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State Election in Lower Saxony 1994

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2509 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11260
Abstract: Judgement on parties and politicians at the state parliament election in Lower Saxony. Topics: Eligible voter status of respondent; city size; most important political problems of Lower Saxony; intent to participate in the election; intent to use absentee ballot; party preference (first vote and second vote as well as rank order procedure); certainty and time of personal voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election; attitude to an SPD one-party government; coalition preference; sympathy scale for the parties on state as well as federal level and for the top pol ... more
Topics: Political behaviour and attitudes | Government, political systems and organisations | Elections

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 08.03.1994 - 11.03.1994
Geographic coverage: Lower Saxony (DE-NI)
Universe: The residential population eligible to vote
Number of Units: 1070
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Simple random; RLD procedure (Randomize last digit)
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview; Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 97
Notes: The survey took place from 8 to 11 March as well as on the day of the election (7986 respondents). The survey was commissioned by the ZDF {Second German Television Network} and served as basis for the projection and analyses of election results on the evening of the election.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Publication year: 2012
DOI: 10.4232/1.11260 | 10.4232/1.2509
Study number: ZA2509
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Wahlen bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 2.0.0, 2012-02-27, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11260
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Reference publications

Publications: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen: Wahl in Niedersachsen: Eine Analyse der Landtagswahl vom 13. März 1994. Mannheim: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, 1994. (Berichte der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen Nr. 70)
Study group:
Landtagswahlstudien | show all hits of the group
The available studies on the German ferderal state elections go back as far as 1962. These studies were conducted for the most part as representative surveys in the run-up to elections of the Landtage, the Bremer Bürgerschaft or the Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus. German Federal State Election studies which were surveyed within the framework of the Germ ... more

Landtagswahlen in Niedersachsen | show all hits of the group
Assessment of parties and politicians. Attitude towards political issues.

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Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim (2012). State Election in Lower Saxony 1994. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2509 Data file Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11260.

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