Political Action Panel Study, 1973-1981 (ICPSR 9582)

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
M. Kent Jennings; Jan W. van Deth et al

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09582.v1

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Summary

This data collection focuses on conventional and unconventional forms of political participation and presents data for a two-wave panel survey conducted in three nations. Topics covered include respondent's level of satisfaction with material standard of living, interest in politics, perception of privileged and under-privileged groups, opinions on various social and political issues, and ranking of important political goals. Additional variables address the performance of the present government, good and bad aspects of major left and right parties, legitimacy of the present government and the political system in general, approval of protest behavior, participation in conventional and unconventional activities, voting behavior, attitudes toward young people, and political trust. Background information provided for respondents includes age, sex, ethnic origin, education, religion, marital status, number of children, employment status, occupation, union membership, personal and family income, organizational memberships and activities, and father's and mother's education and political preferences.

Citation

Jennings, M. Kent, and van Deth et al, Jan W. Political Action Panel Study, 1973-1981. Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung [distributor], Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09582.v1

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Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), Tilburg University (Netherlands), United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health, United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Volkswagen Stiftung (Germany), National Science Foundation

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Distributor(s)

Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1973 -- 1981

Date of Collection

1973 -- 1981

Data Collection Notes

  1. This collection combines data for common respondents in POLITICAL ACTION: AN EIGHT NATION STUDY, 1973-1976 (ICPSR 7777), and POLITICAL ACTION II, 1979-1981 (ICPSR 9581). Data were made available through the Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung, Universitaet zu Koeln (ZA-No. 1189).

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Sample

National multistage probability samples.

Universe

Persons aged 16 years and older in the Wave I survey period (1973-1976) from three nations: Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1992-01-10

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Jennings, M. Kent, and Jan W. van Deth et al. Political Action Panel Study, 1973-1981. ICPSR09582-v1. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09582.v1
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