接触与参与情况；投票行为、投票决策时机与投票稳定性；各政党在解决特定议题（犯罪、就业、污染、福利欺诈、财政赤字、养老金收入等）方面的能力形象评分；上述议题的重要性排序；欧洲议会选举投票情况；对主要政党在欧洲统一议题上的立场认知及自身相关立场；谁将成为最佳首相；对政客的熟悉程度；政坛领军人物的最优与最差品质评分；政党的左右翼立场评级；左右翼概念的内涵；政治效能感；政客与政治系统形象；公民能力；公民与政客间的关系；市议会（gemeenteraad）、省议会（provinciale staten）、全国议会及欧洲议会与受访者个人生活的关联程度；各类政治与个人议题的重要性排序；政治参与情况；最有资格获得工作的群体；对外籍人士的态度；种族主义态度；积极歧视；受访者未来转投其他政党的可能性；宗教在公共生活中的角色、社会柱化主义（pillarization）。背景变量包括：基本特征、居住地、家庭特征、职业/就业状况、收入、金融资产、教育水平、社会阶层、政治倾向、宗教信仰、报刊阅读与大众媒体接触及“文化”接触情况、组织成员身份。本数据集的数据文件与文档可通过“数据文件”选项下载。