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Russian Election Study, 1999-2000

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Title Russian Election Study, 1999-2000
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/47YD9M
 
Creator Colton, Timothy J.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This data collection from a national survey of voting-age citizens provides information on Russians’ voting patterns and their attitudes toward the electoral process, political regimes, public issues, political parties, and individual politicians. A full range of sociodemographic indicators is included. The survey was conducted as a three-wave panel study, without replacements. Data from all three waves are merged in the dataset. Wave 1 of the survey (N=1,919) was fielded in the weeks before the parliamentary (State Duma) election of December 19, 1999; variable names for this wave begin with the letter “m.” Wave 2 (N=1,846) was done in the weeks after the State Duma election; variable names begin with “t.” Wave 3 (N=1,755) was fielded after the presidential election of March 26, 2000 which Vladimir Putin won without facing a runoff; variable names begin with “n.” (2017)
 
Subject Social Sciences
Russian Election Study, 1999-2000
 
Contributor Barbosa, Sonia
 
Relation Access the 1995 dataset




This data collection provides information on the voting patterns of Russian citizens and their attitudes toward the electoral process, political parties, and individual politicians. Three panel surveys were completed through face-to-face interviews before and after the December 1995 parliamentary election and on the heels of the June 1996 presidential election. The surveys covered the following attitudinal and behavioral areas: (1) interest in politics, (2) exposure to campaign materials, (3) partisanship (both "feeling thermometers" and knowledge of party positions), (4) electoral choice, (5) opinion on the transition and its elements (privatization, economic liberalization, social safety net reform, political competition, freedom of speech and thought), (6) foreign policy views, and (7) views on democracy, government, and morality. Demographic information includes sex, age, marital status, family size, size of birth place and of current area of residence, education, nationality, linguistic group, religious affiliation and practice, occupation, detailed employment history, and individual and family income and expenses.