Issp standard Background Variables

PARTY_LR “Party affiliation: left – right scale”

1. Measurement goal

The aim of this variable is to assess the ideological position of the political party the respondent is affiliated with (as measured by nat_PRTY), placed on an ideological left-right continuum by expert judgement on party positions.

2. Filtering questions/respondent universe

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3. Variable definition/code list

PARTY_LR “Party affiliation: left – right”
1 Far left (communist, etc.)

2 Left / centre left

3 Centre / liberal

4 Right / conservative

5 Far right (fascist, etc.)

6 Other

7 No party affiliation

97 Refused

98 Insufficient information

99 No answer

4. Example question text(s)

Derived variable

5. Coding & classification instructions

PARTY_LR should be derived by expert judgement from the country-specific parties (nat_PRTY) into the scheme above.

The classification of national parties into the left-right scheme must be provided in detail in the national BV documentation template.
6. Other comments

Do NOT use a question on ideological self-placement here!