Israeli Election Study, 2001 (ICPSR 3514) Principal Investigators Asher Arian Haifa University Michal Shamir Tel-Aviv University First ICPSR Version February 2003 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 - BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: Arian, Asher, and Michal Shamir. ISRAELI ELECTION STUDY, 2001 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Haifa, Israel: Asher Arian/Tel-Aviv, Israel: Michal Shamir [producers], 2001. Mount Scopus, Jerusalem: Hebrew University, Israel Social Science Data Center (ISDC)/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2002. 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For this 2001 study, respondents gave their opinions on the general situation in Israel, current national issues, the main problem the Israeli government had to deal with, and the personal security situation as compared to the pre-peace process period. Respondents also indicated their level of support for the Israeli concessions proposed in United States President Bill Clinton's Israeli- Palestinian peace agreement. Views were also elicited on the Palestinian peace agreement to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, government encouragement of Arab emigration, the return of areas of the Golan Heights to Syria for peace, evaluation of Arab aspirations, and reasons for supporting or not supporting the peace agreement. Respondents answered a set of questions regarding their extent of support for the Labour Party, Ariel Sharon, the Likud Party, Orthodox Jews, Yasir Arafat, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Arieh Deri, and Arabs. They also gave their views on issues such as Jerusalem, terrorism, the economy, economic issues, foreign security issues, and the agreement with the Palestinians, and how these issues could affect voting for prime minister. Those queried answered a series of questions regarding how frequently they read daily newspapers and watched TV news, whether they followed election polls, how much faith they had in election polls, and the influence of election ads on their voting decisions. The survey also elicited respondents' accounts of their vote in the 1999 elections for prime minister and the Knesset. Background information includes respondents' political party, religion, self- definition of identity, birthplace, education, monthly family expenditure, gender, and age. UNIVERSE: Eligible voters in Israel in 2001. SAMPLING: Stratified random sample. NOTE: (1) The fieldwork was carried out by the Almidan/Mahshov Research Institute. (2) This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity. EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS data definition statements EXTENT OF PROCESSING: REFORM.DATA DATA FORMAT: Logical Record Length with SAS data definition statements and SPSS portable file File Structure: rectangular Cases: 1,417 Variables: 130 Record Length: 165 Records Per Case: 1 RELATED PUBLICATIONS: Arian, Asher, and Michal Shamir (eds.). THE ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL, 2001, forthcoming. Arian, Asher, and Michal Shamir. "Context and Comparison in Election Research: The Israel National Election Study." In Elihu Katz and Yael Warshel (eds.), ELECTION STUDIES: WHAT'S THEIR USE? Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001, pp. 127-148 HUJI - S O C I A L S C I E N C E S D A T A A R C H I V E -------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10-Dec-2001 REPORT NAME: SDA RP964501 Variable list 964501: ELECTION STUDY 2001 Ser Variable name Pos. Lg Form. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -0001 1 5 I5 Respondent ID Number -0002 6 1 I1 General situation of Israel today 1 Bad 2 Not good 3 So so 4 Good 5 Very good -0003 7 1 I1 Govern.treatment of current national issues 1 Not good at all 2 Not so good 3 Good 4 Very good -0004 8 2 I2 The main problem government has to deal with. 1 Security and terrorist organizations 2 Economics 3 Peace process 4 Gaza and territories/ Palestinians 5 Histadrut orgnization 6 Golan Heights 7 Housing 8 Internal tensions 9 Socio-economic affairs 10 Government consistency 11 Settlements 12 Bad government policy 13 Traffic accidents 14 Army and veterans 15 Immigration 16 Education 17 Iranian threat 18 Internal security 19 Foreign policy 20 Security and peace 21 Social economic issues 22 Jerusalem 23 Israeli Arabs 24 Coalition and concessions to Orthodoxy 25 Those Missing in action 26 Health policy 27 Zionism 28 Foreign policy 29 Security and economy 30 Religious-secular conflict 31 Corruption 32 Jewish-Arab conflict 33 Tolerance 34 Mass media 35 Leaving Lebanon 36 Society and security 37 Security 38 Religion and orthodoxy 39 Foreign workers 40 Violence 41 Security and education 42 Iraqi threat 98 Other 99 No answer -0005 10 1 I1 Personal security situation today compared to pre-Peace Process period. 1 Much worse 2 Worse 3 No change 4 Better 5 Much better -0006 11 -15 EXTENT OF SUPPORT FOR FOLLOWING ISRAELI CONCESSIONS IN CLINTON'S ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AGREEMENT -------------------------------------- -0007 11 1 I1 A Palestinian State with 95% of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Israel will keep settlement blocks. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0008 12 1 I1 Israel will give the Palestinians Jerusalem's Arab neighbourhoods. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0009 13 1 I1 Temple Mount will be given to the Palestinians, The Western Wall will stay in Israeli hands. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0010 14 1 I1 A limited number of Palestinian refugees will be allowed to return to Israel. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0011 15 1 I1 Israel will give up control in the Jordan Valley over a few years. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0012 16 1 I1 Support for Peace agreeement with above conditions. 1 Strongly oppose 2 Oppose 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0013 17 1 I1 Will a Palestinian Peace agreement end the Arab-Israeli conflict? 1 Definitely won't end 2 Won't end 3 Will end 4 Will definitely end -0014 18 2 I2 Estimate Israeli public support for this agreement (percentage) -0015 20 1 I1 Forecast future public opinion towards agreement. 1 Support will grow 2 Opposition will grow -0016 21 1 I1 Agreement with government encouragement of Arab emmigration. (Question asked from 17.1.01 to Jews only) 1 Definitely disagree 2 Disagree 3 Agree 4 Definitely Agree -0017 22 1 I1 Support for the returning of areas of the Golan Heights to Syria for peace. (Question asked until 17.1.01) 1 Give none back 2 Give a small part back 3 Give a considerable part back 4 Give it all back -0018 23 1 I1 Evaluation of arab aspirations 1 Regain part of occupied territories 2 Regain all occupied territories 3 Occupy Israel 4 Occupy Israel, destroy most of the Jewish population -0019 24 1 I1 Are you worried about being injured by Arabs? 1 Not at all worried 2 Not worried 3 Worried 4 Very worried -0020 25 -29 HOW CONVINCING ARE THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE PEACE AGREEMENT: -------------------------------------- -0021 25 1 I1 If there's no agreement there will be war 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0022 27 1 I1 Peace will strengthen Israel's international position. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0022 26 1 I1 An agreement will bring more security than territories. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0023 28 1 I1 Peace will strengthen Israel economically 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0024 29 1 I1 Peace will end the conflict with the Palestinians and the Arab world. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0025 30 2 I2 Which of the above reasons is the most convincing? 25 No agreement means war 26 Agreement means more security than land 27 Strengthen international position 28 Strengthen economic position 29 End conflict -0026 32 -36 HOW CONVINCING ARE THE FOLLOWING AS REASONS FOR NOT SUPPORTING THE PEACE AGREEMENT: -------------------------------------- -0027 32 1 I1 The territories are important for security and must not be given up. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0028 33 1 I1 The Arabs don't keep agreements. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0029 34 1 I1 The settlers must not be removed from their homes since the government sent them there. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0030 35 1 I1 A better agreement can be reached. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0031 36 1 I1 Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are Jewish Holy sites and shouldn't be given up. 1 Not at all convincing 2 Not so convincing 3 Quite convincing 4 Very convincing -0032 37 2 I2 Which of the above reasons is the most convincing? 32 Don't give up territories 33 Arabs can't be trusted 34 Don't remove settlers 35 Reach a better agreement 36 Don't give up Jerusalem and Temple Mount -0033 39 1 I1 Level of satisfaction with Israeli democracy. 1 Very unsatisfied 2 Unsatisfied 3 Satisfied 4 Very satisfied -0034 40 -43 RANKING 4 SIGNIFICANT VALUES (Question asked until 17.1.01 to Jews only) -------------------------------------- -0035 40 1 I1 Most important value 1 Jewish majority 2 Greater Israel 3 Democracy 4 Peace -0036 41 1 I1 Second most important value 1 Jewish majority 2 Greater Israel 3 Democracy 4 Peace -0037 42 1 I1 Third most important value 1 Jewish majority 2 Greater Israel 3 Democracy 4 Peace -0038 43 1 I1 Fourth most important value 1 Jewish majority 2 Greater Israel 3 Democracy 4 Peace -0039 44 1 I1 The value to be followed in the event of halachic-democratic contradiction. (Question asked until 17.1 to Jews only) 1 Democracy 2 Sometimes one, sometimes the other. 2 Halacha -0040 45 -63 EXTENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING: (On a scale from 1-10) -------------------------------------- -0041 45 2 I2 The Labour Party 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0042 47 2 I2 Ariel Sharon 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0043 49 2 I2 The Likud Party 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0044 51 2 I2 Orthodox People 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0045 53 2 I2 Arafat 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0046 55 2 I2 Ehud Barak 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0047 57 2 I2 Binyamin Netanyahu 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0048 59 2 I2 Shimon Peres 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0049 61 2 I2 Arieh Deri 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0050 63 2 I2 Arabs 1 Hate 10 Strongly support -0051 65 1 I1 A capitalist or socialist Israeli economy 1 Definitely capitalist 2 More Capitalist than Socialist 3 More Socialist than Capitalist 4 Definitely Socialist -0052 66 2 I2 Participation of Arabs in critical decisions (Asked to Jews only) 1 Definitely Jews only 2 Jews only 3 Arabs too 4 Definitely Arabs too -0053 68 2 I2 The most important reason to vote for PM 1 Candidate's personal qualities 2 Identification with his party 3 Identification with his camp 4 His positions on different issues 5 His being in power or the opposition -0054 70 -77 EXTENT TO WHICH THE FOLLOWING ISSUES COULD AFFECT VOTING FOR PM: -------------------------------------- -0055 70 2 I2 Jerusalem 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0056 72 1 I1 Economy 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0057 73 1 I1 Social policy 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0058 74 1 I1 Religion and State 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0059 75 2 I2 The agreement with the Palestinians 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0060 77 1 I1 Terrorism 1 Won't influence at all 2 Small influence 3 Some influence 4 Large influence -0061 78 1 I1 Candidate most capable to deal with Israel's economic issues. 1 Sharon 2 Barak 3 Both equally 4 Neither of them -0062 79 1 I1 Candidate most capable to deal with foreign & security issues. 1 Sharon 2 Barak 3 Both equally 4 Neither of them -0063 80 1 I1 Respondent Self-ranking on a right/left political scale of 1-7. 1 Extreme right 7 Extreme left -0064 81 -86 DIFFERENCE AMONGST CANDIDATES' POSITIONS ON FOLLOWING ISSUES. -------------------------------------- -0065 81 1 I1 Jerusalem 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0066 82 1 I1 Economy 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0067 83 1 I1 Social policy 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0068 84 1 I1 Religion and State 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0069 85 1 I1 The Agreement with the Palestinians 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0070 86 1 I1 Terrorism 1 Almost no difference 2 Small differences 3 Large differences 4 Very large differences -0071 87 1 I1 Discussing political issues with family/friends. 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 To some extent 4 A great extent -0072 88 1 I1 To what degree can you and your friends influence government policy? 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 To some extent 4 A great extent -0073 89 1 I1 Importance of voting for a particular candidate. (On a scale from 1-5, asked to Jews only) 1 Doesn't matter who you vote for 5 Does matter who you vote for -0074 90 1 I1 Necessity for the government's ensuring public life according to Jewish religious tradition. (Asked to Jews only) 1 Definitely necessary 2 Perhaps necessary 3 Unnecessary 4 Definitely unnecesary -0075 91 -98 WHICH CANDIDATE SUITS THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES: -------------------------------------- -0076 91 1 I1 Reliable 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0077 92 1 I1 Prefers State interests over others 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0078 93 1 I1 Will withstand pressure 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0079 94 1 I1 Will preserve the rule of law 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0080 95 1 I1 Can be firm in Peace and territory negotiations 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0081 96 1 I1 Will know how to deal with terrorism 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0082 97 1 I1 Can bring true peace with the Arabs 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0083 98 1 I1 Will decrease the split in the nation 1 Sharon 2 Barak 4 Both 5 Neither -0085 99 1 I1 Willingness to give your opinion on the peace agreement to a TV journalist. 1 Definitely not 2 No 3 Not sure 4 Yes 5 Definitely yes -0086 100 1 I1 Frequency of reading daily newspaper 1 Almost never 2 Rarely 3 Once a week 4 2-3 times a week 5 One daily newspaper almost everyday 6 More than one newspaper almost evryday -0087 101 1 I1 Frequency of watching TV news 1 Almost never 2 Rarely 3 Once a week 4 2-3 times a week 5 I watch the news at least once a day 6 I watch the news more than once a day -0089 1 I1 Follow publications of election polls 1 Do not follow at all 2 With little interest 3 With some interest 4 With great interest -0090 103 1 I1 Faith in election polls 1 Not at all 2 Hardly 3 To some extent 4 Very much -0092 104 1 I1 Will election ads influence your vote decision? 1 Don't watch 2 Not at all 3 A little 4 To some extent 5 Very much -0093 105 1 I1 Direct election for PM's impact on the government system. 1 No change 2 Makes it worse 3 Improves government system -0095 106 1 I1 Inclusion of ministers from Arab parties in government. 1 Strongly object 2 Object 3 Support 4 Strongly support -0096 107 1 I2 Respondent party vote if elections for the Knesset were held today 1 One Israel/ Labour 2 The Likud 3 Shas 4 Meretz 5 The National Religious Party 6 Ya'adut Hatorah 7 Peretz 8 Shinui 9 Ichud Haleumi 10 The Center Party 11 Yisrael Be'aliya 12 Yisrael Beitainu 13 Bronfman 14 Chadash 15 Balad 16 Tibi 17 United Arab Front 18 New Arab Party 19 Other 20 White/ blank slip 21 Won't vote 22 Haven't decided 99 Refuse to answer -0097 109 1 I1 Respondent vote for PM, if elections were held today. 1 Sharon 2 Barak 3 White slip 4 Won't vote 5 Haven't decided 6 Refuse to answer -0098 110 2 I2 Reasons for not voting -0099 112 1 I1 Whom do you expect to win the PM elections? 1 Sharon 2 Barak -0101 113 1 I1 Vote in 1999 elections for PM 1 Netanyahu 2 Barak 3 White slip 4 Didn't vote -0102 114 2 I2 Vote in 1999 Knesset elections 1 One Israel 2 The Likud 3 Shas 4 Meretz 5 The National Religious Party 6 Ya'adut Hatorah 7 Peretz 8 Shinui 9 Ichud Haleumi 10 The Center Party 11 Yisrael Be'aliya 12 Yisrael Beitainu 14 Chadash 15 Balad 17 United Arab Front 18 New Arab Party 19 Other 20 White/ Blank slip 21 Wasn't eligible to vote 22 Didn't vote 99 Refuse to answer -0103 116 1 I1 Supporter or member of any party 1 No 2 Support but not a member 3 A member 4 An active member 5 Member and have a role in the party -0105 117 2 I2 Age -0106 119 1 I1 Conduct life according to Religious tradition 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 Significantly 4 Thoroughly -0107 120 1 I1 Self definition of religious identity (For Jews only) 1 Secular 2 Traditional 3 Religious 4 Ultra-Orthodox -0108 121 1 I1 Ethnic group (For Arabs only) 1 Moslem 2 Christian 3 Druse 4 Other -0109 122 -125 SELF DEFINITION OF IDENTITY -------------------------------------- -0110 122 1 I1 First label to define identity 1 Israeli 2 Jewish/ Palestinian 3 Ethnic group/ Arab 4 Religious/ Secular -0111 123 1 I1 Second label to define identity 1 Israeli 2 Jewish/ Palestinian 3 Ethnic group/ Arab 4 Religious/ Secular -0112 124 1 I1 Third label to define identity 1 Israeli 2 Jewish/ Palestinian 3 Ethnic group/ Arab 4 Religious/ Secular -0113 125 1 I1 Fourth label to define identity 1 Israeli 2 Jewish/ Palestinian 3 Ethnic group/ Arab 4 Religious/ Secular -0115 126 2 I2 Place of birth 1 North Africa 2 Asia 3 Eastern Europe 4 West and Central Europe 5 America, Australia, South Africa 6 Israeli born, father Israeli born 7 Israeli born, father North African 8 Israeli born, father Asian born 9 Israeli born, father Eastern European 10 Israeli born, father West/Central European 11 Israeli born, father American/Austr./S. African -0116 128 2 I2 Year of immigration -0117 130 1 I1 Former-Soviet-Union-born, immigrated after 1988 1 Yes 2 No -0119 131 2 I2 Total years of schooling -0120 133 1 I1 Academic degree 1 Yes 2 No -0122 134 1 I1 Monthly expenditure of family compared to national average of 8500NIS 1 Much above average 2 A little above average 3 Average 4 A little below average 5 Much below average -0123 135 2 I2 Number of rooms in apartment -0124 137 2 I2 Number of persons in household (including soldiers) -0126 139 1 I1 Respondent's military service in territories 1 Yes 2 No 3 Never served in IDF -0127 140 1 I1 Sex 1 Male 2 Female -0128 141 3 I3 Locality of residence -0129 144 1 I1 Month of interview 1 January 2 February -0130 145 3 I3 Date of interview -0132 148 1 I1 Language of interview 1 Hebrew 2 Russian 3 Arabic -0133 149 1 I1 Telephone area code -0135 150 1 I1 Possibilty of reaching an agreement with the Palestinians even without concessions (computed) 1 Yes it's possible 2 No, impossible 3 Other -0136 151 1 I1 Vote for PM between Peres and Sharon (computed) 1 Shimon Peres 2 Ariel Sharon 3 Haven't decided yet 4 Won't vote 5 White slip 6 Refuse to answer -0137 152 -163 Respondent's feeling towards candidates for PM. (computed) -------------------------------------- -0139 152 1 I1 Sharon's character or actions make me feel angry 1 Yes 2 No -0140 153 1 I1 Sharon makes me feel frightened 1 Yes 2 No -0141 154 1 I1 Sharon makes me feel proud 1 Yes 2 No -0142 155 1 I1 Sharon makes me feel hopeful 1 Yes 2 No -0144 156 1 I1 Barak's character or actions make me feel angry 1 Yes 2 No -0145 157 1 I1 Barak makes me feel frightened 1 Yes 2 No -0146 158 1 I1 Barak makes me feel proud 1 Yes 2 No -0147 159 1 I1 Barak makes me feel hopeful 1 Yes 2 No -0149 160 1 I1 Peres' character or actions make me feel angry 1 Yes 2 No -0150 161 1 I1 Peres makes me feel frightened 1 Yes 2 No -0151 162 1 I1 Peres makes me feel proud 1 Yes 2 No -0152 163 1 I1 Peres makes me feel hopeful 1 Yes 2 No -0154 164 1 I1 Community (Sephardic/Ashkenazic) (computed) 1 Sephardi 2 Ashkenazi -0155 165 1 I1 Are you Jewish or Arabic? (computed) 1 Jewish 2 Arab