Participation in politics

Participation in politics

Personal characteristics Periods 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 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.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political
interest and opinions by personal characteristics
1997 - 2003
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.

Description topics

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