A1. Present party affiliation
1 = BE
2 = CDS-PP
3 = PEV
4 = PCP
5 = PSD
6 = PS
7 = Other party
8 = None
100 = No response

A1a. Party in which was candidate
1 = BE
2 = CDS-PP
3 = CDU
4 = PSD
5 = PS
100 = No response

A1.1. Other present party affiliation - specify
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

A2. Affiliation year
0 = Never joined
100 = No response

A3. Had a previous party affiliation
1 = No
2 = Yes
100 = No response

A3.1. Previous party affiliation
1 = BE
2 = CDS-PP
3 = PEV
4 = PCP
5 = PSD
6 = PS
7 = Other party
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

A3.1.1. Other previous party affiliation - specify
1 = GDUP
2 = UEDS
3 = PRP-BR
4 = LCI
5 = UDP
6 = PSR
7 = MRPP
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

A4.1. Was either candidate and elected to the national parliament in 1975
1 = Neither candidate, nor elected
2 = Candidate, but not elected
3 = Candidate and elected
100 = No response

A7.1.1. Frequency of attending meetings: union
1 = None
2 = One or two in during the year
3 = About one every tree month
4 = One in a month
5 = One in a week
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

A8.1. Years the candidate had a: local party office
100 = No response

A10.1. Number of years living in the constituency
100 = No response
101 = Non appliable

B1.1. How long before the election candidate was: nominated by his/her party
1 = Does not apply
2 = Less than 3 months
3 = From 3 to 6 months
4 = From 6 to 9 months
5 = From 9 to 12 months
6 = More than 12 months
100 = No response

B2. Candidate recent nomination contested
1 = The candidate was the only person considered
2 = The candidate had one contender campaign
3 = The candidate had several contenders
100 = No response

B3.1. Who made the decision about the candidate nomination
1 = Voters at large
2 = Voters of my party
3 = Members of my party
4 = A party delegate conference
5 = Party leadership
100 = No response

B3.2. Level of the decision about the candidate nomination
1 = At constituency level
2 = At regional/state/provincial level
3 = At national level
4 = Other
100 = No response

B5a.1. In final month of campaign, hours/week the candidate spend: door-knocking, canvassing
1 = No time
2 = 1 to 5 hours
3 = 5 to 10 hours
4 = 10 to 20 hours
5 = More than 20 hours
100 = No response

B6.1.1. Importance during the campaign: personal campaign posters
1 = Not at all important
2 = Not very important
3 = Fairly important
4 = Very important
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

B6a.1. If yes, means produced by the candidate's personal campaign 1
1 = Personal campaign posters
2 = Personal ads in the local press
3 = Office hours
4 = Social gatherings
5 = Personal flyers
6 = Personal spots in radio, TV and movie houses
7 = Personal website
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

B7. Primary aim of candidate's campaign
0 = Attract as much attention as possible for me
10 = Attract as much attention as possible for my party
100 = No response

B8.1. Important issues raised by the candidate: health issues
1 = No
2 = Yes
100 = No response
101 = No applicable

B10.1. Candidate's emphasis in campaign: provide services and help people with practical problems in constituency
1 = Not at all
2 = Not much
3 = Somewhat
4 = Much
5 = Very much
100 = no response

B12.1. If yes, objectives for the use of a consultant
100 = No response
101 = No applicable

B15. Members of central party visiting the candidate's constituency
1 = No
2 = Yes, once
3 = Yes, more than once
100 = No response

B16. Evaluation of chances to win the mandate
1 = I thought I could not win
2 = I thought I could hardly win
3 = I thought it was an open race
4 = I thought I could hardly lose
5 = I thought I could not lose
100 = No response

C1.1. The most important problem of Portugal
1 = Unemployment and/or job insecurity
2 = Economic crisis/economic problems
3 = Public debt/external debt
4 = Public Budget deficit
5 = Inefficiency and slowness of justice
6 = Corruption
7 = Education
8 = Lack of credibility of the politicians, the parties, the political system and political institutions
9 = Economic and social inequalities/social problems
10 = Value crisis
11 = Dysfunctions in the working of the political system
12 = Dysfunctions in the working of the health system
13 = Insecurity
14 = Others
100 = No response

C2.1. Opinion: Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of Portugal
1 = Strongly disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither agree, nor disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly Agree
100 = No response

C3. Left/right scale: candidate position
0 = Left
10 = Right
100 = No response

C4. Opinion about the Portuguese membership of the European Union
1 = Is a bad thing
2 = Is neither good, nor bad
3 = Is a good thing
100 = No response

C5. Opinion about the unification of the European Union
0 = Has already gone too far
10 = Should be pushed further
100 = No response

C6. Satisfaction with the democracy in the European Union
1 = Not at all satisfied
2 = Not very satisfied
3 = Fairly satisfied
4 = Very satisfied
100 = No response

C7. Opinion about the enlargement of the European Union
1 = Yes, definitely
2 = Yes, probably
3 = Undecided
4 = No, probably not
5 = No, definitely not
100 = No response

C7a.1. Countries that should be admitted in the EU: Turkey
1 = No
2 = Yes
99 = Refusal
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

CS_GCS.D1. Preference for a single-party government or a coalition government
1 = A government made up of a single party
2 = A coalition government
98 = Don't know
100 = No response

CS_GCS.D2. Opinion about the minority government
1 = A government needs its own majority in parliament
2 = An own majority in parliament is less important
98 = Don't know
100 = No response

CS_GCS.D3. Political goal preferred for the electoral system
1 = Party proportions in votes and seats should closely match
2 = The party which obtains the most votes should surely receive more than half of the seats in parliament
98 = Don't know
100 = No response

CS_GCS.D4.1. Opinion: Portuguese electoral system is fairer than the plurality systems used in Britain and US
1 = Completely disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither agree, nor disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Completely agree
98 = Don't know
100 = No response

CS_GCS.D5. Preferred system for the election of candidates to Parliament in Portugal
1 = A personalized proportional system with two votes
2 = A single member district system
3 = A single member district system whith two rounds
4 = A pure proportional system
5 = Maintain the actual system as it is, perhaps with some ajustments
6 = Maintain the fundamental aspects of actual system but creating conditions towards a more personalized representation
7 = Another system
98 = Don't know
100 = No response

E2. The elections ensure that the views of MPs reflect the views of voters
1 = Not well at all
2 = Not very well
3 = Fairly well
4 = Very well
100 = No response

E4.1. How to vote if: the voters of the MPs constituency have a different opinion from the party
1 = MP should vote according to his/her party's opinion
2 = MP should vote according to his/her voters opinion
100 = No response

E4.2. How to vote if: the MPs opinion does not correspond to the opinion of the voters of his/her constituency
1 = MP should vote according to his/her own opinion
2 = MP should vote according to the opinion of the voters in his/her constituency
100 = No response

E4.3. How to vote if: the MPs opinion does not correspond to the position of the party
1 = MP should vote according to his/her own opinion
2 = MP should vote according to his/her party's opinion
100 = No response

E5.1. Democracy in Portugal: citizens have ample opportunity to participate in political decisions
1 = Strongly disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither agree, nor disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly agree
100 = No response

F1. Gender
1 = Male
2 = Female
100 = No response

F3. Country
1 = Portugal
2 = PALOP Countries
3 = European countries
100 = No response

F4. Dimension of the place of residence
1 = Rural area or village
2 = Small or medium-sized town
3 = Suburb of a large town or city
4 = Large town or city
100 = No response

F4a. City
100 = No response
102 = Invalid response

F6. Level of education
1 = Incomplete primary
2 = Primary completed
3 = Incomplete secondary
4 = Secondary completed
5 = Post-secondary trade / vocational school
6 = University incomplete
7 = University degree completed
100 = No response

F7. Employment status
1 = Self-Employed
2 = Employed full time (32 hrs or more weekly)
3 = Employed part time(15-32 hrs weekly)
4 = Employed less than 15 hrs weekly
5 = Helping family member
6 = Unemployed (including temporarily unemployed)
7 = Student, in school, vocational training
8 = Retired
9 = Housewife, responsible for home duties
10 = Others not in the labor force
100 = No response

F7a. If self-employed, previous employment status
1 = Self-Employed
2 = Employed full time (32 hrs or more weekly)
3 = Employed part time(15-32 hrs weekly)
4 = Employed less than 15 hrs weekly
5 = Helping family member
6 = Unemployed (including temporarily unemployed)
7 = Student, in school, vocational training
8 = Retired
9 = Housewife, responsible for home duties
10 = Others not in the labor force
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

CS_F7b. As self-employed the candidate had employees
1 = No
2 = Yes
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

CS_F7c. Number of employees
1 = 1 to 5 employees
2 = 6 to 9 employees
3 = 10 or more employees
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

F8. Occupation
1 = Armed forces
10 = Legislators, senior officials and managers
11 = Legislators and senior officials
12 = Corporate managers
13 = General managers
20 = Professionals
21 = Physical, mathematical and engineering science
22 = Life science and health professionals
23 = Teaching professionals
24 = Otherl professionals
30 = Technicians and associated professionals
31 = Physical and engineering science associate professionals
32 = Life science and health associate professionals
33 = Teaching associate professionals
34 = Other associate professionals
40 = Clerks
41 = Office clerks
42 = Customer services clerks
43 = Administration of charitable or non-governmental organizations
81 = Stationary-plant and related operators
96 = Other non-classifiable occupations
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

CS_F8a. In this occupation candidate is/was:
1 = Civil servant
2 = Worker in the private sector
3 = Other situation
100 = No response
101 = Non applicable

F9. Frequency of attending to religious services
1 = Never
2 = Less often
3 = Once a year
4 = A number of times a year
5 = Once a month
6 = 2 or 3 times a month
7 = At least once a week
100 = No response

F10. Religious belief
1 = Catholic
2 = Other
3 = none
100 = No response

F11. Current marital status
1 = Married
2 = Living as married
3 = Widowed
4 = Divorced or separated
5 = Single
100 = No response

F12.1. Children at care: under five years old
1 = None
2 = One
3 = Two
4 = Three
5 = More than three
100 = No response

F13. Ethnic background
1 = Portuguese - Caucasian
2 = Portuguese - African
100 = No response

F14. Constituency
1 = Aveiro
2 = Beja
3 = Braga
4 = Bragança
5 = Castelo Branco
6 = Coimbra
7 = Évora
8 = Faro
9 = Guarda
10 = Leiria
11 = Lisboa
12 = Portalegre
13 = Porto
14 = Santarém
15 = Setúbal
16 = Viana do castelo
17 = Vila Real
18 = Viseu
19 = Açores
20 = Madeira
21 = Europe
22 = Out of Europe
100 = No response