State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)

FORSA, Berlin

doi:10.4232/1.11272

GESIS Data Catalogue - Study ZA2986

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ZA2986: State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)

10.4232/1.11272

FORSA, Berlin

Political Attitudes and Behavior

11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

11.6 Government, political systems and organisation

11.7 Elections

Citation	FORSA, Berlin (2012): State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2986 Data file Version 2.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.11272
Study No.	ZA2986
Title	State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)
Current Version	2.0.0, 2012-2-27, doi:10.4232/1.11272
Date of Collection	02.1998 - 02.1998
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	FORSA, Berlin
Categories	Political Attitudes and Behavior
Topics	11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion 11.6 Government, political systems and organisation 11.7 Elections

Abstract

Judgement on parties and politicians in Lower Saxony. Topics: most important problems in Lower Saxony; most able party in Lower Saxony; interest in the election campaign; party with the best election campaign; best candidate presentation at place of residence; expected increase in votes or loss of votes for the SPD, CDU as well as the Greens in the coming state parliament election; expectation that the FDP will take seats in the state parliament; preference for prime minister; preference for federal chancellor; preference for federal chancellor in case of Schroeder instead of Lafontaine as candidate for chancellor; preference for Schroeder as candidate for chancellor or prime minister in Lower Saxony; intent to participate in the next state parliament election; certainty of one´s voting decision; voting intent; behavior at the polls among absentee voters; party preference in case of Federal Parliament elections; influence of federal politics on the state parliament election; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election and at the last Federal Parliament election; able to vote for right-wing radical parties. Demography: sex; year of birth; employment; professional position; school degree. Also encoded was: municipality code; place of survey; city size; survey week.

Abstract

Methodology

Geographic Coverage

Universe

The universe of all persons living in private households, eligible to vote and having a telephone in the household.

Selection Method

Sample of households according to the RLD procedure. Sample of target persons according to the birthday method.

Mode of Data Collection

Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire

Data Collector

FORSA, Berlin

Date of Collection

02.1998 - 02.1998

Geographic Coverage	Lower Saxony (DE-NI)
Universe	The universe of all persons living in private households, eligible to vote and having a telephone in the household.
Selection Method	Sample of households according to the RLD procedure. Sample of target persons according to the birthday method.
Mode of Data Collection	Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector	FORSA, Berlin
Date of Collection	02.1998

Dataset

Number of Units: 1646

Number of Variables: 41

Data Type: -

Analysis System(s): SPSS

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2012-2-27 Data release as of February 2012 doi:10.4232/1.11272

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2010-4-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) doi:10.4232/1.2986 (Publication Year 1998)

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Groups

German Federal State Election studies
The available studies on the German ferderal state elections go back as far as 1962. These studies were conducted for the most part as representative surveys in the run-up to elections of the Landtage, the Bremer Bürgerschaft or the Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus. German Federal State Election studies which were surveyed within the framework of the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) are not contained in this group.
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- ZA0062 Cologne Election Study (State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1962, Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0063 State Election in Hesse 1962 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0327 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1968 (Follow-Up)
- ZA0472 State Election in Bavaria 1966 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0514 State Election in Hesse 1970 (Follow-Up Survey)
- ZA0519 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1968 (Preliminary Investigation, September 1967)
- ZA0520 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1968 (Preliminary Investigation, March 1968)
- ZA0561 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1966 (Preliminary Investigation, March 1966)
- ZA0562 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1966 (Preliminary Investigation, June 1966)
- ZA0563 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1967 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0702 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1970 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0703 State Election in Lower Saxony 1970 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA0871 State Election in Bavaria 1974 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA1245 State Election in Lower Saxony 1982
- ZA1246 State Election in Hesse 1982
- ZA1247 State Election in Bavaria 1982
- ZA1248 State Election in Hamburg June 1982
- ZA1249 State Election in Hamburg December 1982
- ZA1250 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1983
- ZA1251 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1983
- ZA1370 State Election in Bremen 1983
- ZA1371 State Election in Hesse 1983
- ZA1372 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1984
- ZA1465 Election for the House of Representatives in Berlin 1985
- ZA1466 State Election in the Saarland 1985
- ZA1467 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1985 (April 1985)
- ZA1468 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1985 (May 1985)
- ZA1519 State Election in Lower Saxony 1986
- ZA1551 State Election in Bavaria 1986
- ZA1552 State Election in Hamburg 1986
- ZA1651 State Election in Hesse 1987
- ZA1652 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1987
- ZA1653 State Election in Hamburg 1987
- ZA1654 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1987
- ZA1655 State Election in Bremen 1987
- ZA1656 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1988
- ZA1697 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1988
- ZA1766 Election for the House of Representatives in Berlin 1989
- ZA1932 State Election in the Saarland 1990
- ZA1933 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1990
- ZA1934 State Election in Lower Saxony 1990
- ZA1963 State Election in Bavaria 1990
- ZA1966 State Parliament Elections in the New States 1990
- ZA2115 State Election in Hesse 1991 (Before Start of the Gulf War)
- ZA2116 State Election in Hesse 1991 (After Start of the Gulf War)
- ZA2117 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1991
- ZA2118 State Election in Hamburg 1991
- ZA2119 State Election in Bremen 1991
- ZA2301 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1992
- ZA2302 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1992
- ZA2311 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1980
- ZA2312 Election to the House of Representatives in Berlin 1979
- ZA2313 Election to the House of Representatives in Berlin 1981
- ZA2314 State Election in Bremen 1979
- ZA2315 State Election in Hamburg 1978
- ZA2316 State Election in Lower Saxony 1978
- ZA2317 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1979
- ZA2318 State Election in the Saarland 1980
- ZA2319 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1979
- ZA2398 State Election in Hamburg 1993
- ZA2506 State Election in Bavaria 1994
- ZA2507 State Election in Brandenburg 1994
- ZA2508 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1994
- ZA2509 State Election in Lower Saxony 1994
- ZA2510 State Election in the Saarland 1994
- ZA2511 State Election in Saxony 1994
- ZA2512 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 1994
- ZA2513 State Election in Thuringia 1994
- ZA2581 State Election in Bremen 1995
- ZA2582 State Election in Hesse 1995
- ZA2583 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1995
- ZA2649 Election to the House of Representatives in Berlin 1995
- ZA2913 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 1996
- ZA2914 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 1996
- ZA2915 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1996
- ZA2986 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)
- ZA2987 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Election Day Survey)
- ZA3030 State Election in Hamburg 1997
- ZA3031 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998
- ZA3032 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 1998
- ZA3120 State Election in Hesse 1999
- ZA3167 State Election in Bavaria 1998
- ZA3168 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1998
- ZA3169 State Election in Bremen 1999
- ZA3381 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 2001
- ZA3382 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2001
- ZA3435 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 2000
- ZA3436 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 2000
- ZA3862 Berlin City Parliament Election 2001
- ZA3863 State Election in Hamburg 2001
- ZA3864 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2002
- ZA3865 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 2002
- ZA3866 State Election in Hesse 2003
- ZA3867 State Election in Lower Saxony 2003
- ZA3894 Berlin City Parliament Election 1999
- ZA3895 State Election in Brandenburg 1999
- ZA3896 State Election in Saarland 1999
- ZA3897 State Election in Saxony 1999
- ZA3898 State Election in Thuringia 1999
- ZA3953 State Election in Bremen 2003
- ZA3955 State Election in Bavaria 2003
- ZA3990 State Election in Hamburg 2004
- ZA3991 State Election in Thuringia 2004
- ZA3992 State Election in Brandenburg 2004
- ZA3993 State Election in the Saarland 2004
- ZA3994 State Election in Saxony 2004
- ZA4182 Landtagswahlen - Integrierter Datensatz 1964-2004
- ZA4394 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 2005
- ZA4396 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 2005
- ZA4399 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 2006
- ZA4401 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2006
- ZA4403 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 2006
- ZA4405 State Parliament Election in Berlin 2006
- ZA4511 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2006
- ZA4745 State Election in Bremen 2007
- ZA4864 State Election in Lower Saxony 2008
- ZA4866 State Election in Hesse 2008
- ZA4868 Metropolitan Council Election in Hamburg 2008
- ZA4870 State Election in Bavaria 2008
- ZA5372 State Election in Hesse 2009
- ZA5375 State Election in Thuringia 2009
- ZA5377 State Election in Saxony 2009
- ZA5379 State Parliament Election in Saarland 2009
- ZA5381 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 2009
- ZA5383 State Election in Brandenburg 2009
- ZA5622 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 2010
- ZA5623 State Election in Hamburg 2011
- ZA5624 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 2011
- ZA5625 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 2011
- ZA5626 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2011
- ZA5627 State Election in Bremen 2011
- ZA5628 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2011
- ZA5629 State Election in Berlin 2011
- ZA5642 State Election in Saarland 2012
- ZA5643 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 2012
- ZA5644 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 2012
- ZA5934 State Election in Lower Saxony 2013
- ZA5935 State Election in Bavaria 2013
- ZA5936 State Election in Hesse 2013
- ZA6591 State Election in Saxony 2014
- ZA6592 State Election in Brandenburg 2014
- ZA6593 State Election in Thuringia 2014
- ZA6698 State Election in Hamburg 2015
- ZA6699 State Election in Bremen 2015
- ZA6907 State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 2016
- ZA6908 State Election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2016
- ZA6909 State Election in Saxony-Anhalt 2016
- ZA6910 State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2016
- ZA6911 State Election in Berlin 2016
- ZA6948 State Election in Saarland 2017
- ZA6949 State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 2017
- ZA6950 State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 2017
- ZA6952 State Election in Lower Saxony 2017
- ZA7566 State Election in Bavaria 2018
- ZA7567 State Election in Hesse 2018
State Elections in Lower Saxony

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- ZA0703 State Election in Lower Saxony 1970 (Preliminary Investigation)
- ZA1245 State Election in Lower Saxony 1982
- ZA1519 State Election in Lower Saxony 1986
- ZA1934 State Election in Lower Saxony 1990
- ZA2316 State Election in Lower Saxony 1978
- ZA2509 State Election in Lower Saxony 1994
- ZA2986 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)
- ZA2987 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Election Day Survey)
- ZA3031 State Election in Lower Saxony 1998
- ZA3867 State Election in Lower Saxony 2003
- ZA3871 On the Political Situation in Lower Saxony in January 2003
- ZA4182 Landtagswahlen - Integrierter Datensatz 1964-2004
- ZA4863 On the Political Situation in Lower Saxony in January 2008
- ZA4864 State Election in Lower Saxony 2008
- ZA5735 Long-term-Online-Tracking of State Election Lower Saxony 2013 (GLES)
- ZA5934 State Election in Lower Saxony 2013
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- ZA6952 State Election in Lower Saxony 2017

ZA2986: State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)