Attitude towards politics in mass-media / political interest / sense of political efficacy / political cynicism / advantages and disadvantages of political parties / position along ideological continua / response to ideological labels like socialist, progressive / perception of party-position labels that fit the parties / closeness of pairs of political parties to each other / opinions about the number of political parties / major national and international problems / major provincial problems / satisfaction evaluation of government measures / attitude to government interference / attitude to social welfare policy / attitude to foreign policy / political partisanship / political information / insight opinions on political system / coalition preferences / political socialization parents / political party and interest / political alienation and cynicism / sense of political efficacy / sympathy for various political parties / social distance / perception of political power structure / political participation and opinion leadership / important characteristics for second chamber members / how should M.P.'s take voting decisions / political actions / their effectiveness / anomy / membership in associations and clubs / detailed religious background data.

Background variables: basic characteristics/ place of birth/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership