CONSTIT: Constituency
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?
Q2A: Did you live elsewhere in the United Kingdom?
Q2AA: Did you live in the Republic of Ireland?
Q2AB: Did you live outside the British Isles?
Q3:
How much interest do you generally have in what is going on in
politics?
Q4: Are you satisfied with the way with the way democracy
works in Northern Ireland?
Q5A: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland
because women lose votes?
Q5B: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland
because women are not given the opportunities by political parties?
Q5C: Are there not more women in politics in Northern Ireland
because men are better politicians than women?
Q6: Did you vote in the referendum?
Q6A: How did you vote in the referendum?
Q6B: How long before the referendum did you decide that would
vote the way you did?
Q6C: Was there any time in the campaign when you considered
voting a different way?
Q7: If you had voted, would you have voted Yes or No?
Q8: Did you read the Agreement itself?
Q8A: Did you read all of it in detail?
Q9: Which of these statements (on support for the agreement)
comes closest to your own view?
Q10A: Does Northern Ireland have the right to become part
of united Ireland if a majority of people vote to do so?
Q10B: Will prisoners not be released if the paramilitary organisations
to which they belong have not decommissioned their weapons?
Q10C: If parties win a significant
number of seats in the Assembly are they guaranteed a place in
the Executive?
Q10D: Can no key decision be made
by the Assembly unless 40% of unionist and nationalist representatives
agree?
Q10E: Are parties with links to paramilitary
organisations that have not decommissioned weapons allowed a place
on the Executive?
Q10F: Could the commission on policing
recommend the creation of a new police force?
Q11: Has the Good Friday Agreement
benefited unionists or nationalists more?
Q12: What do you think the long-term
policy for Northern Ireland should be?
Q13: Do you think it likely that there
will be a united Ireland within the next 20 years?
Q14A: Do you support the guarantee
that NI will remain part of the UK as long as the majority wish
this?
Q14B: Do you support the creation
of North-South bodies?
Q14C: Do you support the setting
up of a Northern Ireland Assembly?
Q14D: Do you support the removal
of the Republic of Ireland's constitutional claim to Northern
Ireland?
Q14E: Do you support the creation
of a commission into the future of the RUC?
Q14F: do you support the decommissioning
of paramilitary weapons?
Q14G: Do you support the early release
of prisoners?
Q14H: Do you support the requirement
that the new Executive is power-sharing?
Q15A: Do you agree that nobody with
links to paramilitaries that still have weapons should be allowed
to be a government minister?
Q15B: Do you agree that the RUC makes
it too difficult for Catholics to join?
Q15C: Do you agree that prisoners
should not be released until the paramilitaries have handed in
their weapons?
Q15D:
Do you agree that the RUC is a police force that everyone in Northern
Ireland should be proud of?
Q16: Did you vote in the Assembly election?
Q16A: Did you vote in this constituency?
Q16B: Did respondent complete interview mock ballot paper?
Q16CA: Did you choose your first preference candidate because
they were in favour of the Good Friday Agreement?
Q16CB: Did you choose your first preference candidate because
they were against the Good Friday Agreement?
Q16CC: Did you choose your first preference candidate because
their views were close to your own?
Q16CD: Did you choose your first preference candidate because
you wanted somebody who would work hard for local people?
Q16D: Did you take any notice of advice from parties on how
to order your preferences?
Q16E: Should the party leaders of
your first preference vote be willing to compromise?
Q17A: Has the Agreement finally broken
the political deadlock in Northern Ireland?
Q17B: Should parties elected to the
Assembly try to make it a success even if opposed to Agreement?
Q17C: Will the Assembly last?
Q17D: Will the Agreement lead to
a lasting peace in Northern Ireland
Q17E: Will the Agreement bring economic
prosperity to Northern Ireland?
Q18A: Are you in favour of the UUP?
Q18B: Are you in favour of the DUP?
Q18C: Are you in favour of the Alliance
party?
Q18D: Are you in favour of Sinn Fein?
Q18E: Are you in favour of the SDLP?
Q18F: Are you in favour of the PUP?
Q18G: Are you in favour of the UK
Unionist Party?
Q18H: Are you in favour of the UDP?
Q18I: Are you in favour of the Women's
Coalition?
Q19A: Would you trust Gerry Adams
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19B: Would you trust John Alderdice
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19C: Would you trust David Ervine
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19D: Would you trust John Hume to
act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19E: Would you trust Robert McCartney
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19F: Would you trust Gary McMichael
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19G: Would you trust Monica McWilliams
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19H: Would you trust Ian Paisley
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19I: Would you trust David Trimble
to act in the best interests of all the people in Northern Ireland?
Q19J: Would you trust none
of these politicians to act in the best interests of all the people
in Northern Ireland?
Q20: What
is the 1st most important thing for the assembly to bring about?
Q20A: What is the 2nd most important
thing for the assembly to bring about?
Q20B: What is the 3rd most important
thing for the assembly to bring about?
Q21: Is divorce wrong?
Q22: Are sexual relations between
the same sex wrong?
Q23: Is abortion wrong?
Q24: Please tick whichever box is
closest to your views on the future of Northern Ireland (constitutional
scale).
Q24A: Please tick whichever box comes
closest to the views of the UUP
Q24B: Please tick whichever box comes
closest to the views of the SDLP
Q24C: Please tick whichever box comes
closest to the views of the DUP
Q24D: Please tick whichever box comes
closest to the views of the Alliance Party
Q24E: Please tick whichever box comes
closest to the views of Sinn Fein
CQ1: How much say should a Westminster
government have in the way NI is run (self-completion)?
CQ2: How much say should an Irish
government have in the way NI is run (self-completion)?
CQ3A: Do ordinary working people
get their fair share of the nation's wealth?
CQ3B: Is there one law for the rich
and one for the poor?
CQ3C: Is there a need for strong
trade unions to protect employees' working conditions and wages?
CQ3D: Is private enterprise the best
way to solve Northern Ireland's economic problems?
CQ3E: Should major public services
and industries be in state ownership?
CQ3F: Is it the government's responsibility
to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
Q25: How fair was the recent assembly
election in NI?
Q26: Do parties in NI care what ordinary
people think?
Q27: Do politicians know what ordinary
people think?
Q28: Does who you vote for make any
difference to what happens?
Q29: Do people in NI usually say what
they think about politics?
Q30: What party did you vote for in
the forum election?
Q31: Do you think of yourself as British/Irish/Ulster/Northern
Irish?
Q32: Do you think of yourself as a
unionist, a nationalist, or neither?
Q33: Was
your father a unionist/nationalist?
Q34: Was your mother a unionist/nationalist?
Q35: Is there a lot of prejudice against
Catholics?
Q36: Is there a lot of prejudice against
Protestants?
Q37: Are relations between Protestants
and Catholics better than they were 5 years ago?
Q38: Will relations between Protestants
and Catholics be better in 5 years time?
Q39: How many of your friends are
the same religion as you?
Q40: How many of your relatives are
the same religion as you?
Q41: How many of your neighbours are
the same religion as you?
Q42: Would you mind if a close relative
were to marry someone of a different religion?
Q43: Would you prefer to live in a
neighbourhood with people of only your own religion?
Q44: Would you prefer a school with
children of only your own religion?
Q45: Are you very religious?
Q46: Do you have sympathy with the
reasons why some Loyalist groups have used violence?
Q47: Do you have sympathy with the
reasons why some Republican groups have used violence?
Q48A: Is the right to march an important
freedom?
Q48B: Should no marches be allowed
through areas of another tradition unless the residents approve?
NIPARTY: Political party support
Q50A:
Were you ever caught up in an explosion?
Q50B: Were you ever caught up in
a hijacking?
Q50C: Were you ever caught up in
a riot?
Q51: Did you have your house searched
because of the troubles?
Q52: Were any of your family or close
relatives killed or injured because of the violence?
Q53: Did you know anyone (not family
or relatives) who was killed or injured in the violence
Q54: Were you a victim of any violent
incidents?
Q55: Were you intimidated because
of the troubles?