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1. Economic Evaluations |
What is the economic condition of the country and
your family; now, over the last five years and in
the next five years. |
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2. Trust in Institutions |
How trustworthy are public institutions, including
government branches, the media, the military, and
NGOs. |
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3. Social Capital |
Membership in private and public groups, the
frequency and degree of group participation, close
degree of interpersonal relationships, and trust in
others. |
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4. Participation in Elections |
Voting in the last election, specific voting
patterns and participation in campaigns, advocacy
for certain candidate or party, and perception of
the fairness of the last national election. |
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5.
Access to Public Service |
How easy or difficult it is to obtain public
services, and how safe is living in residential
areas. |
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6. Psychological Involvement |
Interest in politics, frequency of following news
about politics and government, and frequency of
utilizing internet and discussing politics with
family or friends. |
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7.
Partisanship |
Personal partisanship. |
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8.
Traditionalism |
Private interests vs. family, group, country
interests, consideration of dealing with others,
importance of respect family and elderly, importance
of social order and harmony, and traditional
preference of gender. |
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9.
Political Participation |
Contact with government and elected officials,
political organizations, media and NGOs. Fulfillment
of citizen duties and active participation in the
political process as well as demonstration or
protest march. Participation in election. |
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10.
Regime Preference |
What kind of government would you like to have in
this country? |
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11. Meaning of Democracy |
Meaning of democracy and characteristics of
democracy. |
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12. Satisfaction with Government and Democracy
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Satisfaction with how democracy works, democratic
ranking of present and previous regimes, and
expected ranking in the current regime. Suitability
of democracy in the country. |
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13.
Most Important Problems |
The most important problems that the government
should address, such as economy, education,
government services etc. How likely it is that the
government will solve the most important problem. |
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14.
Quality of Governance |
Perception of state affairs, corruption,
accessibility to and accountability of political
system, transparency and responsiveness of the
government, political efficacy, equal right, freedom
of expression, and freedom of assembly and
association. |
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15.
Regime Evaluation |
Evaluate the degree of democracy of other important
country in the world. |
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16.
Democratic Legitimacy and Preference for Democracy |
Preference for democracy, compared with different
regime types and economic development. |
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17.
Citizen Empowerment and Political Support |
Ability to participate and influence in politics,
trust in governments, and preference for authority.
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18. Authoritarian vs. Democratic Values |
Level of education and political equality,
government leadership and superiority, separation of
executive and judiciary. |
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19. Globalization |
Following major events in foreign countries, and the
impact on foreign products for domestic economy. |
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20. Citizenship |
Identity between citizen and ethnic group, equality,
and loyalty to the country. |
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21. International Relations |
Awareness of other governmental organizations and
impression of other countries. |
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22. Socio-economic Background Variables |
Gender, age, marital status, education level, years
of formal education, religion and religiosity,
household, income, language and ethnicity. |
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23. Interview Record |
Gender, age, class, and language of the interviewer,
people present at the interview. The attitudes and
emotions of the respondent, the language or dialect
spoken in interview, and was an interpreter present. |