Participation in politics

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Participation in politics
Personal characteristics Periods Favourite political party Christian Democratic Appeal (%) Voting behaviour Christian Democratic Appeal (% of the voters)
Total personal characteristics 2004 . .
Men 2004 . .
Women 2004 . .
12-17 yrs 2004 . .
18-24 yrs 2004 . .
25-34 yrs 2004 . .
35-44 yrs 2004 . .
45-54 yrs 2004 . .
55-64 yrs 2004 . .
65-74 yrs 2004 . .
75 yrs and older 2004 . .
0-14 yrs 2004 . .
15-24 yrs 2004 . .
25-44 yrs 2004 . .
45-64 yrs 2004 . .
65 yrs and older 2004 . .
0-14 yrs 2004 . .
15-19 yrs 2004 . .
20-24 yrs 2004 . .
25-34 yrs 2004 . .
35-44 yrs 2004 . .
45-54 yrs 2004 . .
55-64 yrs 2004 . .
65-74 yrs 2004 . .
75-84 yrs 2004 . .
85 yrs and older 2004 . .
Unknown 2004 . .
Level of education: primary education 2004 . .
Level of education: pre-vocational ed. 2004 . .
Level of education: junior gen. sec. ed. 2004 . .
Level of education: senior gen. sec. ed. 2004 . .
Level of ed.: voc. colleges,universities 2004 . .
Higher management 2004 . .
Other white-collar workers 2004 . .
Self-employed 2004 . .
Skilled manual labour 2004 . .
Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour 2004 . .
Unemployed labour force 2004 . .
Attending school, training 2004 . .
Disabled 2004 . .
Early retirement, pension (58-64 yrs) 2004 . .
Cares for household with minor(s) 2004 . .
Other socio-economic group 2004 . .
One-person household 2004 . .
Member of a single-parent family 2004 . .
Member of a couple without children 2004 . .
Member of a couple with children 2004 . .
Very high urbanisation rate 2004 . .
High urbanisation rate 2004 . .
Moderately high urbanisation rate 2004 . .
Low urbanisation rate 2004 . .
Very low urbanisation rate 2004 . .
Source: cbs.
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Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political
interest and opinions by personal characteristics
1997 - 2003
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.

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Favourite political party
What political party would you vote for if Lower House elections were to
be held at the time of the interview?
The data refer to persons of Dutch nationality in the age category 18
years and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): basis.
Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal.
Voting behaviour
People who participated in the POLS survey between 6 and 31 May 1998 were
asked to reveal the political party of their choice in the Dutch Lower
House elections.
Other political parties, for instance: Central Democrats,
General Union for Elderly People, Union 55+, etc.
The data refer to persons of Dutch nationality in the age category 18
years and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): basis.
Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal.