constit: Constituency that respondent
voted in
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?
q3: How much interest do you generally
have in what is going on in politics?
niparty: Political party support (derived
from q4a - q4c)
q5: What do you think that the UK’s
long-term policy should be?
q6a: Should the UK government reduce
taxes?
q6b: Should the standards of services
be the same in every part of the UK?
q6c: Should university tuition fees
be the same everywhere in the UK?
q7a: How satisfied are you with the
way democracy works in Northern Ireland?
q7b: How satisfied are you with the
way democracy works in Great Britain?
q7c: How satisfied are you with the
way democracy works in the Republic of Ireland?
q8a: How do you feel about the guarantee
that N Ireland will remain in the UK as long as a majority wish
it?
q8b: How do you feel about the creation
of North-South bodies?
q8c: How do you feel about the setting
up of a Northern Ireland assembly?
q8d: How do you feel about the removal
of the Republic of Ireland's constitutional claim to Northern
Ireland?
q8e: How do you feel about decommissioning
of paramilitary weapons?
q8f: How do you feel about the requirement
that the Executive is power-sharing?
q9: Did the Good Friday Agreement benefit
unionists more than nationalists?
q10a: Has the Good Friday Agreement
finally broken the political deadlock in Northern Ireland?
q10b: Will the Good Friday Agreement
lead to a lasting peace in Northern Ireland?
q10c: Will the Good Friday Agreement
bring economic prosperity to Northern Ireland?
q11: If the vote on the Good Friday
Agreement was held again today, how would you vote?
q12: How did you vote in 1998 when
the referendum on the Agreement was held?
q13: Opinion on the Good Friday Agreement.
q14a: Does everything that has happened
since the Good Friday Agreement was signed make it more likely
that Northern Ireland will eventually join the Irish Republic
q14b: Does everything that has happened
since the Good Friday Agreement was signed make it more likely
that Northern Ireland will stay part of the UK?
q14c: Does power-sharing mean that
nationalists are now more content that N Ireland should remain
part of the UK?
q14d: Does power-sharing mean that
one day a majority of unionists will agree to N Ireland joining
the Irish Republic?
q15a: How much you agree or disagree
that the disbandment of the IRA is needed to move the political
situation forward in N Ireland?
q15b: How much you agree or disagree
as long as the guns stay silent, it doesn’t matter whether they
are decommissioned or not?
q15c: How much you agree or disagree
that policing in Northern Ireland would benefit if Sinn Fein was
to participate in the policing boards?
q15d: How much you agree or disagree
that having more Catholic police officers hasn’t made any difference
to the way the police service is run?
q16: Has the reform of the police
in Northern Ireland has gone too far?
q17: Has decommissioning of weapons
by Republican paramilitaries has gone too far?
q18: Has decommissioning of weapons
by Loyalist paramilitaries has gone too far?
q19: Do you have any sympathy with
the reasons for Loyalist violence?
q20: Do you have any sympathy with
the reasons for Republican violence?
q21: What do you think the long-term
policy for Northern Ireland should be?
q22: At any time in the next 20 years,
is it likely that there will be a united Ireland?
q23: Have the suspensions of the Assembly
and Executive been justified?
q24a: Should the British Government
be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24b: Should the Irish Government
be blamed for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24c: Should the UUP be blamed for
the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24d: Should the DUP be blamed for
the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24e: Should the SDLP be blamed for
the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24f: Should Sinn Fein be blamed
for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24g: Should the IRA be blamed for
the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q24h: Should others be blamed for
the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive?
q25: Which group should be blamed
the most for the suspensions of the Assembly and Executive.
q26: How important is it that both
nationalists and unionists should have control of some ministries
q27: Are you on the electoral register?
q28:
Did you decide deliberately not to go on the register?
q30: Did you vote in the Assembly
election?
q31: Did you decide deliberately not
to vote?
q34: Did you vote here in this constituency
or in another one?
q35: Did the respondent complete the
mock ballot paper?
q37: Was the party of the candidate
more important in deciding how you cast your first preference
vote?
q38a: Did you choose your first choice
candidate because they were in favour of the Good Friday Agreement?
q38b: Did you choose your first choice
candidate because they were against the Good Friday Agreement?
q38c: Did you choose your first choice
candidate because their general views were close to your own?
q38d: Did you choose your first choice
candidate because they would work hard for local people?
q39: How long ago did you decide that
you would definitely vote the way you did?
q40: How much attention did you pay
to reports about the election campaign in the newspapers?
q41: Did you follow the election campaign
news on television?
q42: And did you follow the election
campaign news on the radio?
q43: Did you discuss the election
with family, friends or acquaintances?
q44: Did you see information about
political parties and candidates on the internet?
q45a: Did the political party to
which you gave your first preference vote in the election ask
people in this area to vote for their candidates in a particular
order?
q45b: Did you vote for the candidates
in that order?
q46: Was there any time during the
election campaign when you considered voting in a different way?
q47: Should the leaders of the party
to which you gave your first preference vote stick to their principles,
or should they be willing to compromise?
q48a: Who would you like to see as
First Minister?
q48b: Who would you like to see as Deputy
First Minister?
q49a: How do you feel about the UUP?
q49b: How do you feel about the DUP?
q49c: How do you feel about the Alliance
Party?
q49d: How do you feel about Sinn
Fein?
q49e: How do you feel about the SDLP?
q49f: How do you feel about the PUP?
q49g: How do you feel about the Women's
Coalition?
q50: Which
party has been the most effective voice for unionists in N Ireland?
q51: Wwhich party has been the most
effective voice for nationalists in N Ireland?
q52a: In the course of the peace
process, did Sinn Fein change as a party and become more willing
to compromise with unionists?
q52b: In the course of the last Assembly,
did the DUP change as a party and became more willing to compromise
with nationalists?
q53a: Would you trust Gerry Adams
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53b: Would you trust Mark Durkan
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53c: Would you trust David Ervine
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53d: Would you trust David Ford
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53e: Would you trust Robert McCartney
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
a53f: Would you trust Monica McWilliams
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53g: Would you Ian Paisley trust
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53h: Would you trust David Trimble
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53i: Would you trust Cedric Wilson
to act in the best interests of all the people in N Ireland?
q53j: Would you trust none of these
politicians to act in the best interests of all the people in
N Ireland?
q54a: What is the 1st most important
for a new assembly to bring about?
q54b: What is the 2nd most important
for a new assembly to bring about?
q54c: What is the 3rd most important
for a new assembly to bring about?
q55: Was the recent assembly election
conducted fairly?
q56: Do political parties in N Ireland
care what ordinary people think?
q57: Do the politicians that we elect
know what ordinary people think?
q58: Would you say that no matter
who people vote for it it won't make any difference to what happens?
q59: Do most people in Northern Ireland
usually say what they think about politics?
q60: In the 1998 Assembly election,
which party did you give your first preference vote to?
q61: If there had been a general election
on 26th November, which party do you think you would have voted
for?
q63: Which of these best describes
the way you usually think of yourself?
q64: Do you think of yourself as a
unionist, a nationalist, or neither?
q66: Is there a lot of prejudice against
Catholics in N Ireland?
q67: Is there a lot of prejudice against
Protestants in N Ireland?
q68: Are relations between Protestants
and Catholics better than 5 years ago?
q69: Will relations between Protestants
and Catholics be better in 5 years time?
q70: Would you yourself mind if one
of your close relatives were to marry someone of a different religion?
q71: How many of your relatives are
the same religion as you?
q72: Would you prefer to send your
children to a school with children of only your own religion?
Background section
b27: Did you ever attend a mixed or integrated school in N
Ireland?
