Participation in politics

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Personal characteristics Interest in political subjects Very much interested (%) Interest in political subjects Rather interested (%) Interest in political subjects Not much interested (%) Interest in political subjects Not interested at all (%) Political debats Active debater (%) Political debats Listens (%) Political debats Does not listen (%)
Total personal characteristics . . . . . . .
Men . . . . . . .
Women . . . . . . .
12-17 yrs . . . . . . .
18-24 yrs . . . . . . .
25-34 yrs . . . . . . .
35-44 yrs . . . . . . .
45-54 yrs . . . . . . .
55-64 yrs . . . . . . .
65-74 yrs . . . . . . .
75 yrs and older . . . . . . .
0-14 yrs . . . . . . .
15-24 yrs . . . . . . .
25-44 yrs . . . . . . .
45-64 yrs . . . . . . .
65 yrs and older . . . . . . .
0-14 yrs . . . . . . .
15-19 yrs . . . . . . .
20-24 yrs . . . . . . .
25-34 yrs . . . . . . .
35-44 yrs . . . . . . .
45-54 yrs . . . . . . .
55-64 yrs . . . . . . .
65-74 yrs . . . . . . .
75-84 yrs . . . . . . .
85 yrs and older . . . . . . .
Unknown . . . . . . .
Level of education: primary education . . . . . . .
Level of education: pre-vocational ed. . . . . . . .
Level of education: junior gen. sec. ed. . . . . . . .
Level of education: senior gen. sec. ed. . . . . . . .
Level of ed.: voc. colleges,universities . . . . . . .
Higher management . . . . . . .
Other white-collar workers . . . . . . .
Self-employed . . . . . . .
Skilled manual labour . . . . . . .
Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour . . . . . . .
Unemployed labour force . . . . . . .
Attending school, training . . . . . . .
Disabled . . . . . . .
Early retirement, pension (58-64 yrs) . . . . . . .
Cares for household with minor(s) . . . . . . .
Other socio-economic group . . . . . . .
One-person household . . . . . . .
Member of a single-parent family . . . . . . .
Member of a couple without children . . . . . . .
Member of a couple with children . . . . . . .
Very high urbanisation rate . . . . . . .
High urbanisation rate . . . . . . .
Moderately high urbanisation rate . . . . . . .
Low urbanisation rate . . . . . . .
Very low urbanisation rate . . . . . . .
Source: cbs.
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Table explanation

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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Interest in political subjects
The data refer to persons in the age category 15 and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): basis.
Very much interested
Rather interested
Not much interested
Not interested at all
Political debats
The data refer to persons in the age category 15 and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): basis.
Active debater
Listens
Does not listen