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  Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study - 1998

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CONSTIT: Constituency

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?

Q2A: Did you live elsewhere in the United Kingdom?

Q2AA: Did you live in the Republic of Ireland?

Q2AB: Did you live outside the British Isles?

Q3: How much interest do you generally have in what is going on in politics?

Q4: Are you satisfied with the way with the way democracy works in Northern Ireland?

Q5A: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland because women lose votes?

Q5B: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland because women are not given the opportunities by political parties?

Q5C: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland because men are better politicians than women?

Q6: Did you vote in the referendum?

Q6A: How did you vote in the referendum?

Q6B: How long before the referendum did you decide that would vote the way you did?

Q6C: Was there any time in the campaign when you considered voting a different way?

Q7: If you had voted, would you have voted Yes or No?

Q8: Did you read the Agreement itself?

Q8A: Did you read all of it in detail?

Q9: Which of these statements (on support for the agreement) comes closest to your own view?

Q10A: Does Northern Ireland have the right to become part of united Ireland if a majority of people vote to do so?

Q10B: Will prisoners not be released if the paramilitary organisations to which they belong have not decommissioned their weapons?

Q10C: If parties win a significant number of seats in the Assembly are they guaranteed a place in the Executive?

Q10D: Can no key decision be made by the Assembly unless 40% of unionist and nationalist representatives agree?

Q10E: Are parties with links to paramilitary organisations that have not decommissioned weapons allowed a place on the Executive?

Q10F: Could the commission on policing recommend the creation of a new police force?

Q11: Has the Good Friday Agreement benefited unionists or nationalists more?

Q12: What do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be?

Q13: Do you think it likely that there will be a united Ireland within the next 20 years?

Q14A: Do you support the guarantee that NI will remain part of the UK as long as the majority wish this?

Q14B: Do you support the creation of North-South bodies?

Q14C: Do you support the setting up of a Northern Ireland Assembly?

Q14D: Do you support the removal of the Republic of Ireland's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland?

Q14E: Do you support the creation of a commission into the future of the RUC?

Q14F: do you support the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons?

Q14G: Do you support the early release of prisoners?

Q14H: Do you support the requirement that the new Executive is power-sharing?

Q15A: Do you agree that nobody with links to paramilitaries that still have weapons should be allowed to be a government minister?

Q15B: Do you agree that the RUC makes it too difficult for Catholics to join?

Q15C: Do you agree that prisoners should not be released until the paramilitaries have handed in their weapons?

Q15D: Do you agree that the RUC is a police force that everyone in Northern Ireland should be proud of?

Q16: Did you vote in the Assembly election?

Q16A: Did you vote in this constituency?

Q16B: Did respondent complete interview mock ballot paper?

Q16CA: Did you choose your first preference candidate because they were in favour of the Good Friday Agreement?

Q16CB: Did you choose your first preference candidate because they were against the Good Friday Agreement?

Q16CC: Did you choose your first preference candidate because their views were close to your own?

Q16CD: Did you choose your first preference candidate because you wanted somebody who would work hard for local people?

Q16D: Did you take any notice of advice from parties on how to order your preferences?

Q16E: Should the party leaders of your first preference vote be willing to compromise?

Q17A: Has the Agreement finally broken the political deadlock in Northern Ireland?

Q17B: Should parties elected to the Assembly try to make it a success even if opposed to Agreement?

Q17C: Will the Assembly last?

Q17D: Will the Agreement lead to a lasting peace in Northern Ireland

Q17E: Will the Agreement bring economic prosperity to Northern Ireland?

Q18A: Are you in favour of the UUP?

Q18B: Are you in favour of the DUP?

Q18C: Are you in favour of the Alliance party?

Q18D: Are you in favour of Sinn Fein?

Q18E: Are you in favour of the SDLP?

Q18F: Are you in favour of the PUP?

Q18G: Are you in favour of the UK Unionist Party?

Q18H: Are you in favour of the UDP?

Q18I: Are you in favour of the Women's Coalition?

Q19A: Would you trust Gerry Adams to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19B: Would you trust John Alderdice to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19C: Would you trust David Ervine to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19D: Would you trust John Hume to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19E: Would you trust Robert McCartney to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19F: Would you trust Gary McMichael to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19G: Would you trust Monica McWilliams to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19H: Would you trust Ian Paisley to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19I: Would you trust David Trimble to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q19J: Would you trust none of these politicians to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?

Q20: What is the 1st most important thing for the assembly to bring about?

Q20A: What is the 2nd most important thing for the assembly to bring about?

Q20B: What is the 3rd most important thing for the assembly to bring about?

Q21: Is divorce wrong?

Q22: Are sexual relations between the same sex wrong?

Q23: Is abortion wrong?

Q24: Please tick whichever box is closest to your views on the future of Northern Ireland (constitutional scale).

Q24A: Please tick whichever box comes closest to the views of the UUP

Q24B: Please tick whichever box comes closest to the views of the SDLP

Q24C: Please tick whichever box comes closest to the views of the DUP

Q24D: Please tick whichever box comes closest to the views of the Alliance Party

Q24E: Please tick whichever box comes closest to the views of Sinn Fein

CQ1: How much say should a Westminster government have in the way NI is run (self-completion)?

CQ2: How much say should an Irish government have in the way NI is run (self-completion)?

CQ3A: Do ordinary working people get their fair share of the nation's wealth?

CQ3B: Is there one law for the rich and one for the poor?

CQ3C: Is there a need for strong trade unions to protect employees' working conditions and wages?

CQ3D: Is private enterprise the best way to solve Northern Ireland's economic problems?

CQ3E: Should major public services and industries be in state ownership?

CQ3F: Is it the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?

Q25: How fair was the recent assembly election in NI?

Q26: Do parties in NI care what ordinary people think?

Q27: Do politicians know what ordinary people think?

Q28: Does who you vote for make any difference to what happens?

Q29: Do people in NI usually say what they think about politics?

Q30: What party did you vote for in the forum election?

Q31: Do you think of yourself as British/Irish/Ulster/Northern Irish?

Q32: Do you think of yourself as a unionist, a nationalist, or neither?

Q33: Was your father a unionist/nationalist?

Q34: Was your mother a unionist/nationalist?

Q35: Is there a lot of prejudice against Catholics?

Q36: Is there a lot of prejudice against Protestants?

Q37: Are relations between Protestants and Catholics better than they were 5 years ago?

Q38: Will relations between Protestants and Catholics be better in 5 years time?

Q39: How many of your friends are the same religion as you?

Q40: How many of your relatives are the same religion as you?

Q41: How many of your neighbours are the same religion as you?

Q42: Would you mind if a close relative were to marry someone of a different religion?

Q43: Would you prefer to live in a neighbourhood with people of only your own religion?

Q44: Would you prefer a school with children of only your own religion?

Q45: Are you very religious?

Q46: Do you have sympathy with the reasons why some Loyalist groups have used violence?

Q47: Do you have sympathy with the reasons why some Republican groups have used violence?

Q48A: Is the right to march an important freedom?

Q48B: Should no marches be allowed through areas of another tradition unless the residents approve?

NIPARTY: Political party support

Q50A: Were you ever caught up in an explosion?

Q50B: Were you ever caught up in a hijacking?

Q50C: Were you ever caught up in a riot?

Q51: Did you have your house searched because of the troubles?

Q52: Were any of your family or close relatives killed or injured because of the violence?

Q53: Did you know anyone (not family or relatives) who was killed or injured in the violence

Q54: Were you a victim of any violent incidents?

Q55: Were you intimidated because of the troubles?



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