whether the respondent thinks that the financing of political parties and election and voting campaigns in the canton should have to be disclosed (smartvote question; only online respondents)

whether the respondent thinks that significantly more police forces should be employed to ensure public safety (smartvote question; only online respondents)

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

online first, print only later with reminder letter

the way the questionnaire was provisioned to the respondent

dummy value indicating whether or not the respondent received a postal reminder

none (municipality has not subscribed to the "easyvote" booklet)

lower age limit of the municipal subscription of the "easyvote" booklet

upper age limit of the municipal subscription of the "easyvote" booklet

Spatial typology by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of respondent's place of residence: Municipality size class ("Gemeinde-Grössenklasse")

rural municipality without urban character
agglomeration core municipality (secondary core)
agglomeration core municipality (main core)
agglomeration core municipality (core city)

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)

periurban municipality of medium density
urban municipality of a small or outside of an agglomeration
urban municipality of a medium-sized agglomeration
urban municipality of a large agglomeration