Dataset
French National Election Study, 1995
ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
2026
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr6806
Abstract
This national survey was conducted to study the attitudes and
opinions of the French electorate during election year 1995.
Information is provided on respondents' interest in politics,
ideological leanings, voting behavior, party choice in the 1994 European
elections, choice of presidential candidate in the first and second ballot of
the 1995 French national elections, perceptions of the French
presidential candidates' positions on the ideological spectrum and respondents'
feelings about each of them, party preference and level of commitment, and
the effect of television on respondents' choice of presidential
candidates. Other data items cover respondents' opinions about
Francois Mitterrand as
president, the Socialists' last 14 years as the ruling party, women's role
in society, state intervention in civil society, social change, democracy
in France, and the relative importance of various
problems facing France, such as France's international status, the building
of the European Union, social welfare, unemployment, immigration, education,
the environment, and AIDS. Additional variables examine
respondents' attitudes with respect to equality, feminism, solidarity,
nationalization, trade unions, authority, perceived
anti-social behavior, Islam,
the United States, Germany, Europe, and Catholicism. Other items
probe respondents' opinions about the economy, their
present and future personal financial situations, their identification
with people from the same neighborhood, region, age, profession, social class,
gender, religion, and political ideology,
their opinions about immigrants in France, the ideological left and
right, homosexuality, the death penalty, moslem mosques in France, and
abortion. Demographic data collected on respondents include
age, sex, marital status, educational level, assets, occupation, employment
status, income level, social status, and religion.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- French National Election Study, 1995
- Creators
- Michael S. Lewis-BeckNonna MayerDaniel Boy
- Resource Type
- Dataset
- DOI
- 10.3886/icpsr6806
- Publisher
- ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2026
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9985222680602771
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