Polish National Election Study, 2001

UKDA study number:5036

Principal Investigators

McManus-Czubinska, C.
University of Glasgow. Department of Central and East European Studies
Miller, W.L.
University of Glasgow. Department of Politics
Markowski, R.
Wasilewski, J.
Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Political Studies

Data Collector

Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej (Warsaw, Poland)

Sponsors

Economic and Social Research Council
Poland. State Committee for Scientific Research

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

November 2004

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McManus-Czubinska, C. et al. , Polish National Election Study, 2001 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], November 2004. SN: 5036, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5036-1.

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5036 . Polish National Election Study, 2001
(PNES; Poland's Third Transition : Beyond 2001)

Depositor:

McManus-Czubinska, C. , University of Glasgow. Department of Central and East European Studies

Principal Investigators:

McManus-Czubinska, C. , University of Glasgow. Department of Central and East European Studies

Miller, W.L. , University of Glasgow. Department of Politics

Markowski, R. , Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Political Studies

Wasilewski, J. , Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Political Studies

Data Collector:

Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej (Warsaw, Poland)

Sponsors:

Economic and Social Research Council
Poland. State Committee for Scientific Research
Grant Number: R000223685

Other Acknowledgements:

Jacek Wasilewski is also associated with Jagiellonian University and Warsaw School of Social Psychology, both in Poland.

Abstract:

The 2001 Polish National Election Study (PNES), with 2000 respondents, is part of a long running series. It is funded primarily by the Polish National Science Foundation (KBN) and is directed by Radoslaw Markowski of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The comprehensive questionnaire for this survey comprised questions on a range of themes specifically relevant to Polish public opinion and voting patterns, but also included a strong comparative element of wider interest.

This ESRC project allowed a module of questions from the School of Slavonic, Central and East European Studies, Glasgow University (SSCEES) to be added to the PNES, focusing especially on the SSCEES research themes of integration, openness and nationalism, bureaucratic encounters and corruption, and political trust.

The research proposal included four main aims and objectives:

to collect and make available timely data on public opinion in Poland at the time of a critical election, especially data on the ‘future oriented’ issues of integration, openness and nationalism, bureaucratic encounters and corruption and political trust;

to extend the range of previous (ESRC-funded) Glasgow University comparative studies of these issues from other post-communist electorates to include Poland;

to develop a deeper understanding of these issues, their inter-relationships and in particular their connection with the more immediate and concrete issues surrounding Poland’s European Union (EU) accession;

to consider the implications of the Polish findings for other states in central and eastern Europe, especially in regard to further European integration.

All of the above aims and objectives were met. A wide range of EU accession-oriented questions were inserted into the 2001 PNES survey. These allowed the researchers to investigate Polish voters’ enthusiasm (or the lack of it) for accession in much greater detail than Eurobarometer polls permit. In particular, we examined the criteria that voters used to make their EU referendum choice. Also, incorporated into the PNES survey was a module of questions on ‘bureaucratic encounters and corruption’ and ‘political trust’ which had been used in a 1993 ESRC-funded five-nation survey (led by Miller) within eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Qualified quantitative comparisons between Poland and other states in central and eastern Europe were possible. But in all cases, the theoretical applications of the Polish findings had a direct relevance for other central and east European states. Poland is not just another accession state; over half the entire population joining the EU in 2004 lives in Poland. So inevitably, Polish attitudes are even more typical of attitudes among the accession peoples than among the accession states.

Main Topics:

The data cover voting intention and behaviour, political and social issues, political party allegiance, political attitudes and left-right scale placement, role of the Church in Poland, tax policy, attitudes towards the European Union and NATO, privatization, economic, social and household conditions, world situation and demographic details such as age, marital status, employment, gender and religious belief.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: 29 September 2001 - 11 October 2001
Country: Poland
Spatial Units: (1) Polish historic regions; (2) voivodships
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Alpha/numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Adults in Poland during 2001

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
the PNES itself is part of a long-running Polish cross-sectional series not currently held at the UK Data Archive
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: 3240 (target), 1794 (obtained).
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Weighting factors used: diverse choice probabilities related to the adopted sampling scheme; diversification of degree of realisation in town classes; ex-post stratification and weighting to GUS data, according to age and sex categories in town-rural area division. The weighting variable is WGHTSAMP.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English. A Polish version of the questionnaire is also included in the documentation

Access:

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Date of First Release:

5 November 2004

Copyright:

held jointly between Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, and the University of Glasgow

File last updated:

31 October 2011