Research data

Mass-Media and Voters (Federal Parliament Election Study 1994)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2799 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2799
Abstract: Media usage and voting decision. Topics: Most interesting topics in the media; prediction of general economic development and personal living conditions; most important political problems; currently most able party; preference for chancellor; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election 1990 and party preference (Sunday question); habitual voting inclination; assessment of problem-solving ability of established parties; media usage for daily newspapers and television; self-assessment of interest in politics; party membership. Also encoded were: day of interview; interview week ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.1994 - 12.1994
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: All German-speaking persons 14 years old and older living in private households with telephone
Number of Units: 127405
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage; Multi-stage random sample according to the RLD procedure. Sample of target persons according to the birthday method.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview; Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: FORSA, Berlin
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 60
Notes: Besides this data set covering the entire time interval 1994 there is also a smaller pre-election investigation conducted only a few days before the Federal Parliament election 1994. This data set is archived under ZA Study No. 2801. The study is part of an omnibus survey.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Klingemann, Hans-Dieter - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | Erbring, Lutz - Freie Universität Berlin | Stöss, Richard - Freie Universität Berlin
Publication year: 1996
DOI: 10.4232/1.2799
Study number: ZA2799
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2799
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Reference publications

Publications: Stöss, Richard: Stabilität im Umbruch: Wahlbeständigkeit und Parteienwettbewerb im "Superwahljahr" 1994. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1994. | Dörner, Christine; Erhardt, Klaudia (Hrsg.): Politische Meinungsbildung und Wahlverhalten: Analysen zum "Superwahljahr" 1994. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1998. (Schriften des Zentralinstituts für So ... more
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Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, Erbring, Lutz, & Stöss, Richard (1996). Mass-Media and Voters (Federal Parliament Election Study 1994). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2799 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2799.

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