Place of interview
1 = Jerusalem
2 = Tel Aviv
3 = Haifa
4 = Ramat Gan
5 = Givatayim
6 = Bnei Brak
7 = Holon
8 = Bat Yam
9 = Beer Sheva

Date of interview
1 = Thursday, 3.3.77
2 = Friday, 4.3.77
3 = Sunday, 6.3.77
4 = Monday, 7.3.77
5 = Tuesday, 8.3.77
6 = Wednesday, 9.3.77

General situation in Israel today
0 = No answer
1 = Very good
2 = Good
3 = Not so good
4 = Not good
5 = Not good at all

Way government handles problems of present situation
0 = No answer
1 = It is handling them very well
2 = It is handling them well
3 = Not so well
4 = Not well at all

Main problem government has to take care of
0 = No answer
1 = Security
2 = Economy
3 = Social inequality
4 = Peace
5 = Young couples
6 = Changing the electoral system
7 = Immigrants absorption
8 = Education
9 = Other

Differences in party stands on this issue
0 = No answer
1 = Very big differences
2 = Big differences
3 = Certain differences
4 = Small differences
5 = Very small differences
6 = No differences

Differences are clear to interviewee
0 = No answer
1 = Very clear
2 = Clear
3 = Not so clear
4 = Not at all

Party that will best handle this issue
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Moked
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignment
5 = Religious Front(Agudat Israel+Poalei Agudat Israel)
6 = National Religious Rarty
7 = Meri
8 = Rakah
9 = Black Panthers
10 = Shulamit Aloni
11 = Slomzion (Arik Sharon)
12 = Democratic Movement for Change
13 = Women's Party
14 = Other Ethnic List
15 = Labor Party
16 = Mapam
17 = Other
18 = No party will be able to handle it
19 = Does not know

To what extent Israel should be ready to talk with P.L.O.
0 = No answer
1 = To a great extent
2 = To a certain extent
3 = To a small extent
4 = Not at all

Maximum Israel has to give up in Judea and Samaria to achieve peace agreement
0 = No answer
1 = All of Judea and Samaria
2 = Almost all of it
3 = A part of it
4 = A small part of it
5 = Nothing at all

Differences are clear to interviewee
1 = Very clear
2 = Clear
3 = Not so clear
4 = Not at all

Party best representing interviewee stand on territory issue
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Moked
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignment
5 = Religious Front(Agudat Israel+Poalei Agudat Israel)
6 = National Religious Party
7 = Meri
8 = Rakah
9 = Black Panthers
10 = Shulamit Aloni
11 = Slomzion (Arik Sharon)
12 = Democratic Movement for Change
13 = Women's Party
14 = Other Ethnic List
15 = Labor Party
16 = Mapam
17 = Other
18 = No party will be able to handle it
19 = Does not know

Interviewee will vote for different party if party changes its stand on territories issue
0 = No answer
1 = Certainly will
2 = Thinks so
3 = Does not think so
4 = Certainly not
5 = Has not decided whom to vote for yet

Way government handles the economic problems of Israel
0 = No answer
1 = Very well
2 = Well
3 = Well enough
4 = Not so well
5 = Not well at all

Interviewee's knowledge of proposal for a change in the electoral system
0 = No answer
1 = Knows details of the proposal
2 = Knows general lines
3 = Knows very little about it
4 = Knows nothing about it

Existing electoral system should be kept or changed according to this proposal
0 = No answer
1 = Present system should certainly be kept
2 = Present system should be kept
3 = System should be changed as proposed
4 = Should certainly be changed as proposed
5 = Has no opinion on the subject
6 = Supports change to regional elections

Family members vote like interviewee
0 = No answer
1 = They all do
2 = Most of them do
3 = Some of them do
4 = None of them do
5 = Does not know how they vote

Politicians take into consideration what the 'man in the street' thinks
0 = No answer
1 = They don't take it into consideration
2 = They do only to a small extent
3 = They do to a certain extent
4 = They do to a great extent

A district electoral system will increase/decrease interviewee's ability to affect policy
0 = No answer
1 = Increase to a great extent
2 = Increase to a certain extent
3 = Increase to a small extent
4 = Decrease to a small extent
5 = Decrease to a certain extent
6 = Decrease to a great extent
7 = It won't make a difference
8 = Does not know

Main factor influencing interviewee's party choice
0 = No answer
1 = Identification with the party
2 = The party's candidate
3 = Party's stand on specific issues
4 = Its being in government/in opposition

The Alignment has good leaders
0 = No answer
1 = To great extent
2 = To a certain extent
3 = To a small extent
4 = Not at all

Interviewee will change vote if party he supports changes its position on an issue that seems important to him
0 = No answer
1 = Certainly will
2 = Thinks so
3 = Does not think so
4 = Certainly will not
5 = Will not vote at all
6 = Does not intend to vote anyway
7 = Does not support any specific party

Interviewee will still vote for same party if the candidate he supports does not have a place or is not included in the party list
0 = No answer
1 = Certainly will
2 = Thinks so
3 = Thinks he will vote for another party
4 = Will certainly vote for another party
5 = Will not vote at all
6 = Does not intend to vote anyway
7 = Does not have a candidate
8 = Does not support any specific party

The first of the two groups
0 = No answer
1 = Young people
2 = Women
3 = Oriental Jews
4 = Intellectuals
5 = Workers
6 = Army people
7 = Businessmen
8 = New immigrants
9 = No group

The second of the two groups
0 = No answer
1 = Young people
2 = Women
3 = Oriental Jews
4 = Intellectuals
5 = Workers
6 = Army people
7 = Businessmen
8 = New immigrants
9 = No second group

The competition inside the Labour Party strengthened or weakened the party
0 = No answer
1 = Strengthened very much
2 = Strengthened it
3 = Strengthened a little
4 = Weakened a little
5 = Weakened it
6 = Weakened it very much
7 = Neither strengthened nor weakened
8 = Does not know

The competition inside the Labour Party strengthened or weakened its democratic character
0 = No answer
1 = Strengthened it very much
2 = Strengthened it
3 = Strengthened a little
4 = Weakened a little
5 = Weakened it
6 = Weakened it very much
7 = Neither strengthened nor weakened
8 = Does not know

The Alignment's strongest competitor (interviewee opinion)
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = DMC

The government of Israel has to make sure that the public life of the country is in accordance with Jewish tradition
0 = No answer
1 = Certainly yes
2 = Interviewee thinks so
3 = Interviewee does not think so
4 = Certainly not
5 = Does not know

Interviewee supports a more capitalistic or a more socialistic approach for the country's economic structure
0 = No answer
1 = Absolutely capitalistic
2 = More capitalistic than socialistic
3 = More socialistic than capitalistic
4 = Asolutely socialistic
5 = Does not know

Interviewee's preference for Prime Minister after the elections
0 = No answer
1 = Itzhak Rabin
2 = Menachem Begin
3 = Shimon Peres
4 = Abba Eban
5 = Golda Meir
6 = Yigal Yadin
7 = Yigal Alon
8 = Arik Sharon
9 = Other

The party interviewee thinks will form the next government
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Moked
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignment
5 = Religious Front(Agudat Israel+Poalei Agudat Israel)
6 = National Religious Party
7 = Meri
8 = Rakah
9 = Black Panthers
10 = Shulamit Aloni
11 = Slomzion (Arik Sharon)
12 = Democratic Movement for Change
13 = Women's Party
14 = Other Ethnic List
15 = Labor Party
16 = Mapam
17 = Other
18 = Does not know
19 = Refuses to answer

Party interviewee would like to see form the next government
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Moked
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignment
5 = Religious Front(Agudat Israel+Poalei Agudat Israel)
6 = National Religious Party
7 = Meri
8 = Rakah
9 = Black Panthers
10 = Shulamit Aloni
11 = Slomzion (Arik Sharon)
12 = Democratic Movement for Change
13 = Women's Party
14 = Other Ethnic List
15 = Labor Party
16 = Mapam
17 = Other
18 = Has not decided yet
19 = Does not know
20 = Refuses to answer

Interviewee is closer to which party's position on foreign and security affairs
0 = No answer
1 = The Alignment's
2 = The Likud's
3 = The Left's

Political tendency interviewee identifies with
0 = No answer
1 = Left
2 = Moderate left
3 = Center
4 = Moderate right
5 = Religious
6 = Does not identify with specific tendency

Party interviewee voted for in 1973 elections
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Independent Liberals
3 = Alignment
4 = Religious Front
5 = NRP
6 = Meri
7 = Moked
8 = Rakach
9 = Shulamit Aloni
10 = Israeli Democrats (Panthers)
11 = Other
12 = Did not vote

Party interviewee voted for in the 1969 elections, 8 yrs ago
0 = No answer
1 = Free Center
2 = Gahal
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignmet
5 = Poalei Agudat Israel
6 = NRP
7 = Agudat Israel
8 = HaOlam HaZeh
9 = Reshima Mamlachtit
10 = Israeli Communist Party
11 = Rakach
12 = Other
13 = Did not vote

Party interviewee would vote for if elections held today For party codes, see codebook in file
0 = No answer
1 = Likud
2 = Moked
3 = Independent Liberals
4 = Alignment
5 = Religious Front(Agudat Israel+Poalei Agudat Israel)
6 = National Religious Party
7 = Meri
8 = Rakah
9 = Black Panthers
10 = Shulamit Aloni
11 = Slomzion (Arik Sharon)
12 = Democratic Movement for Change
13 = Women's Party
14 = Other Ethnic List
15 = Labor Party
16 = Mapam
17 = Other
18 = Will not vote for the Knesset
19 = Has not decided yet
20 = Does not know
21 = Refuses to answer

Interviewee would vote for Labour Party or Mapam if the Alignment were to split
0 = No answer
1 = Mapam
2 = Labour Party
3 = Neither of them

Interviewee is a member of the Histadrut
0 = No answer
1 = Yes
2 = No

Interviewee supports a specific party/is a member or office-holder in one of the parties
0 = No answer
1 = Member and paid worker
2 = Member and voluntary worker
3 = Member only
4 = Supporter only
5 = Does not support any specific party

Sex
1 = Male
2 = Female

Education
1 = No schooling
2 = Up to 4 years
3 = 5-8
4 = 9-10
5 = 11
6 = 12
7 = 13+, without University degree
8 = Full University education

Number of rooms in dwelling
1 = One room
2 = 2 rooms
9 = 9+

Number of persons in household
1 = One person
9 = 9+

Interviewee's gross monthly income
0 = No answer
1 = Up to 999 IL/month
2 = 1000-1499
3 = 1500-1999
4 = 2000-2499
5 = 2500-2999
6 = 3000-3499
7 = 3500-3999
8 = 4000-4999
9 = 5000+

Interviewee's social class
0 = No answer
1 = Upper or upper middle class
2 = Middle class
3 = Working class
4 = Lower class
5 = Does not belong to any class

Marital status
1 = Single
2 = Married without children
3 = Married with one child
4 = Married with 2 children
5 = Married with 3+ children
6 = Divorced without children
7 = Divorced with children
8 = Widowed without children
9 = Widowed with children

Interviewee observes religious traditions
0 = No answer
1 = Observes them thoroughly
2 = To a great extent
3 = To a small extent
4 = Not at all

Interviewee works
0 = No answer
1 = Works as a salaried worker
2 = Independent
3 = Unemployed

Spouse works
0 = No answer
1 = Salaried worker
2 = Independent
3 = Unemployed
4 = Does not have a spouse

Place of birth: interviewee/interviewee's father
1 = Israel/Israel
2 = Israel/Asia-Africa
3 = Israel/Europe-America
4 = Asia-Africa/Asia-Africa
5 = Europe-America/Europe-America
6 = Any other combination

Year of Aliya (immigration)
0 = No answer
1 = Israeli born
2 = Before 1930
3 = 1931-1940
4 = 1941-1947
5 = 1948-1954
6 = 1955-1960
7 = 1961-1964
8 = 1965-1967
9 = 1968+