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European Candidates Study 1994

de Winter, Lieven; Bryder, Tom; Linch, Philip
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3077 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.3077
Abstract: Political views, motivation, political career, social and political networks. Attitude of candidates applying for European Parliament. Topics: Motivation behind candidateship; political and administrative career before candidateship; political office of parents or other family members; duration of own party membership; weekly time budget for party activities in average as well as for campaigning; division of time spent for campaigning, public events, party sessions, publicity campaigns and contacting mass media; assessment of nomination procedures regarding candidateship for European parliame ... more
Topics: Political behaviour and attitudes | Government, political systems and organisations | Elections

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1994 - 06.1995
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1994 - 06.1995, The survey times: from May to June 1994; Sweden from May to June 1995.
Geographic coverage: Belgium (BE) | Denmark (DK) | Germany (DE) | France (FR) | Great Britain (GB-GBN) | Ireland (IE) | Italy (IT) | Luxembourg (LU) | Netherlands (NL) | Portugal (PT) | Spain (ES) | Sweden (SE)
Universe: Study among candidates running for the European Parliament 1994.
Number of Units: 1770
Sampling Procedure: The number of candidates varies from country to country. Since not all candidates were known at the beginning of the study not all addresses were available. While some national investigators decided in favour of a sample of the candidates, others strove for a census of the candidates. A great variation of the return rates emerged from country to co ... more
Mode of Data Collection: Mail survey
Data Collector: J. Thomassen, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 307
Notes: Die European Candidates Study 1994 (ECS94) ist Teil eines größeren Projekts ´Political Representation in Europe´. Andere Teile dieser Studie sind European Election Study 1994 (EES94, ZA-Studien-Nr. 2865), die Befragung der Mitglieder des europäischen Parlaments 1996 (MEP96, ZA-Studien-Nr. 3078) und die Befragung europäischer Parlamentsmitglieder 19 ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: de Winter, Lieven - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgien | Bryder, Tom - Kobenhavn Universitet, Dänemark | Linch, Philip - University of Edinburgh, Großbritannien | Norris, Pippa - University of Edinburgh, Großbritannien | Chavel, Cecile - Centre d´études de la vie politique francaise, Frankreich | Weßels, Bernhard - Wissenschaftszentrum Berli ... more
Publication year: 1999
DOI: 10.4232/1.3077
Study number: ZA3077
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Int. Umfrageprogramm bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.3077
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: Marsh, Michael; Norris, Pippa: Political Representation in the European Parliament. Special Issue of the European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1997. | Franklin, Mark N.; Scarrow, Susan E.: Making Europeans? The Socializing Power of the European Parliament. In: Katz, Richard S; Wessels, Bernhard (Hrsg.), The European Parliame ... more
Study group:
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The European Election Studies (EES) offer data about electoral behaviour in European Parliament elections. Collecting survey data as well as a variety of other data types, they cover topics such as the evolution of a political community in the European Union, citizens´ perceptions of and preferences about the EU political regime, and the evaluation ... more

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de Winter, Lieven, Bryder, Tom, Linch, Philip, Norris, Pippa, Chavel, Cecile, Weßels, Bernhard, Kielhorn, R., Marsh, Michael, Sola, Giorgio, Gardella, Louisa, Thomassen, Jacques, Geurts, Peter, van der Kolk, Henk, Stock, Maria J., López-Nieto, Lourdes, Delgado, Irene, Holmberg, Sören, Esaiasson, Peter, & Brothen, Martin (1999). European Candidates Study 1994. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3077 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.3077.

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