Fifth Dutch parliamentary election study for systematical analysis of changes in political attitudes and behaviour of the Dutch electorate. Political attitude and opinions / political interest and knowledge / sense of political efficacy and civil competence / political distrust and cynicism / party-identification / legitimacy of social protest / government reaction / left and right in politics / beliefs about religion and society / political values and goals / women's liberation / specific satisfaction with government / perception and evaluation of 4 largest political parties / left-right rating of 11 parties in parliament in period 1977-1981 / concerning 1981 elections national problems and importance / political issues and perception of 4 largest political parties on those issues / abortion / nuclear energy / differences in income / nuclear armaments / ranking of political issues and political parties which would handle those issues best unemployment, crime, pollution, housing need, welfare fraud, evasion of welfare premiums / expectation of election outcome / faith in prospective premier / coalition preference / political behaviour / general membership of political parties / social participation / civic political participation / concerning 1981 elections voting behaviour in 1977 / vote intention and voting behaviour in 1981. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membership.The data- and documentation files of this dataset can be downloaded via the option Data Files.