The survey consists of two parts: 1. Post-election survey within the international comparative study which has been working for several decades under the title Comparative Studies of Electoral Systems (CSES, www.cses.org). In 2016, it was the implementation of Module 4 focused - in addition to standard electoral questions - on issues of redistribution. 2) survey within the frame of the International Social Research Program (ISSP, www.issp.org http://www.issp.org), namely module Role of the Government, implemented in Slovakia for the second time, the first one was in 2008. Both parts have joint socio-demographic identification variables. Post-election survey is focused on broad variety of factors related to electoral decision - the perception of political parties and their leaders, the satisfaction with democracy, evaluation of economic development, and aspects of election campaign. The Role of Government survey is focused on attitudes to government's competences, in general and specifically in relation to other actors - NGOs, private sector, church organizations and alike. Several questions deal with the public views on corruption, responsiveness, tax policies, interest in politics and other.
The survey also includes several questions that in the form of "split ballot" experimentally verify the validity of questions frequently used in the surveys, as well as scales and responses´ alternatives. These so-called "methodological experiments" are included in all data collections conducted within the APVV-14-0527 project, their results will be elaborated in a separate study.
Face-to-face interview: CAPI/CAMI
Inhabitants of Slovakia who has reached 18 years in time of data collection. The sample is representative comparing to data from the 2011 census, which included also adult inhabitants who are not citizens but have permanent residence in Sovakia.
Sampling procedure - probability sampling based on the register of communities and towns in Slovakia (based on the proportions of the population age 18+ according to the region and size of the community of permanent residence.
Sample had 200 PSU, where the selection of households has been by random walk (according to strictly given guide). In each PSU 3-8 interviews have been conducted. Within the household the respondent has been selected by the method of next birthday.
