This study aims at monitoring the process of change in Dutch political culture from an ideological perspective and in relation to voting behaviour and the further development of concepts regarding this process. It contains two cumulative files, which span four measurements ( 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985: P0998A ) and two measurements ( 1975, 1980: P0998B ) respectively. The variables in the two files are those shared by the files of the separate measurements. There is a considerable overlap in variables between the two files, the larger of which is described below.
For more detailed information on f.i. fieldwork, non-response etc. please refer to the constituent parts, being: 1970: P0079 Progressiveness and Conservatism 1975: P0216 Cultural Change in the Netherlands 1975 1980: P0741 Cultural Change in the Netherlands 1980 1985: P0836 Cultural Change in the Netherlands 1985
Themes: mass media exposure to political and news items / job satisfaction / aspirations / attitude towards present prosperity / expectations about future ( 2000 ad ) / wishes and opinions on existing society / tasks of government / personal life situation / anxieties / worries / neuroticism / satisfaction / opinions on social welfare facilities and the income distribution / attitude towards having a say in matters / rights / freedom and equality as basic values / ideology ( liberalism, conservatism, socialism ) and its meaning / religion and religious attitude and ideology / attitude towards society / anomy / political alienation / image of own party and motives to vote for it / political preferences / opinion on government / sense of political efficacy / perception of political parties as problem solvers / opinion on trade unions / moral libertarianism / traditionalism / conventionality / class consciousness / sense of local political efficacy / democratic ethos / opinions on taxation / attitude to social actions and protest / political information / opinion on environmental pollution / authoritarianism / dogmatism / self-description in ideological terms / actual and desired power structure / antagonistic groups / political participation / attitude towards aid to developing countries / attitude in the field of marriage, family, sexuality / gender roles / ( anti- ) feminist opinions.
Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership.
The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.
