SOL Homepage | Survey Description

  Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Study - 2003

Variable Listing for Module: Main

Click on variable you are interested in from the listing below to view the tables for that variable. Use the links at the top and bottom of each page to navigate through the surveys.

 

constit: Constituency that respondent voted in

q1: How long have you lived in the town where you live now?

q2: Have you ever lived outside of Northern Ireland for more than six months?

q3: How much interest do you generally have in what is going on in politics?

niparty: Political party support (derived from q4a - q4c)

q5: What do you think that the UK’s long-term policy should be?

q6a: Should the UK government reduce taxes?

q6b: Should the standards of services be the same in every part of the UK?

q6c: Should university tuition fees be the same everywhere in the UK?

q7a: How satisfied are you with the way democracy works in Northern Ireland?

q7b: How satisfied are you with the way democracy works in Great Britain?

q7c: How satisfied are you with the way democracy works in the Republic of Ireland?

q8a: How do you feel about the guarantee that N Ireland will remain in the UK as long as a majority wish it?

q8b: How do you feel about the creation of North-South bodies?

q8c: How do you feel about the setting up of a Northern Ireland assembly?

q8d: How do you feel about the removal of the Republic of Ireland's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland?

q8e: How do you feel about decommissioning of paramilitary weapons?

q8f: How do you feel about the requirement that the Executive is power-sharing?

q9: Did the Good Friday Agreement benefit unionists more than nationalists?

q10a: Has the Good Friday Agreement finally broken the political deadlock in Northern Ireland?

q10b: Will the Good Friday Agreement lead to a lasting peace in Northern Ireland?

q10c: Will the Good Friday Agreement bring economic prosperity to Northern Ireland?

q11: If the vote on the Good Friday Agreement was held again today, how would you vote?

q12: How did you vote in 1998 when the referendum on the Agreement was held?

q13: Opinion on the Good Friday Agreement.

q14a: Does everything that has happened since the Good Friday Agreement was signed make it more likely that Northern Ireland will eventually join the Irish Republic

q14b: Does everything that has happened since the Good Friday Agreement was signed make it more likely that Northern Ireland will stay part of the UK?

q14c: Does power-sharing mean that nationalists are now more content that N Ireland should remain part of the UK?

q14d: Does power-sharing mean that one day a majority of unionists will agree to N Ireland joining the Irish Republic?

q15a: How much you agree or disagree that the disbandment of the IRA is needed to move the political situation forward in N Ireland?

q15b: How much you agree or disagree as long as the guns stay silent, it doesn’t matter whether they are decommissioned or not?

q15c: How much you agree or disagree that policing in Northern Ireland would benefit if Sinn Fein was to participate in the policing boards?

q15d: How much you agree or disagree that having more Catholic police officers hasn’t made any difference to the way the police service is run?

q16: Has the reform of the police in Northern Ireland has gone too far?

q17: Has decommissioning of weapons by Republican paramilitaries has gone too far?

q18: Has decommissioning of weapons by Loyalist paramilitaries has gone too far?

q19: Do you have any sympathy with the reasons for Loyalist violence?

q20: Do you have any sympathy with the reasons for Republican violence?

q21: What do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be?

q22: At any time in the next 20 years, is it likely that there will be a united Ireland?

q23: Have the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive been justified?

q24a: Should the British Government be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24b: Should the Irish Government be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24c: Should the UUP be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24d: Should the DUP be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24e: Should the SDLP be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24f: Should Sinn Fein be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24g: Should the IRA be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q24h: Should others be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?

q25: Which group should be blamed the most for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive.

q26: How important is it that both nationalists and unionists should have control of some ministries

q27: Are you on the electoral register?

q28: Did you decide deliberately not to go on the register?

q30: Did you vote in the Assembly election?

q31: Did you decide deliberately not to vote?

q34: Did you vote here in this constituency or in another one?

q35: Did the respondent complete the mock ballot paper?

q37: Was the party of the candidate more important in deciding how you cast your first preference vote?

q38a: Did you choose your first choice candidate because they were in favour of the Good Friday Agreement?

q38b: Did you choose your first choice candidate because they were against the Good Friday Agreement?

q38c: Did you choose your first choice candidate because their general views were close to your own?

q38d: Did you choose your first choice candidate because they would work hard for local people?

q39: How long ago did you decide that you would definitely vote the way you did?

q40: How much attention did you pay to reports about the election campaign in the newspapers?

q41: Did you follow the election campaign news on television?

q42: And did you follow the election campaign news on the radio?

q43: Did you discuss the election with family, friends or acquaintances?

q44: Did you see information about political parties and candidates on the internet?

q45a: Did the political party to which you gave your first preference vote in the election ask people in this area to vote for their candidates in a particular order?

q45b: Did you vote for the candidates in that order?

q46: Was there any time during the election campaign when you considered voting in a different way?

q47: Should the leaders of the party to which you gave your first preference vote stick to their principles, or should they be willing to compromise?

q48a: Who would you like to see as First Minister?

q48b: Who would you like to see as Deputy First Minister?

q49a: How do you feel about the UUP?

q49b: How do you feel about the DUP?

q49c: How do you feel about the Alliance Party?

q49d: How do you feel about Sinn Fein?

q49e: How do you feel about the SDLP?

q49f: How do you feel about the PUP?

q49g: How do you feel about the Women's Coalition?

q50: Which party has been the most effective voice for unionists in N Ireland?

q51: Wwhich party has been the most effective voice for nationalists in N Ireland?

q52a: In the course of the peace process, did Sinn Fein change as a party and become more willing to compromise with unionists?

q52b: In the course of the last Assembly, did the DUP change as a party and became more willing to compromise with nationalists?

q53a: Would you trust Gerry Adams to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53b: Would you trust Mark Durkan to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53c: Would you trust David Ervine to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53d: Would you trust David Ford to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53e: Would you trust Robert McCartney to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

a53f: Would you trust Monica McWilliams to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53g: Would you Ian Paisley trust to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53h: Would you trust David Trimble to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53i: Would you trust Cedric Wilson to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q53j: Would you trust none of these politicians to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?

q54a: What is the 1st most important for a new assembly to bring about?

q54b: What is the 2nd most important for a new assembly to bring about?

q54c: What is the 3rd most important for a new assembly to bring about?

q55: Was the recent assembly election conducted fairly?

q56: Do political parties in N Ireland care what ordinary people think?

q57: Do the politicians that we elect know what ordinary people think?

q58: Would you say that no matter who people vote for it it won't make any difference to what happens?

q59: Do most people in Northern Ireland usually say what they think about politics?

q60: In the 1998 Assembly election, which party did you give your first preference vote to?

q61: If there had been a general election on 26th November, which party do you think you would have voted for?

q63: Which of these best describes the way you usually think of yourself?

q64: Do you think of yourself as a unionist, a nationalist, or neither?

q66: Is there a lot of prejudice against Catholics in N Ireland?

q67: Is there a lot of prejudice against Protestants in N Ireland?

q68: Are relations between Protestants and Catholics better than 5 years ago?

q69: Will relations between Protestants and Catholics be better in 5 years time?

q70: Would you yourself mind if one of your close relatives were to marry someone of a different religion?

q71: How many of your relatives are the same religion as you?

q72: Would you prefer to send your children to a school with children of only your own religion?

Background section

b27: Did you ever attend a mixed or integrated school in N Ireland?

b28: Was this a formally integrated school?

b29: Has any child in your care ever attended a mixed or integrated school in N Ireland?

Self completion questionnaire

scq1: Please tick whichever box is closest to your views on the future of Northern Ireland (constitutional scale).

scq2: How much say do you think a Westminster government of any party should have in the way N Ireland is run?

scq3: How much say do you think an Irish government of any party should have in the way N Ireland is run?

scq4a: Do ordinary people get their fair share of the nation’s wealth?

scq4b: Is there one law for the rich and one for the poor?

scq4c: Is there no need for strong trade unions to protect employees’ working conditions and wages?

scq4d: Is private enterprise the best way to solve N Ireland’s economic problems?

scq4e: Ought major public services and industries be in state ownership?

scq4f: Is it the government’s responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?

scq5a: Do people like you have any say in what the government does?

scq5b: Do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you cannot really understand what is going on?

scq5c: Do things go on much the same whatever party is in power?

scq5d: Is voting the only way people like you can have any say about how the government runs things?



SOL Homepage | Survey Description


Disclaimer:© SOL 2005 Last Updated on Monday, 26-Nov-2007 9:24