EES - European Election Study 2004 EES – Výskum európskych volieb 2004 SASD 2004004 Miroslav Tížik Miloslav Bahna Juraj Švec Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD © SASD 2008 2008-03-31 Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ XML notepad NSD XML Generator Centre of Excellence for Research on Citizenship and Participation: Facing the Challenges of 21st Century – COPART (http://www.kvsbk.sav.sk/indexenglish.php?id=engcentrumexcelentnosti ) Centre of Excellence for Research on Citizenship and Participation: Facing the Challenges of 21st Century – COPART , Contract No III / 3/2007 among Slovak Academy of Science, Department of Social and Biological Communication SAS and all participed institutions. Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD/ Miroslav Tížik, e-mail: tizik@fphil.uniba.sk, sasd@fphil.uniba.sk  Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD, Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ 2008-05-01 2008-05-01 EES - European Election Study 2004 The European Election Studies (EES) are about electoral participation and voting behaviour in European Parliament elections, but more than that. They are also concerned with the evolution of an EU political community and a European public sphere, with citizens' perceptions of and preferences about the EU political regime, and with their evaluations of EU political performance. The project was started in 1979 by a trans-national group of electoral researchers and Europeanists some of which are still on board. Between 1979 and 2004, 6 election studies were prepared and 5 of them were realised. A new era began in 2004 when national study directors - rather than the international research group - funded and conducted the 2004 study in 24 of the 25 EU member-countries. Some of the activities of the EES 2004 are supported by CONNEX, a network of excellence funded by the European Commission under the 6th framework programm 2008-05-01 EES - European Election Study 2004, First Edition Slovak Archive of Social Data www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk, www.sasd.sav.sk EES - European Election Study 2004 (EES 2004) Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ Documentation contains completed study documentation. EES - European Election Study 2004 EES – Výskum európskych volieb 2004 SASD 2004004 Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD/ Miroslav Tížik Miloslav Bahna, Juraj Švec Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ © SASD 2008 2008 – 03 - 31 Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ OpenOffice 2.2.0 Centre of Excellence for Research on Citizenship and Participation: Facing the Challenges of 21st Century – COPART (http://www.kvsbk.sav.sk/indexenglish.php?id=engcentrumexcelentnosti ) Centre of Excellence for Research on Citizenship and Participation: Facing the Challenges of 21st Century – COPART , Contract No III / 3/2007 among Slovak Academy of Science, Department of Social and Biological Communication SAS and all participed institutions. Slovak Archive of Social Data Miroslav Tížik, tizik@fphil.uniba.sk Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD 2008-05-01 2008-05-01 Slovak National Version of EES - European Election Study 2004 The European Election Studies (EES) are about electoral participation and voting behaviour in European Parliament elections, but more than that. They are also concerned with the evolution of an EU political community and a European public sphere, with citizens' perceptions of and preferences about the EU political regime, and with their evaluations of EU political performance. The project was started in 1979 by a trans-national group of electoral researchers and Europeanists some of which are still on board. Between 1979 and 2004, 6 election studies were prepared and 5 of them were realised. A new era began in 2004 when national study directors - rather than the international research group - funded and conducted the 2004 study in 24 of the 25 EU member-countries. Some of the activities of the EES 2004 are supported by CONNEX, a network of excellence funded by the European Commission under the 6th framework programme 2008-03-31 First Edition Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD, Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ EES - European Election Study 2004, (EES 2004) Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD, Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, Bratislava 813 64, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.sav.sk Department of Sociology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, Bratislava 811 01, Slovak Republic, www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/ Materials in DDI format and their electronic version together with the preparation of a complete version of the documentation were realized within the Centre of Excellence for Research on Citizenship and Participation: Facing the Challenges of 21st Century – COPART (http://www.kvsbk.sav.sk/indexenglish.php?id=engcentrumexcelentnosti ). Centre of Excellence of SAS for Research on Citizenship and Participation (COPART), Department of Social and Biological Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA, tel/fax: 00421 54 77 56 83, web: www.kvsbk.sav.sk, contact person: Mgr. Barbara Lášticová (scientific secretary of CE), E-mail: barbara.lasticova@savba.sk. Description of CE: Duration: January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2010, Aims of project: The research on citizenship in social sciences includes a whole range of questions and phenomena that are crucial in contemporary European societies and are an important research topic in the European context. Our aim is to follow this trend within an integrative framework of this Centre of Excellence (CE) that will allow a synergy of particular empirical research projects and field interventions that have previously been realised separately by the institutions included in the CE. The mission of the Centre of Excellence of the Slovak Academy of Sciences COPART is to integrate existing capacities and create optimal conditions for cooperation of top experts in the domain of citizenship and civic participation Content of documentation: english, hungarian and slovak questionnaire in .pdf and .doc formates , data file in .spss formate in Slovak and English mutation for Slovak Republic and integrated data set for all participating counties in EES 2004 in English, codebook from EES 2004 in English EES - European Election Study 2004 EES – Výskum európskych volieb 2004 SASD 2004004 Gyarfášová Oľga, Institute of Public Affairs, tel: +421.2.5443.4030, e-mail: olga@ivo.sk – responsible for Slovak part of the Study IVO – Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava, Slovak Republic FOCUS Agency, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2004-06-15 - 2004-06-22 / 15th June - 22th June, 2004 FOCUS Agency, Grösslingová 37, P.O.BOX 293, 810 00 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic, info@focus-research.sk SPSS European Commission ONG/2004/333 Project “Towards Better Understanding of European Union” Slovak data set and documentation in Slovak and English languages are distributed by Slovak Archive of Social Data (SASD) www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk. Data set for Slovakia in english and integrated dataset covering all participating countries is distributed on official web pages of EVS: www.europeanelectionstudies.net Slovak Archive of Social Data SASD/ Miroslav Tížik, e-mail: tizik@fphil.uniba.sk, sasd@fphil.uniba.sk  Slovak dataset and documentation are deposited in Slovak Archive of Social Data (SASD) http://www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/). Datasets and documentation in English from all participating countries are deposited in official EES website: www.europeanelectionstudies.net 2008-05-01 / May 1, 2008 2008-05-01 / May 1, 2008 Slovak National Versions of EES - European Election Study The European Election Studies (EES) are about electoral participation and voting behaviour in European Parliament elections, but more than that. They are also concerned with the evolution of an EU political community and a European public sphere, with citizens' perceptions of and preferences about the EU political regime, and with their evaluations of EU political performance. The project was started in 1979 by a trans-national group of electoral researchers and Europeanists some of which are still on board. Between 1979 and 2004, 6 election studies were prepared and 5 of them were realised. A new era began in 2004 when national study directors - rather than the international research group - funded and conducted the 2004 study in 24 of the 25 EU member-countries. Some of the activities of the EES 2004 are supported by CONNEX, a network of excellence funded by the European Commission under the 6th framework programme 2008-05-01 / EES - European Election Study 2004, First Edition SASD Slovak Archive of Social Data Archived data set and documentation for survey done in Slovakia are reconstructed from official deposit of EES archive: www.europeanelectionstudies.net EES 2004 Gyarfášová Oľga, Institute of Public Affairs, tel: +421.2.5443.4030, e-mail: olga@ivo.sk – responsible for Slovak part of the Study The European Election Studies (EES) are about electoral participation and voting behaviour in European Parliament elections, but more than that. They are also concerned with the evolution of an EU political community and a European public sphere, with citizens' perceptions of and preferences about the EU political regime, and with their evaluations of EU political performance. The project was started in 1979 by a trans-national group of electoral researchers and Europeanists some of which are still on board. Between 1979 and 2004, 6 election studies were prepared and 5 of them were realised. A new era began in 2004 when national study directors - rather than the international research group - funded and conducted the 2004 study in 24 of the 25 EU member-countries. Some of the activities of the EES 2004 are supported by CONNEX, a network of excellence funded by the European Commission under the 6th framework programme identity election citizenship EU election behaviour ICPSR classification: Election, Political and Electoral Behaviour and Attitudes, Slovakia The survey was a part of 5th wave of European Election Studies EES. In 2004 it was a first time using of EES in Slovakia. Aim of the Survey was to assess to what extent European citizens identify with the European Union and the European political community; the effectiveness of the system of political representation and accountability in the European Union; and finally what people expect from the European Union and how they evaluate its performance. All member countries of European Union except Malta (24) took part in this Survey. More on Survey: http://www.europeanelectionstudies.ne and http://www.piredeu.eu/public/EES2004.asp Summer of the year 2004 June 15, 2004 June 22, 2004 Slovak Republic Slovak Republic individuals The resident population of the Slovak Republic, persons 18 years old and above. survey data trend study FOCUS Agency, Bratislava Sample was constructed by quota sampling and explicit exclusions to participation included institutionalized individuals, military personnel, and those living abroad during the period of the survey. face-to-face interviews structured questionnaire structured questionnaire The data were checked for non-documented or incorrect codes. This process was made more difficult given the disaggregated approach af each country executing their own survey. The data were evaluated separately (by country) for basic coherency and consistency and, where possible and necessary, assigned missing data codes for 'don't know', 'not ascertained' and 'inappropriate'.  Slovak dataset and documentation are deposited in SASD (Slovak Archive of Social Data (SASD) - http://www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk/). Datasets and documentation in English from all participating countries are deposited in official EES website www.europeanelectionstudies.net Official EES archive: www.europeanelectionstudies.net Slovak data set: 0 - open to public, integrated data set in english accesible through official EES archive www.europeanelectionstudies.net 1 Slovak and 1 English data file +  machine-readable (PDF) and MS Word questionnaires in slovak and english languages, codebook from EES 2004 in English, integrated data set for all participating country in ESS 2004 in English, research project proposal EES 2004. complete 9 data files All archived documentation is accesible in electronic, some also in printed form To download this dataset, the user must sign an electronic declaration of confidentiality www.sasd.fphil.uniba.sk Publications based on SASD data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources, users of SASD data are requested to send by e-mail ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Please indicate which data were used. e-mail: sasd@fphil.uniba.sk The data for Slovak Republic are available without restriction. To download the data set, potential users are requested to accept conditions of data use. The original collector of the data, SASD and the funding agency - Slovak Academy of Sciences bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses. The codebook and the electronic version of the book based on results of survey are is disponible in the format .pdf on http://www.europeanelectionstudies.net/docs/codebook.pdf . The final report from Slovakia is accesible on http://www.ivo.sk/buxus/docs/vyskum/subor/produkt_4152.pdf Gyárfášová, O., Bútorová, Z. And M. Velšic (2005): Slovakia’s First Year of EU and NATO Membership from Citizens’ Perspective. In: Slovakia´s Euro-Atlantic Integration – a Year After. Working Paper, Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava. Gyárfášová, Oľga – Velšic, Marián (2004): Volebné správanie slovenských voličov v prvých eurovoľbách a širšie súvislosti vnímania členstva v EÚ. Správa zo sociologického výskumu. (Electoral behaviour of Slovak voters in the first EU election and broader context of EU membership perception. Survey report. English and German Summary).  Inštitút pre verejné otázky. http://www.ivo.sk/ftp_folder/produkt_4152.pdf. Gyárfášová, Oľga (2007): Public Discourse on EU membership and EU policies as factor in political competition (EU “new comers” after the accession). Papers presented at the EES conference in Cadenabbia, Italy, March 14, 2007 http://www.europeanelectionstudies.net/papers/cadenabbia/gyarfasowa.pdf Gyárfásová, Oľga (2007), 'Jak volili Slováci ve volbách do EP v roce 2004 v kontextu veřejného vnímání Evropské unie'. In: Linek, Lukáš, Jan Outlý, Gábor Tóka and Agnes Batory (eds.), Volby do Evropského parlamentu 2004. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, pp. 279-292. Gyarfasova, Olga (2007), 'Slovak vote in the EP election in broader context of the EU perception'. In: Marsh, Michael, Slava Mikhaylov and Hermann Schmitt (eds.), European Elections after Eastern Enlargement, CONNEX Report Serie, No. 1, Wiesbaden: MZES. URL: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/ projekte/typo3/ site/fileadmin/ BookSeries/ Volume_One/ Ch12_chapter_final.pdf or http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de Documentation is provided in hardcopy and electronic form. sasd_2004004_data_en.sav The file contains coded answers on the questionnaire EES - European Elections Study 2004 1063 137 (*.SAV) SPSS Institute of Public Affairs, www.ivo.sk , tel: +421.2.5443.4030, e-mail: olga@ivo.sk The archive controled correctness and completness of translation of data set to slovak nd added two variables (recategorisation of size of settlement and age groups) Complet dataset 2008-05-01 / EES - European Election Survey 2004, First Edition SASD / Slovak Archive of Social Data study identification Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 2004 2004 2004 0 2004 1063 country code Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 23 23 23 0 1 austria 0 2 belgium 0 3 britain 0 4 cyprus 0 5 czech republic 0 6 denmark 0 7 estonia 0 8 finland 0 9 france 0 10 germany 0 11 greece 0 12 hungary 0 13 ireland 0 14 italy 0 15 latvia 0 16 lithuania 0 17 luxembourg 0 18 malta 0 19 netherlands 0 20 northern ireland 0 21 poland 0 22 portugal 0 23 slovakia 1063 24 slovenia 0 25 spain 0 26 sweden 0 interview number 1063 1 1063 532 307.006 mip1 What do you think are the most important problems in Slovakia at present? Any other problems? note as many problems as R mentions. Summation of listed categories: 1063 1056 0 999 66.9157 136.513 0 3 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 0 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 2 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 6 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 1 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 1 38 pensions, retirement 51 39 taxes 3 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 409 42 wages and earnings 191 43 welfare policy 34 45 the economy (generic response) 56 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 1 50 agriculture, fisheries 1 51 political corruption, fraud 56 52 courts, trials, court decisions 9 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 17 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 2 57 education 37 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 2 61 energy 0 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 1 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 96 69 housing 13 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 3 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 5 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 1 76 politics of minorities/integration 6 77 regional politics 2 78 terrorism 0 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 1 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 0 87 public administration/bureaucracy 1 88 norms and values 9 89 other political topic 14 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 0 93 human interest (soft news) 0 94 (natural) disasters 0 95 religion 0 96 sports 0 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 3 999 n/a 19 SYSMISS 7 mip2 What do you think are the most important problems in Slovakia at present? Any other problems? note as many problems as R mentions. Summation of listed categories: 1063 936 0 93 50.7254 13.0691 0 1 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 1 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 1 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 0 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 5 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 1 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 2 38 pensions, retirement 38 39 taxes 7 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 193 42 wages and earnings 197 43 welfare policy 38 45 the economy (generic response) 36 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 3 50 agriculture, fisheries 2 51 political corruption, fraud 67 52 courts, trials, court decisions 12 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 40 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 8 57 education 77 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 1 61 energy 0 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 2 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 135 69 housing 19 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 3 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 3 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 0 76 politics of minorities/integration 7 77 regional politics 7 78 terrorism 0 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 1 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 0 87 public administration/bureaucracy 6 88 norms and values 9 89 other political topic 10 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 1 93 human interest (soft news) 3 94 (natural) disasters 0 95 religion 0 96 sports 0 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 0 999 n/a 0 SYSMISS 127 mip3 What do you think are the most important problems in Slovakia at present? Any other problems? note as many problems as R mentions. Summation of listed categories: 1063 729 0 94 52.9561 15.4833 0 11 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 0 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 0 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 11 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 0 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 2 38 pensions, retirement 22 39 taxes 1 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 85 42 wages and earnings 141 43 welfare policy 28 45 the economy (generic response) 29 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 2 50 agriculture, fisheries 5 51 political corruption, fraud 55 52 courts, trials, court decisions 5 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 46 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 9 57 education 60 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 2 61 energy 0 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 0 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 136 69 housing 17 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 2 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 7 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 2 76 politics of minorities/integration 7 77 regional politics 5 78 terrorism 1 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 0 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 0 87 public administration/bureaucracy 13 88 norms and values 13 89 other political topic 8 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 2 93 human interest (soft news) 1 94 (natural) disasters 1 95 religion 0 96 sports 0 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 0 999 n/a 0 SYSMISS 334 mip4 What do you think are the most important problems in Slovakia at present? Any other problems? note as many problems as R mentions. Summation of listed categories: 1063 336 0 96 53.244 14.8197 0 2 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 0 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 0 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 2 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 0 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 1 38 pensions, retirement 15 39 taxes 2 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 45 42 wages and earnings 61 43 welfare policy 11 45 the economy (generic response) 14 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 1 50 agriculture, fisheries 0 51 political corruption, fraud 35 52 courts, trials, court decisions 3 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 21 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 3 57 education 27 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 1 61 energy 1 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 1 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 43 69 housing 11 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 2 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 4 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 2 76 politics of minorities/integration 5 77 regional politics 2 78 terrorism 0 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 1 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 1 87 public administration/bureaucracy 4 88 norms and values 6 89 other political topic 7 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 0 93 human interest (soft news) 1 94 (natural) disasters 0 95 religion 0 96 sports 1 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 0 999 n/a 0 SYSMISS 727 mip5 What do you think are the most important problems in Slovakia at present? Any other problems? note as many problems as R mentions. Summation of listed categories: 1063 100 0 93 55.94 17.1404 0 2 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 0 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 0 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 1 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 0 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 0 38 pensions, retirement 3 39 taxes 1 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 4 42 wages and earnings 15 43 welfare policy 2 45 the economy (generic response) 5 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 1 50 agriculture, fisheries 0 51 political corruption, fraud 14 52 courts, trials, court decisions 0 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 9 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 1 57 education 8 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 0 61 energy 0 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 0 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 13 69 housing 3 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 3 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 2 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 0 76 politics of minorities/integration 2 77 regional politics 1 78 terrorism 1 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 0 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 0 87 public administration/bureaucracy 1 88 norms and values 2 89 other political topic 4 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 1 93 human interest (soft news) 1 94 (natural) disasters 0 95 religion 0 96 sports 0 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 0 999 n/a 0 SYSMISS 963 most important problem Of those you have mentioned what would you say is the single most important problem? If more than one problem mentioned: Summation of listed categories: 1063 1031 25 89 47.3948 11.4425 1 see codebook 0 2 see codebook 0 3 see codebook 0 4 see codebook 0 5 see codebook 0 6 see codebook 0 7 see codebook 0 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 european elections: election and voting procedure 0 11 european elections: candidates, parties, images 0 12 european elections: campaign strategies 0 13 european elections: advertising, commercials 0 14 european elections: polls and surveys 0 15 european elections: electoral results of parties/candidates 0 16 european elections: turnout 0 17 european elections: list of party positions on issues 0 18 european elections: formal, public debates 0 19 other eu election-related topic 0 20 national elections in eu countries 0 21 national elections in non-eu countries 0 25 the government (generic response) 11 29 other topic related to elections 0 30 stock market 0 31 budget of a community 0 32 business 0 33 competition policy 0 34 consumer policy 0 35 debt (public) 0 36 the euro and its introduction 0 37 inflation 0 38 pensions, retirement 36 39 taxes 4 40 trade (international) 0 41 unemployment, jobs, employment 387 42 wages and earnings 218 43 welfare policy 32 45 the economy (generic response) 55 49 other topics in the area of the economy or economic policy 0 50 agriculture, fisheries 1 51 political corruption, fraud 57 52 courts, trials, court decisions 11 53 crime prevention policy, law and order 23 54 cultural policy 0 55 defense and national security 0 56 drugs, drug policy 3 57 education 29 58 science: earth, physics, geology, astronomy, space research 0 59 science: medical and pharmaceutical research 0 60 environment 2 61 energy 0 62 eu evolution (enlargement, integration) 4 63 eu institutions 0 64 eu politics in general 0 65 foreign policy, relations between states 0 66 food safety 0 67 genetic foods 0 68 health care: regulations and reforms 109 69 housing 16 70 information (including media policy) 0 71 infrastructure, traffic, transports 0 72 inter- and intra-party conflicts 5 73 kosovo 0 74 middle-east peace process 0 75 politics of migration/immigration 0 76 politics of minorities/integration 3 77 regional politics 5 78 terrorism 0 79 violent conflicts (except kosovo) 0 80 human rights 0 81 other social conflicts, problems 0 85 peace/war 0 86 democracy 0 87 public administration/bureaucracy 4 88 norms and values 7 89 other political topic 9 90 accidents 0 91 crime stories 0 92 culture 0 93 human interest (soft news) 0 94 (natural) disasters 0 95 religion 0 96 sports 0 97 weather 0 98 any other topic 0 998 dk 0 999 n/a 0 SYSMISS 32 political party to deal with mip Which political party do you think would be best at dealing with <the most important problem>? Show card 14 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 30.301 36.2342 1 party 1 38 2 party 2 0 3 party 3 14 4 party 4 40 5 party 5 64 6 party 6 84 7 party 7 2 8 party 8 1 9 party 9 41 10 party 10 5 11 party 11 7 12 party 12 174 13 party 13 19 14 party 14 15 15 party 15 7 16 party 16 319 17 party 17 0 18 party 18 0 19 party 19 0 20 party 20 0 21 party 21 0 22 party 22 0 23 party 23 0 24 party 24 0 25 party 25 0 26 party 26 0 27 party 27 0 28 party 28 0 29 party 29 0 30 party 30 0 31 party 31 0 32 party 32 0 33 party 33 0 34 party 34 0 98 dk 193 99 n/a 40 who deals with mip? mainly dealt with by regional, national, or European political authorities?]]> Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.63405 2.83884 1 regional 141 2 national 508 3 european 141 5 latvia, sweden [see codebook] 0 7 sweden [see codebook] 0 8 dk 174 9 na 99 most appropriate? And who do you think would be most appropriate to deal with <the most important issue>: regional, national, or European political authorities? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.82032 2.1967 1 regional 189 2 national 533 3 european 206 5 latvia, sweden [see codebook] 0 7 sweden [see codebook] 0 8 dk 90 9 na 45 days a week watch tv Normally, how many days of the week do you watch the news on television? ASK ALL RESPONDENTS!!! Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 4.74694 2.24089 0 0 56 1 1 41 2 2 100 3 3 146 4 4 112 5 5 144 6 6 68 7 7 378 8 dk 17 9 n/a 1 days a week, read newspaper And how many days of the week do you read a newspaper? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.64158 2.35751 0 0 309 1 1 102 2 2 146 3 3 142 4 4 92 5 5 105 6 6 90 7 7 64 8 dk 10 9 n/a 3 how often did you watch a program about the election on television? … watch a program about the election on television? Often, sometimes, or never? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 8 2.365 0.843932 1 often 90 2 sometimes 550 3 never 412 8 dk 11 9 na 0 how often did you read about the election in a newspaper? … read about the election in a newspaper? Often, sometimes, or never? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.47977 0.913033 1 often 88 2 sometimes 449 3 never 512 8 dk 12 9 na 2 how often did you talk to friends or family about the election? … talk to friends or family about the election? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.42333 0.791612 1 often 71 2 sometimes 513 3 never 471 8 dk 6 9 na 2 how often did you attend a public meeting or rally about the election? … attend a public meeting or rally about the election? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.95296 0.467038 1 often 5 2 sometimes 67 3 never 986 8 dk 3 9 na 2 how often did you look into a website concerned with the election? … look into a website concerned with the election? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.99436 0.562452 1 often 6 2 sometimes 43 3 never 1005 8 dk 5 9 na 4 interested in european parliamentary elections? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.36124 0.83208 1 very 13 2 somewhat 111 3 a little 455 4 not at all 475 8 dk 8 9 n/a 1 vote in ep elections A lot of people abstained in the European Parliament elections of June 13, while others voted. Did you cast your vote? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 1.73377 0.842412 1 yes, voted 352 2 no, did not vote 701 7 refused [sweden] 0 8 dk 1 9 n/a 9 which party? Which party did you vote for? When the Respondent casted his/her vote in EP Elections (q24 = 1): Show card 25a Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 68.9257 41.3296 1 party 1 46 2 party 2 17 3 party 3 56 4 party 4 2 5 party 5 0 6 party 6 1 7 party 7 13 8 party 8 9 9 party 9 8 10 party 10 1 11 party 11 3 12 party 12 79 13 party 13 47 14 party 14 45 15 party 15 7 16 party 16 4 17 party 17 0 18 party 18 0 19 party 19 0 20 party 20 0 21 party 21 0 22 party 22 0 23 party 23 0 24 party 24 0 25 party 25 0 26 party 26 0 27 party 27 0 28 party 28 0 29 party 29 0 30 party 30 0 31 party 31 0 32 party 32 0 33 party 33 0 34 party 34 0 95 refused 0 96 vote blanc or nil 0 97 did not vote 701 98 do not remember 3 99 n/a 21 100 not relevant [denmark] 0 actual vote in last election Which party did you vote for in the last parliamentary election, which took place on September 2002? Show card 27 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 36.8485 40.887 1 party 1 32 2 party 2 1 3 party 3 19 4 party 4 71 5 party 5 55 6 party 6 108 7 party 7 2 8 party 8 4 9 party 9 3 10 party 10 70 11 party 11 6 12 party 12 13 13 party 13 234 14 party 14 83 15 party 15 25 16 party 16 3 17 party 17 4 18 party 18 0 19 party 19 0 20 party 20 0 21 party 21 0 22 party 22 0 23 party 23 0 24 party 24 0 25 party 25 0 26 party 26 0 27 party 27 0 28 party 28 0 29 party 29 0 30 party 30 0 31 party 31 0 32 party 32 0 33 party 33 0 34 party 34 0 94 no right to vote 0 95 refused 0 96 vote blanc or nil 0 97 did not vote 196 98 do not remember 96 99 n/a 38 vote intention And if there was a parliamentary election next weekend, which party would you vote for? Show card 26 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 98 28.9163 39.0124 1 party 1 55 2 party 2 26 3 party 3 150 4 party 4 78 5 party 5 47 6 party 6 4 7 party 7 3 8 party 8 147 9 party 9 14 10 party 10 154 11 party 11 85 12 party 12 32 13 party 13 2 14 party 14 5 15 party 15 0 16 party 16 0 17 party 17 0 18 party 18 0 19 party 19 0 20 party 20 0 21 party 21 0 22 party 22 0 23 party 23 0 24 party 24 0 25 party 25 0 26 party 26 0 27 party 27 0 28 party 28 0 29 party 29 0 30 party 30 0 31 party 31 0 32 party 32 0 33 party 33 0 34 party 34 0 95 refused 0 96 would vote blanc or nil 53 97 would not vote 140 98 dk 68 99 n/a 0 probability vote for party 1 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". A. ĽS-HZDS – Movement for Democratic Slovakia, Peoples P. Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 10.5945 24.9073 1 not at all probable 453 2 2 90 3 3 66 4 4 44 5 5 77 6 6 31 7 7 37 8 8 41 9 9 35 10 very probable 111 97 refusal 0 98 dk 50 99 n/a 28 probability vote for party 2 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". B. SMER – Party Direction Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 12.651 24.8187 1 not at all probable 205 2 2 62 3 3 61 4 4 50 5 5 118 6 6 68 7 7 56 8 8 76 9 9 83 10 very probable 203 97 refusal 0 98 dk 58 99 n/a 23 probability vote for party 3 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". C. KSS – Communist Party Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 10.6124 25.3711 1 not at all probable 458 2 2 95 3 3 67 4 4 53 5 5 94 6 6 36 7 7 29 8 8 46 9 9 43 10 very probable 61 97 refusal 0 98 dk 53 99 n/a 28 probability vote for party 4 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". D. SDKÚ – Slovak Democratic Christian Union Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 11.1129 25.8669 1 not at all probable 381 2 2 106 3 3 106 4 4 76 5 5 93 6 6 38 7 7 41 8 8 36 9 9 36 10 very probable 65 97 refusal 0 98 dk 59 99 n/a 26 probability vote for party 5 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". E. SMK – Party of Hungarian Coalition Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 9.42051 24.1619 1 not at all probable 556 2 2 105 3 3 51 4 4 33 5 5 63 6 6 31 7 7 18 8 8 30 9 9 28 10 very probable 76 97 refusal 0 98 dk 44 99 n/a 28 probability vote for party 6 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". F. KDH – Christian Democratic Movement Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 10.1609 24.2891 1 not at all probable 382 2 2 116 3 3 84 4 4 80 5 5 104 6 6 52 7 7 32 8 8 36 9 9 35 10 very probable 68 98 don't know 50 99 24 probability vote for party 7 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". G. ANO - Alliance of the New Citizen Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 10.7385 25.4535 1 not at all probable 351 2 2 133 3 3 104 4 4 88 5 5 101 6 6 51 7 7 46 8 8 52 9 9 26 10 very probable 29 98 dk 57 99 na 25 probability to vote for party 8 We have a number of parties in Slovakia each of which would like to get your vote. How probable is it that you will ever vote for the following parties? Please specify your views on a 10-point-scale where 1 means "not at all probable" and 10 means "very probable". H. SNS – Slovak National Party Show card 28 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 10.793 25.1271 1 not at all probable 349 2 2 98 3 3 105 4 4 64 5 5 127 6 6 63 7 7 53 8 8 51 9 9 32 10 very probable 41 98 don't know 53 99 27 [country] parliament Please tell me on a score of 1-10 how much you personally trust each of the institutions I read out. 1 means that you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust. If you do not know an institution well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. A. Slovak Parliament? Show card 29 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 6.31326 14.724 0 see codebook [spain, sweden] 0 1 no trust at all 181 2 2 100 3 3 171 4 4 132 5 5 236 6 6 77 7 7 59 8 8 58 9 9 15 10 complete trust 8 97 0 98 dk 19 99 n/a 7 european parliament Please tell me on a score of 1-10 how much you personally trust each of the institutions I read out. 1 means that you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust. If you do not know an institution well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. B. Slovak Government? Show card 29 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 5.63688 13.9823 0 see codebook [spain, sweden] 0 1 no trust at all 274 2 2 157 3 3 129 4 4 118 5 5 161 6 6 57 7 7 59 8 8 53 9 9 20 10 complete trust 12 97 0 98 dk 16 99 n/a 7 [country] government Please tell me on a score of 1-10 how much you personally trust each of the institutions I read out. 1 means that you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust. If you do not know an institution well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. C. European Parliament? Show card 29 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 19.9878 34.5031 0 see codebook [spain, sweden] 0 1 no trust at all 104 2 2 65 3 3 107 4 4 99 5 5 205 6 6 86 7 7 84 8 8 82 9 9 32 10 complete trust 26 97 0 98 dk 164 99 n/a 9 european commission Please tell me on a score of 1-10 how much you personally trust each of the institutions I read out. 1 means that you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust. If you do not know an institution well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. D. European Commision? Show card 29 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 24.4657 38.1063 0 see codebook [spain, sweden] 0 1 no trust at all 111 2 2 61 3 3 99 4 4 74 5 5 193 6 6 83 7 7 73 8 8 86 9 9 36 10 complete trust 23 97 0 98 dk 211 99 n/a 13 council of ministers Please tell me on a score of 1-10 how much you personally trust each of the institutions I read out. 1 means that you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust. If you do not know an institution well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. E. The Council of Ministers of EU? Show card 29 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 26.7563 39.7164 0 see codebook [spain, sweden] 0 1 no trust at all 117 2 2 63 3 3 94 4 4 68 5 5 196 6 6 77 7 7 66 8 8 72 9 9 36 10 complete trust 23 97 0 98 dk 238 99 n/a 13 left / right self-placement In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". What is your position? Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right," which number best describes your position? Show card 30 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 21.3763 35.4584 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 74 2 2 60 3 3 84 4 4 78 5 5 279 6 6 90 7 7 73 8 8 51 9 9 33 10 right 55 97 refused 0 98 dk 150 99 n/a 36 left-right-placement: party 1 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? A. ĽS-HZDS – Movement for Democratic Slovakia, Peoples P. Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 21.1157 36.0055 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 97 2 2 87 3 3 130 4 4 160 5 5 201 6 6 58 7 7 52 8 8 41 9 9 16 10 right 31 97 refused 0 98 dk 164 99 n/a 26 left-right-placement: party 2 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? B. SMER – Party Direction Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 18.3048 34.0452 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 124 2 2 135 3 3 170 4 4 143 5 5 190 6 6 52 7 7 27 8 8 22 9 9 11 10 right 26 97 refused 0 98 dk 141 99 n/a 22 left-right-placement: party 3 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? C. KSS – Communist Party Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 14.4356 32.6555 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 621 2 2 160 3 3 55 4 4 32 5 5 24 6 6 7 7 7 6 8 8 6 9 9 4 10 right 8 97 refused 0 98 dk 117 99 n/a 23 left-right-placement: party 4 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? D. SDKÚ – Slovak Democratic Christian Union Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 21.0122 31.7128 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 19 2 2 6 3 3 18 4 4 27 5 5 72 6 6 43 7 7 97 8 8 147 9 9 158 10 right 323 97 refused 0 98 dk 129 99 n/a 24 left-right-placement: party 5 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? E. SMK – Party of Hungarian Coalition Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 24.4102 35.7658 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 20 2 2 15 3 3 15 4 4 19 5 5 130 6 6 112 7 7 131 8 8 183 9 9 104 10 right 132 97 refused 0 98 dk 180 99 n/a 22 left-right-placement: party 6 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? F. KDH – Christian Democratic Movement Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 22.2145 33.202 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 12 2 2 15 3 3 18 4 4 27 5 5 78 6 6 87 7 7 97 8 8 155 9 9 144 10 right 260 97 refused 0 98 dk 147 99 n/a 23 left-right-placement: party 7 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? G. ANO - Alliance of the New Citizen Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 22.1947 33.5631 0 see codebook [sweden] 0 1 left 18 2 2 22 3 3 24 4 4 29 5 5 109 6 6 84 7 7 111 8 8 126 9 9 137 10 right 230 97 refused 0 98 dk 151 99 n/a 22 left-right-placement: party 8 In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". Please indicate your views using any number on a 10-point-scale. On this scale, where 1 means "left" and 10 means "right." About where would you place the following parties on this scale? H. SNS – Slovak National Party Show card 31 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 24.905 37.7996 1 left 56 2 2 46 3 3 63 4 4 102 5 5 212 6 6 110 7 7 65 8 8 71 9 9 43 10 right 72 97 refused 0 98 dk 198 99 n/a 25 retrospective sociotropic economic evaluation What do you think about the economy? Compared to 12 months ago, do you think that the general economic situation in this country is Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.80056 1.13152 1 a lot better 1 2 a little better 137 3 stayed the same 302 4 a little worse 299 5 a lot worse 310 8 dk 13 9 n/a 1 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 prospective sociotropic economic evaluation And over the next 12 months, how do you think the general economic situation in this country will be? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.76199 1.6618 1 a lot better 2 2 a little better 198 3 stayed the same 399 4 a little worse 222 5 a lot worse 141 8 dk 98 9 n/a 3 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 employment - priority to [country] members When jobs are scarce, employers should give priority to Slovak people over citizens from other EU member-countries who want to work here Show card 35 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 1.73377 1.52248 1 agree very much 669 2 agree 264 3 disagree 61 4 disagree very much 24 8 dk 38 9 n/a 7 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 citizens of eu countries in [resp. country] vote in [resp. country] Citizens from other EU member-countries who live in Slovakia should be entitled to vote in local elections. Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.10536 2.22302 1 agree very much 203 2 agree 375 3 disagree 214 4 disagree very much 119 8 dk 138 9 n/a 14 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 citizens of eu countries in [resp. country] social benefits of [country] Citizens from other EU member-countries who live in Slovakia should not be entitled to social security or unemployment benefits. Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.42709 2.14012 1 agree very much 148 2 agree 223 3 disagree 358 4 disagree very much 178 8 dk 141 9 n/a 15 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 interest in politics To what extent would you say you are interested in politics? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.0207 0.853455 1 very 33 2 somewhat 217 3 a little 530 4 not at all 278 8 dk 3 9 na 2 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 eu membership good or bad Generally speaking, do you think that Slovakia's membership of the European Union is a good thing, a bad thing, or neither good nor bad? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.45061 1.75826 1 good thing 430 2 bad thing 74 3 neither 491 8 dk 58 9 na 10 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 respondent's attitude to european unification Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. What number on this scale best describes your position? Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 26.9831 38.4644 1 unification has already gone too far 30 2 2 23 3 3 31 4 4 58 5 5 229 6 6 92 7 7 109 8 8 90 9 9 46 10 unification should be pushed further 115 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 222 99 n/a 18 999 sweden [see codebook] 0 european unification: perception of party 1 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? A. ĽS-HZDS – Movement for Democratic Slovakia, Peoples P. Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 37.809 44.4763 1 unification has already gone too far 48 2 2 55 3 3 88 4 4 74 5 5 162 6 6 84 7 7 67 8 8 44 9 9 18 10 unification should be pushed further 49 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 340 99 n/a 34 european unification: perception of party 2 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? B. SMER – Party Direction Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 35.9379 43.5261 1 unification has already gone too far 46 2 2 49 3 3 66 4 4 80 5 5 130 6 6 78 7 7 95 8 8 69 9 9 40 10 unification should be pushed further 61 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 316 99 n/a 33 european unification: perception of party 3 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? C. KSS – Communist Party Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 38.1627 45.4957 1 unification has already gone too far 147 2 2 109 3 3 89 4 4 76 5 5 121 6 6 54 7 7 34 8 8 18 9 9 10 10 unification should be pushed further 17 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 352 99 n/a 36 european unification: perception of party 4 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? D. SDKÚ – Slovak Democratic Christian Union Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 34.4412 41.5735 1 unification has already gone too far 31 2 2 24 3 3 31 4 4 28 5 5 63 6 6 49 7 7 70 8 8 126 9 9 117 10 unification should be pushed further 207 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 286 99 n/a 31 european unification: perception of party 5 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? E. SMK – Party of Hungarian Coalition Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 37.2512 42.8755 1 unification has already gone too far 20 2 2 23 3 3 32 4 4 31 5 5 82 6 6 53 7 7 100 8 8 112 9 9 120 10 unification should be pushed further 138 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 320 99 n/a 32 european unification: perception of party 6 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? F. KDH – Christian Democratic Movement Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 37.857 43.2605 1 unification has already gone too far 17 2 2 30 3 3 40 4 4 41 5 5 74 6 6 78 7 7 84 8 8 119 9 9 97 10 unification should be pushed further 122 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 329 99 n/a 32 european unification: perception of party 7 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? G. ANO - Alliance of the New Citizen Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 36.175 42.4448 1 unification has already gone too far 25 2 2 24 3 3 39 4 4 39 5 5 69 6 6 58 7 7 64 8 8 111 9 9 125 10 unification should be pushed further 170 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 307 99 n/a 32 european unification: perception of party 8 Some say European unification should be pushed further. Others say it already has gone too far. What is your opinion? Please indicate your views using a 10-point-scale. On this scale, 1 means unification 'has already gone too far' and 10 means it 'should be pushed further'. About where would you place the following party on this scale? H. SNS – Slovak National Party Show cards 38, 39 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 39.2738 45.2886 1 unification has already gone too far 88 2 2 78 3 3 97 4 4 87 5 5 112 6 6 68 7 7 42 8 8 35 9 9 30 10 unification should be pushed further 31 97 refusal [poland] 0 98 dk 362 99 n/a 33 not only [country] citizen, but also european citizen Do you ever think of yourself not only as a [country] citizen, but also as a citizen of the European Union? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.52023 1.10695 1 often 110 2 sometimes 423 3 never 504 8 dk 23 9 n/a 3 proud of eu citizenship Are you personally proud or not to be a citizen of the European Union? Would you say you are Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.74506 2.29507 1 very proud 52 2 fairly proud 340 3 not very proud 283 4 not at all proud 184 8 dk 172 9 n/a 32 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 thinking back to the referendum held in slovakia on the question of eu membership Thinking back to the referendum held in Slovakia on the question of EU membership (2003), do you remember whether you cast a vote and whether you voted in favour or against? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 1.98307 1.67335 1 did not cast a vote 449 2 voted in favour 495 3 voted against 64 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 18 9 na 37 austrians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Austrians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.17404 2.63948 0 a lot of trust 746 1 not much trust 187 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 109 9 n/a 21 belgians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Belgians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.99906 3.3767 0 a lot of trust 692 1 not much trust 124 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 222 9 n/a 25 british Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the British: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.6698 3.06414 0 a lot of trust 661 1 not much trust 209 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 171 9 n/a 22 bulgarians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Bulgarians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.92286 3.17501 0 a lot of trust 569 1 not much trust 276 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 194 9 n/a 24 cypriots Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Cypriots: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 3.06209 3.71791 0 a lot of trust 454 1 not much trust 235 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 346 9 n/a 28 czechs Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Czechs: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 0.530574 1.93704 0 a lot of trust 945 1 not much trust 57 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 42 9 n/a 19 danes Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Danes: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.96707 3.38628 0 a lot of trust 724 1 not much trust 92 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 224 9 n/a 23 dutch Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Dutch: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.75071 3.22463 0 a lot of trust 732 1 not much trust 116 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 190 9 n/a 25 estonians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Estonians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.86548 3.63776 0 a lot of trust 458 1 not much trust 260 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 319 9 n/a 26 finns Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Finns: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.03198 3.40639 0 a lot of trust 698 1 not much trust 112 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 229 9 n/a 24 french Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the French: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.44779 2.98755 0 a lot of trust 772 1 not much trust 116 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 152 9 n/a 23 germans Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Germans: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.25588 2.57659 0 a lot of trust 631 1 not much trust 306 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 105 9 n/a 21 greek Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Greek: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.96802 3.31959 0 a lot of trust 662 1 not much trust 163 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 213 9 n/a 25 hungarians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Hungarians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.38946 2.59667 0 a lot of trust 528 1 not much trust 404 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 106 9 n/a 25 irish Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Irish: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.9953 3.32668 0 a lot of trust 652 1 not much trust 170 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 218 9 n/a 23 italians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Italians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.60583 3.07316 0 a lot of trust 716 1 not much trust 156 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 168 9 n/a 23 latvians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Latvians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.61806 3.52566 0 a lot of trust 468 1 not much trust 286 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 284 9 n/a 25 lithuanians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Lithuanians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.55127 3.49993 0 a lot of trust 477 1 not much trust 286 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 274 9 n/a 26 luxembourgers Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Luxembourgers: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.43462 3.59105 0 a lot of trust 627 1 not much trust 132 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 280 9 n/a 24 maltese Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Maltese: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 3.17215 3.79159 0 a lot of trust 489 1 not much trust 178 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 370 9 n/a 26 poles Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Poles: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 0.870179 2.35144 0 a lot of trust 837 1 not much trust 129 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 77 9 n/a 20 portuguese Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Portuguese: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.32926 3.52189 0 a lot of trust 624 1 not much trust 151 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 267 9 n/a 21 romanians Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Romanians: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.01035 3.01173 0 a lot of trust 377 1 not much trust 482 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 181 9 n/a 23 slovaks Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Slovaks: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 0.5635 2.01442 0 a lot of trust 948 1 not much trust 49 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 44 9 n/a 22 slovenes Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Slovenes: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.66698 3.10914 0 a lot of trust 703 1 not much trust 161 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 180 9 n/a 19 spainards Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Spainards: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.86548 3.28607 0 a lot of trust 709 1 not much trust 124 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 211 9 n/a 19 swedes Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Swedes: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 1.78081 3.26396 0 a lot of trust 750 1 not much trust 90 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 204 9 n/a 19 turks Now I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in people from various countries. Can you please tell me for each, whether you have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust. If you do not know a country well enough, just say so and I will go on to the next. How about the Turks: do have a lot of trust of them or not very much trust? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 9 2.35842 3.19522 0 a lot of trust 311 1 not much trust 505 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 221 9 n/a 26 satisfaction with democracy in country On the whole, how satisfied are you with the way democracy works in Slovakia? Are you Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.11571 1.1152 1 very satisfied 4 2 fairly satisfied 254 3 not very satisfied 552 4 not at all satisfied 221 5 neither [spain] 0 8 dk 28 9 n/a 4 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 satisfaction with democracy in eu All in all again, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in the European Union? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 4.42992 2.7313 1 very satisfied 27 2 fairly satisfied 382 3 not very satisfied 217 4 not at all satisfied 60 5 neither [spain] 0 8 dk 366 9 n/a 11 99 sweden [see codebook] 0 approval of [country] government's record Let us now come back to Slovakia. Do you approve or disapprove the government's record to date? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.62559 2.31286 1 approve 268 2 disapprove 645 3 neither [spain] 0 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 117 9 n/a 33 close to a party (pid) Do you consider yourself to be close to any particular party? If so, which party do you feel close to? Show card 48 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 46.8608 43.5003 1 party 1 26 2 party 2 0 3 party 3 15 4 party 4 61 5 party 5 54 6 party 6 97 7 party 7 1 8 party 8 1 9 party 9 59 10 party 10 8 11 party 11 11 12 party 12 170 13 party 13 68 14 party 14 23 15 party 15 4 16 party 16 2 17 party 17 0 18 party 18 0 19 party 19 0 20 party 20 0 21 party 21 0 22 party 22 0 23 party 23 0 24 party 24 0 25 party 25 0 26 party 26 0 27 party 27 0 28 party 28 0 29 party 29 0 30 party 30 0 31 party 31 0 32 party 32 0 33 party 33 0 34 party 34 0 96 no 415 97 refused 0 98 dk 31 99 n/a 17 999 sweden [see codebook] 0 close or sympathizer Do you feel yourself to be very close to this party, fairly close, or merely a sympathiser? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 5.33208 3.27488 1 very close 66 2 fairly close 178 3 merely a sympathiser 354 7 refusal [poland] 0 8 dk 1 9 n/a 464 eu in the interest of [country] How much confidence do you have that decisions made by the European Union will be in the interest of Slovakia? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.18721 1.54461 1 a great deal of confidence 29 2 a fair amount 274 3 not very much 554 4 no confidence at all 126 8 dk 75 9 n/a 5 eu in respondent's interest And how much confidence do you have that decisions made by the European Union will be in the interest of people like you? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.29915 1.48846 1 a great deal of confidence 21 2 a fair amount 237 3 not very much 509 4 no confidence at all 222 8 dk 69 9 n/a 5 trade union Are you yourself a member of a trade union or is anyone else in your household a member of a trade union? Show card 50 Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.57479 1.2049 1 yes, i am 104 2 yes, someone else is 104 3 yes both (1) and (2) 17 4 no 818 5 see codebook [sweden] 0 6 see codebook [sweden] 0 8 dk 15 9 n/a 5 age when stopped full-time education How old were you when you stopped full-time education? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 11 98 23.1533 19.5083 11 1 12 4 13 6 14 48 15 102 16 37 17 137 18 346 19 168 20 30 21 5 22 16 23 41 24 32 25 15 26 7 97 still studying 57 98 dk 11 99 na 0 gender Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 2 1.52399 0.499659 1 male 506 2 female 557 8 dk 0 9 n/a 0 year of birth What year were you born? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1910 1986 1960.74 16.3572 1910 1 1917 1 1920 1 1921 1 1922 2 1923 3 1924 2 1925 3 1926 3 1927 1 1928 4 1929 7 1930 6 1931 7 1932 7 1933 8 1934 8 1935 11 1936 7 1937 12 1938 11 1939 26 1940 14 1941 14 1942 25 1943 11 1944 22 1945 9 1946 14 1947 16 1948 16 1949 11 1950 19 1951 19 1952 20 1953 19 1954 20 1955 14 1956 19 1957 19 1958 22 1959 26 1960 19 1961 29 1962 22 1963 24 1964 21 1965 12 1966 27 1967 16 1968 17 1969 21 1970 22 1971 24 1972 17 1973 19 1974 17 1975 21 1976 23 1977 12 1978 21 1979 37 1980 28 1981 24 1982 15 1983 21 1984 16 1985 23 1986 34 9998 dk 0 9999 n/a 0 in which country born In which country were you born? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 1.19755 4.24979 1 country 1047 2 other country 1 14 3 other country 2 0 4 other country 3 0 5 other country 4 0 6 other country 5 0 7 other country 6 0 8 other country 7 0 9 other country 8 0 10 other country 9 0 11 other country 10 0 12 other country 11 0 13 other country 12 0 14 other country 13 0 15 other country 14 0 16 other country 15 0 17 other country 16 0 18 other country 17 0 19 other country 18 0 20 other country 19 0 21 other country 20 0 22 other country 21 0 23 other country 22 0 24 other country 23 0 25 other country 24 0 26 other country 25 0 27 other country 26 0 28 other country 27 0 29 other country 28 0 30 other country 29 0 31 other country 30 0 32 other country 32 0 33 other country 33 0 34 other country 34 0 35 other country 35 0 36 other country 36 0 37 other country 37 0 38 other country 38 0 39 other country 39 0 40 other country 40 0 41 other country 41 0 42 other country 42 0 43 other country 43 0 98 dk 0 99 na 2 if not [country], when did you come here When did you first come to Slovakia? IF OTHER Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1940 9999 9908.26 849.56 1940 1 1942 1 1946 1 1947 2 1959 1 1961 1 1964 1 1967 1 1978 1 1986 1 1999 1 9998 dk 2 9999 n/a 1049 size of household 18+ How many people live in your household including yourself, who are 18 years of age or older? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 8 2.71025 1.16556 1 1 130 2 2 409 3 3 259 4 4 190 5 5 57 6 6 16 7 7 1 8 8 1 9 9 and more 0 97 refused 0 98 dk 0 99 na 0 work situation What is your current work situation? Are you: Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 7 3.33114 1.72754 1 self-employed 81 2 employed 484 3 student 64 4 working in the household 39 5 retired 233 6 unemployed 155 7 other 7 8 see codebook 0 9 see codebook 0 10 see codebook 0 98 dk 0 99 n/a 0 sector of employment Are/were you working in … Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.83819 1.52758 1 agriculture 111 2 manufacturing industries/state owned 384 3 manufacturing industries/private sector 434 4 public services 37 5 services/private sector 0 6 other 0 7 have never worked 92 8 see codebook 1 9 see codebook 4 10 see codebook 0 98 dk 0 99 n/a 0 social class If you were asked to chose one of these five names for your social class, which would you say you Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 2.59925 1.10438 1 working class 117 2 lower middle class 364 3 middle class 509 4 upper middle class 45 5 upper class 0 6 other 1 7 refused to be classified 13 8 dk 12 9 n/a 2 urban vs. rural Would you say you live in a rural area or village, in a small or middle size town, or in a large town? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 8 1.75447 0.765866 1 rural area or village 459 2 small or middle size town 411 3 large town 192 8 dk 1 9 n/a 0 religion Do you consider yourself as belonging to a particular religion? (If yes:) Which one? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 3.43932 9.58812 1 roman catholic 680 2 protestant 92 3 orthodox 13 4 jewish 2 5 muslim 46 6 buddhist 11 7 hindu 209 8 other 0 9 none 0 10 see codebook 0 11 see codebook 0 12 see codebook 0 20 see codebook 0 97 refused 0 98 dk 4 99 n/a 6 attendance at religious services How often do you attend religious services? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.27281 1.41318 1 several times a week 95 2 once a week 264 3 a few times a year 260 4 once a year or less 187 5 never 246 8 dk 1 9 n/a 10 categorized (non-euro) We also need some information about the income of this household to be able to analyse the survey results for different types of households. Please count the total wages and salaries per month of all members of this household; all pensions and social insurance benefits; child allowances and any other income like rents etc ... Of course your answer as all other replies in this survey will be treated confidentially and referring back to you or your household will be impossible. Can you please tell me, what about is the monthly income of your household? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 6.54845 14.4566 1 menej ako 3000 sk 62 2 3000 - 3999 sk 128 3 4000 - 4999 sk 138 4 5000 - 5999 sk 220 5 6000 - 6999 sk 196 6 7000 - 8999 sk 164 7 9000 sk a viac 130 99 neuviedol 25 region of interview Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 8 4.63217 2.28834 1 126 2 117 3 130 4 132 5 131 6 133 7 159 8 135 demographic weight 1063 0.200108 2.41166 1.00025 0.451103 sample n weight 1063 0.940734 0.940734 0.940734 0 party strength/turnout weight 1039 0.377183 1.23065 1 0.336486 european election weight 1063 0.324436 0.324436 0.324436 0 the candidates were too superficial in their arguments The candidates were very superficial in their debates Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 4.127 3.37988 1 agree very much 225 2 agree 397 3 disagree 86 4 disagree very much 17 8 dk 0 9 na 338 the campaign was more about strategy than content? The electoral campaign was more concerned with political strategies than with actual problems Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 9 3.85889 3.38725 1 agree very much 318 2 agree 349 3 disagree 73 4 disagree very much 8 8 dk 0 9 na 315 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 9.96331 26.3196 1 see codebook 296 2 500 3 78 4 37 5 49 6 13 7 2 97 56 98 24 99 8 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 37.9586 46.5961 1 see codebook 182 2 213 3 182 4 32 5 22 6 39 7 1 8 1 99 391 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 75.4214 41.3597 1 see codebook 72 2 32 3 77 4 32 5 10 6 36 7 2 99 802 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 99 92.8034 23.5354 1 see codebook 16 2 7 3 10 4 16 5 4 6 13 7 2 8 1 99 994 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 4 99 98.2963 8.08475 1 see codebook 0 4 1 5 2 6 5 99 1055 alternative coding for tv - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 6 99 98.7394 4.9006 1 see codebook 0 6 1 7 2 99 1060 alternative coding for newspapers - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 999 319.996 463.56 1 see codebook 285 2 129 3 160 4 27 5 7 6 4 7 45 8 21 10 46 997 309 998 20 999 10 alternative coding for newspapers - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 999 738.578 437.821 1 see codebook 64 2 66 3 79 4 17 5 1 6 7 7 15 8 25 10 4 999 785 alternative coding for newspapers - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 999 943.746 228.04 1 see codebook 14 2 10 3 17 4 3 5 2 6 1 7 7 8 3 10 2 999 1004 alternative coding for newspapers - see codebook Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 1 999 989.645 96.039 1 see codebook 1 2 1 3 1 4 3 5 1 7 1 8 2 999 1053 unemployment/ employment mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.672625 0.469476 0 not 1 mentioned pensions mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.118532 0.32339 0 not 1 mentioned government/ politics in general mentioned? 1063 0 0 0 0 0 not 1 mentioned welfare policy mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.106303 0.30837 0 not 950 1 mentioned 113 economy mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.129821 0.336265 0 not 1 mentioned crime and violence mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.123236 0.328863 0 not 1 mentioned education mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.19285 0.394722 0 not 1 mentioned health care system mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.393227 0.488696 0 not 1 mentioned political fraud/ corruption mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.204139 0.403261 0 not 1 mentioned wages and earnings mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.464722 0.498989 0 not 1 mentioned housing mentioned? 1063 0 1 0.0592662 0.236233 0 not 1 mentioned pensions mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0338664 0.18097 0 not 1027 1 mentioned 36 welfare policy mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0301035 0.170952 0 not 1031 1 mentioned 32 economy mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0517404 0.221607 0 not 1008 1 mentioned 55 crime and violence mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0216369 0.145563 0 not 1040 1 mentioned 23 education mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0272813 0.162979 0 not 1034 1 mentioned 29 health care system mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.10254 0.3035 0 not 954 1 mentioned 109 political fraud/ corruption mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0536218 0.225376 0 not 1006 1 mentioned 57 wages and earnings mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.20508 0.40395 0 not 845 1 mentioned 218 housing mentioned? Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.0150517 0.121816 0 not 1047 1 mentioned 16 Unemployment Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 1 0.364064 0.481393 0 not 676 1 mentioned 387 single most important problem Summation of listed categories: 1063 1063 0 22 8.12888 8.43382 0 101 1 unemployment 387 2 pension 36 3 government 0 4 social cohesion 0 5 taxes 0 6 welfare 32 7 economy 55 8 crime and violence 23 9 education 29 10 health care system 109 11 ecology 0 12 other 0 13 other social 0 14 other political 0 15 inflation 0 16 infrastructure 0 17 eu 0 18 drugs 0 19 poverty 0 20 political fraud 57 21 wages and earnings 218 22 housing 16 99 missing 0 slovak questionaire SASD 2004 *.pdf - PDF SASD english questionaire SASD 2004 *.pdf - PDF SASD