respondent's year of birth (own statement)
respondent's sex (own statement)
how attached the respondent feels to the canton of Aargau
respondent's interest in politics in the canton of Aargau
respondent's participation status at the current ballot (blank votes count as 'participated')
whether or not indecision was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not disinterest in the voting topics was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not the voting topics being too complicated was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not being unable to attend was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not to think that referendums don't change anything anyway was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not to think that your own vote doesn't matter anyway was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not to think that the result of the vote was clear anyway was a reason for the respondent to abstain from voting (only non-voters)
whether or not the respondent forgot to take part in the vote (only non-voters)
respondent's voting decision on the federal proposal "Bundesbeschluss über die Velowege sowie die Fuss- und Wanderwege (Gegenentwurf zur «Velo-Initiative»)" (only voters)
respondent's voting decision on the federal proposal "Für gesunde sowie umweltfreundlich und fair hergestellte Lebensmittel (Fair-Food-Initiative)" (only voters)
respondent's voting decision on the federal proposal "Für Ernährungssouveränität. Die Landwirtschaft betrifft uns alle" (only voters)
respondent's voting decision on the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only voters)
importance the respondent attaches to the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau"
whether or not the respondent would be personally affected by the adoption of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau"
respondent's main motivation to vote in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only yes-voters of cantonal proposal 1)
respondent's main motivation to vote against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only no-voters of cantonal proposal 1)
whether or not the respondent would still have participated in the ballot if only federal and no cantonal proposals had been put to the vote (only federal and cantonal participants)
level of difficulty in understanding the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" for the respondent (only voters)
respondent's time of decision concerning the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only voters)
respondent's agreement to the pro-argument "An increase in wealth tax for the rich is a suitable means to bring the cantonal budget back into balance." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (on
importance the respondent attaches to the pro-argument "An increase in wealth tax for the rich is a suitable means to bring the cantonal budget back into balance." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im
respondent's agreement to the contra-argument "An increase in wealth tax for the rich is useless because they always find a loophole to avoid their tax liability." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aar
importance the respondent attaches to the contra-argument "An increase in wealth tax for the rich is useless because they always find a loophole to avoid their tax liability." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenss
respondent's agreement to the pro-argument "In the past, the rich were not sufficiently held financially responsible. They should contribute more to the financing of the state than they do today." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ F
importance the respondent attaches to the pro-argument "In the past, the rich were not sufficiently held financially responsible. They should contribute more to the financing of the state than they do today." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärss
respondent's agreement to the pro-argument "The canton of Aargau needs higher tax revenues in order to be able to fulfill all its public tasks without reducing services." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögensst
importance the respondent attaches to the pro-argument "The canton of Aargau needs higher tax revenues in order to be able to fulfill all its public tasks without reducing services." in favor of the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire
respondent's agreement to the contra-argument "If the millionaire tax initiative is accepted, the wealthy simply move away from the canton. This leads to tax losses instead of higher revenues." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine
importance the respondent attaches to the contra-argument "If the millionaire tax initiative is accepted, the wealthy simply move away from the canton. This leads to tax losses instead of higher revenues." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer
respondent's agreement to the contra-argument "Taxes in the canton of Aargau should generally be as low as possible." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only voters)
importance the respondent attaches to the contra-argument "Taxes in the canton of Aargau should generally be as low as possible." against the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (only voters)
respondent's answer to the skill question "With the initiative, the number of people in Aargau who have to pay wealth tax (i.e. own more than the tax-free amount) would be …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögensst
respondent's answer to the skill question "With the initiative, the maximum wealth tax rate in the canton of Aargau would …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (1st answer is correct; only voter
respondent's answer to the skill question "With the last tax revision of 2012, the wealth tax tariff was …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (1st answer is correct; only voters)
respondent's answer to the skill question "With the initiative, Aargau would tax large assets of more than CHF 10 million … compared to the neighbouring cantons (BL, BE, LU, SO, ZG, ZH)." about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine fai
respondent's answer to the skill question "The adoption of the millionaire tax initiative would – under the current population composition of the canton – lead to a …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteue
whether or not the respondent used free newspapers and free online journalism / news sites to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used paid newspapers / magazines (on- and offline) to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used the official cantonal voting booklet to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used radio programs to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used television programs to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used the official cantonal webpage to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used readers' letters or online comments to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent used social media like Facebook or Twitter to learn about the cantonal proposals (only voters)
whether or not the respondent discussed the cantonal proposals with acquaintances
respondent's primary source of political information (on- vs. offline)
whether or not the respondent saw political advertisings such as street posters, flyers, online advertisements, etc. for or against the cantonal proposals
the political party the respondent feels closest to his/her own political stance
respondent's left-right self-positioning
respondent's trust in the cantonal government of Aargau
respondent's trust in the cantonal parliament of Aargau
respondent's trust in the Swiss democracy
respondent's preferred level of Switzerland opening up to foreign countries
respondent's preferred level of equality of opportunities for foreigners in relation to Swiss nationals
respondent's attitude towards the opposition between environmentalism and economic prosperity
respondent's attitude towards the opposition between an extended social welfare state and more individual responsibility
respondent's attitude towards the opposition between state intervention and market competition
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who is reserved."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who is generally trusting."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who tends to be lazy."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who is relaxed, handles stress."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who has few artistic interests."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who is outgoing, sociable."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who tends to find fault with others."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who does a thorough job."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who gets nervous easily."
the extent to which the respondent agrees with the statement "I see myself as someone who has an active imagination."
respondent's marital status (own statement)
respondent's denomination or religious community
respondent's highest level of education
respondent's current employment situation
dummy value indicating whether or not respondent is working (additional routing question for students and pensioners; only online respondents)
respondent's current employment level (only economically active persons)
respondent's occupational sector (only economically active persons)
number of persons living in respondent's household
number of underaged persons living in respondent's household
respondent's housing situation
respondent's monthly gross household income
how well the respondent gets along with his income
respondent's personal share of gross household income (only persons not living alone)
respondent's questionnaire number (every (partially) completed questionnaire gets a sequential number assigned starting from 1)
the channel through which the respondent answered the questionnaire
respondent's questionnaire completion status
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent's own statement about his/her sex matches the official cantonal register information
respondent's district of residence
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Municipality size class ("Gemeinde-Grössenklasse")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Space with urban character ("Raum mit städtischem Charakter 2012")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Agglomeration size class 2012 ("Agglomerationsgrössenklasse 2012")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: (Statistical) cities 2012 ("(Statistische) Städte 2012")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Eurostat's degree of urbanisation 2011 (DEGURBA)
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Municipality typology 2012 in 9 categories ("Gemeindetypologie 2012 (9 Kategorien)")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Municipality typology 2012 in 25 categories ("Gemeindetypologie 2012 (25 Kategorien)")
Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: City/rural typology 2012 ("Stadt/Land-Typologie 2012")
date and time when the respondent started to answer the questionnaire (only online respondents)
date and time when the respondent last accessed the questionnaire (only online respondents)
time in seconds it took the respondent to complete the whole questionnaire (only online respondents)
whether or not the respondent would still have participated in the ballot if only cantonal and no federal proposals had been put to the vote (only federal and cantonal participants)
the way the questionnaire was provisioned to the respondent
date of the ballot
type of the ballot
the weight assigned to the respondent as a result of the weighting by participation (using an iterative proportional fitting procedure)
the weight assigned to the respondent as a result of the weighting by voting_decision_federal_proposal_1, voting_decision_federal_proposal_2, voting_decision_federal_proposal_3 and voting_decision_cantonal_proposal_1 (using an iterative proportional fittin
respondent's age at the end of the year of the ballot_date (derived from year_of_birth)
respondent's age group (derived from age)
respondent's left-right self-positioning (reduced)
respondent's trust in the cantonal government of Aargau (reduced)
respondent's trust in the cantonal parliament of Aargau (reduced)
respondent's trust in the Swiss democracy (reduced)
importance (reduced) the respondent attaches to the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau"
respondent's marital status (own statement; reduced)
respondent's denomination or religious community (reduced)
respondent's highest level of education (reduced)
respondent's current employment situation (reduced)
the political party (recoded extended set) the respondent feels closest to his/her own political stance
respondent's monthly gross equivalised income (OECD square root scale) based on average monthly gross household income
empirical quarter the respondent's monthly gross equivalised income belongs in
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent answered the skill question "With the initiative, the number of people in Aargau who have to pay wealth tax (i.e. own more than the tax-free amount) would be …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärs
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent answered the skill question "With the initiative, the maximum wealth tax rate in the canton of Aargau would …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aar
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent answered the skill question "With the last tax revision of 2012, the wealth tax tariff was …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" correctly (o
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent answered the skill question "With the initiative, Aargau would tax large assets of more than CHF 10 million … compared to the neighbouring cantons (BL, BE, LU, SO, ZG, ZH)." about the cantonal propos
dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent answered the skill question "The adoption of the millionaire tax initiative would – under the current population composition of the canton – lead to a …" about the cantonal proposal "Millionärsste
respondent's substantive participation status at the current ballot (blank votes count as 'not participated')
respondent's participation status regarding the federal proposals of the current ballot (blank votes count as 'participated')
respondent's substantive participation status regarding the federal proposals of the current ballot (blank votes count as 'not participated')
respondent's participation status regarding the cantonal proposals of the current ballot (blank votes count as 'participated')
respondent's substantive participation status regarding the cantonal proposals of the current ballot (blank votes count as 'not participated')
dummy value indicating whether or not the User-Agent string of the respondent's web browser corresponds to a mobile device (smartphone, tablet etc.; only online respondents)
respondent's latent expertise on the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau" (based on a 2–3 parameter logistic Item Response Theory (IRT) model, also known as Birnbaum model, fed with passed_skill_question_1_
respondent's latent expertise on the cantonal proposal "Millionärssteuer ─ Für eine faire Vermögenssteuer im Aargau", measured in 5 discrete categories (based on latent_expertise_cantonal_proposal_1; only voters)
respondent's latent expertise on all cantonal proposals together (based on a 2–3 parameter logistic Item Response Theory (IRT) model, also known as Birnbaum model, fed with passed_skill_question_1_cantonal_proposal_1, passed_skill_question_2_cantonal_pro