Respondents of the cross-sectional, nationally representative 2000 SOCON survey were reapproached in 2007. Data contain variables on demographics, education and occupation, upbringing, attitudes (e.g. towards homosexuality, euthanasia and ethnic minorities) voting, and recall questions. Primary goal of the panel was to test to what extent respondents are able to recall previous attitudes. Secondary, to create a longitudinal dataset that would allow to study changes in attitudes and selected behaviours over time. Two questionnaires were used, with identical questions but differences in ordering of questions.
Documentation of a national survey on social cohesion and modernization in the Netherlands.These surveys builds on earlier waves of the Religion in Dutch society survey, which have been conducted in the winters of 1979/1980, 1985/1986, 1990/1991, 1995/1996, 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2011/2012, and the Social and Cultural Developments in the Netherlands survey 2017, 2018 and 2019.They are part of a long-standing research program, aimed at longitudinal research with a strong (a) substantial multi-disciplinary focus on religiosity, values, in-group solidarity and out-group derogation as well as a strong (b) methodological focus on high quality data, valid measurements and innovative data-collection designs.