| 1.Economic Evaluations |
What is the economic condition of the nation and
your family: now, over the last five years, and in
the next five years? |
| 2.Trust in institutions |
How trustworthy are public institutions,
including government branches, the media, the
military, and NGOs. |
| 3.Social Capital |
Membership in private and public groups, the
frequency and degree of group participation, trust
in others, and influence of guanxi. |
| 4.Political Participation |
Voting in elections, national and local,
country-specific voting patterns, and active
participation in the political process as well as
demonstrations and strikes. Contact with government
and elected officials, political organizations, NGOs
and media. |
| 5.Electoral Mobilization |
Personal connections with officials, candidates,
and political parties; influence on voter choice. |
| 6.Psychological Involvement and
Partisanship |
Interest in political news coverage, impact of
government policies on daily life, and party
allegiance. |
| 7.Traditionalism |
Importance of consensus and family, role of the
elderly, face, and woman in theworkplace. |
| 8.Democratic Legitimacy and
Preference for Democracy |
Democratic ranking of present and previous
regime, and expected ranking in the next five years;
satisfaction with how democracy works, suitability
of democracy; comparisons between current and
previous regimes, especially corruption; democracy
and economic development, political competition,
national unity, social problems, military
government, and technocracy. |
| 9.Efficacy, Citizen Empowerment,
System Responsiveness |
Accessibility of political system: does a
political elite prevent access and reduce the
ability of people to influence the government. |
| 10.Democratic vs. Authoritarian
Values |
Level of education and political equality,
government leadership and superiority, separation of
executive and judiciary. |
| 11.Cleavage |
Ownership of state-owned enterprises, national
authority over local decisions, cultural insulation,
community and the individual. |
| 12.Belief in Procedural Norms of
Democracy |
Respect of procedures by political leaders:
compromise, tolerance of opposing and minority
views. |
| 13.Social-Economic Background
Variables |
Gender, age, marital status, education level,
years of formal education, religion and religiosity,
household, income, language and ethnicity. |
| 14.Interview Record |
Gender, age, class, and language of the
interviewer, people present at the interview; did
the respondent: refuse, display impatience, and
cooperate; the language or dialect spoken in
interview, and was an interpreter present. |
