European Voter Database, Evoter

^{For details on all aspects of this database, see Evoter}
 

1. General description

^{The European Voter Database is a longitudinal survey research programme held in six European countries, from approximately 1965 to 2001. After each national election an election survey was held within the countries’ population, in which attitudes, beliefs and values were examined with respect to political interest, political ideologies and political parties. The European Voter Database is based on the ICORE Elections Studies.}
 

2. Survey type

• National
• Longitudinal, cross-sectional design within each country, with different time series per country. After every national election a national election survey is held
• Years covered per country:
  • Denmark: 1971-1998
  • Germany: 1961-1998
  • Great Britain: 1964-2001
  • The Netherlands: 1971-1998
  • Norway: 1965- 1997
  • Sweden: 1956-1998
• No single core questionnaire, questionnaires differ slightly per country. The topics discussed in the questionnaires are more or less the same in all countries

  

3. Participating countries

• 6 European countries
• All countries: Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden

  

4. Topics

a. Socio-demographics

• Respondent: age, sex, education, income, work and employment, marital status, socio-economic status, region, left-right placement, voting behaviour
• Partner:
• Parents:
• Children:
• Household:

  

b. General

• Political involvement: e.g. political efficacy, political interest, political participation
• Political parties: e.g. voting behaviour, party attachment, party sympathy, party leader sympathy, left-right placement of parties
• Political values and ideology: e.g. economy, left-right positions, important issues, state, moral, authoritarian/libertarian, growth/environment

  

c. Regarding work and welfare

<sup>The following topics differ slightly per country:

Education system, health system, income distribution, income injustice, making ends meet, power of trade unions, role of government in labour market, role of government in economy, social services, subjective class, work-life balance</sup>
 

5. Questionnaires available

^{Codebooks available after registration; at ZA CodebookExplorer}
 

6. Keyword search in questionnaires

^{After registration; at ZA CodebookExplorer}
 

7. Data available

• Cumulative datasets downloadable per country in spss-format; from ZA CodebookExplorer
• Free of charge, after registration

  

8. Online data analysis

^{Frequencies, cross tabs and descriptions; at ZA CodebookExplorer (after registration)}
 

9. Contact

^za@gesis.org