a
b
c
1. 18-22
2. 23-29
3. 30-39
4. 40-49
5. 50-59
6. 60-69
7. 70-79
8. 80 and up
1. male
2. female
1. yes
2. no
3. do not read: refuses to answer
1 very good
2  good
3 so so
4 not good
5 bad
9. do not read: no answer, refuses
1. it handles them in a very good way
2. it handles them in a good way
3.  it handles them in a not so good way
4. it handles them in a not at all good way
security (general)
the israeli-arab conflict, the palestinian problem (general)
withdrawal from the territories, ending occupation
building in the territories/ settlements/ settlers
palestinian terror/ terror attacks/ the intifada
return of the pow and mia
the army
the iranian threat
the demographic problem
the arabs (no details)
foreign policy (general)
israel's image abroad, strengthening international status
running an independent foreign policy
peace process (general)
reaching a permanent agreement with palestinian authority/ establishing a palest
improving relations with arab states
economy (general)
growth, increase the standard of living, increasing wages, decreasing taxes
reducing unemployment, ensuring employment, preventing dismissals
domestic/ society (general)
decreasing societal gaps, assisting underprivileged, poverty, welfare
housing problems, young couples, children's allowances
education/ research
youth
elderly, pensioners, handicapped
health
crime, drugs
violence (general)
domestic violence, violence amongst youth
transportation, car accidents
immigrant absorption, addressing immigrant's problems
environment, natural resources, preventing experiments on animals
taking care of the religious/jewish character of the state
preventing religious coercion, separation of religion and state
the problems of the arab citizens of israel, equality between jews and arabs in
foreign workers in israel
bureaucracy, governmental efficiency, fighting corruption
keeping the law, rule of law, equality before the law
defending democracy, human rights, freedom of speech, tolerance
governability of the political system, system of government/ electoral system (g
status of the state's president
functioning of the government/ prime minister, public trust in government
resignation of the government, changing the prime minister, establishing a new g
national unity, preventing internal rift, reducing self-criticism
security + economy
security + society
economy + society
everything (no details)
security in the south, situation in the south, residents of the south
security in the north
equality (general)
the war in gaza, what's happening in gaza, results of the war
other (avoid using this category whenever possible)
no problems
don't know/ refuses to answer
1. improved a lot
2. improved a bit
3. has not changed
4. become a bit worse
5. become much worse
1 worst situation
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 best situation
99. do not read: no answer, refuses
1.  high chance
2.  medium chance
3.  low chance
4. very low chance
1. was very successful
2. rather successful
3. not so successful
4. not at all successful
1. conquer all of gaza strip anew and stay there
2. initiate one-time operations against firings without staying there
3. act mainly through diplomatic moves and not through military force
1. definitely it is
2. i think it is
3. i think not
4. definitely not
1. to get back some of the territories that we conquered in the six-day war
2. to get back all the territories conquered in the six-day war
3. to conquer the state of israel
4. to conquer the state of israel and eliminate a significant part of the jewish
1. i'm certain it will come to an end
2. i think it will come to an end
3. i think it will not come to an end
4. i'm certain it will not come to an end
1. focus on the peace process
2. building military strength
1. very worried
2. worried
3. not worried
4. not worried at all
1. a state with a jewish majority
2. greater israel
3. democratic state (equal political rights for all)
4. a state of peace (low chance for war)
8. arab sector
1. not at all threatening
7. very threatening
1. preserving democracy should prevail in every situation
2. sometimes this, sometimes that
3.  keeping jewish religious law should prevail in every situation
1. the government should see to it that everyone has employment and a reasonable
2. it depends
3. the government must not interfere and should let people take care of themselv
1. preserving the rule of law should prevail in every situation
2.  sometimes this, sometimes that
3. national security interests should prevail in every situation
1.  definitely should agree
2.  i think it should agree
3.  i think it should not agree
4.  definitely should not agree
1. definitely should return
2. should return
3. should continue to retain
4. definitely should continue to retain
1. no, israel must not withdraw from any territory in the golan heights
2. israel should return a small part of the golan heights
3. israel should return a significant part of the golan heights
4. israel should return all of the golan heights
1.  they should not be evacuated under any condition
2. i am willing to evacuate all the small and isolated settlements
3. i am willing to evacuate all the settlements including the large settlement b
1. it is definitely its duty to see to it
2. maybe the government should see to it
3. i do not think the government should see to it
4. no way should the government see to it
1. definitely capitalist
2. more capitalist than socialist
3. more socialist than capitalist
4. definitely socialist
definitely do not agree
2. do not agree
3. agree
4. definitely agree
8.  arab sector
1.  to a great extent
2.  to a certain extent
3.  to a small extent
4.  not at all
9  best situation
1. very dissatisfied
2. dissatisfied
3. satisfied
4. very satisfied
1. rejection/hate
9
10 support/sympathy
1. kadima
2. labor
3. likud
4. the new movement - meretz
5. habayit hayehudi - the new mafdal
6. israel beiteinu
7. shas
8. don't read: other
9. don't read: none of them
1. supporting the disqualification of both parties
2. support the disqualification of balad but not ra’am-ta’al
3. support the disqualification of ra’am-ta’al but not balad
4. oppose the disqualification of both parties
1 rejection/hate
1. tzipi livni
2. binyamin netanyahu
3. ehud barak
4. don't read: everyone equally
5. don't read:  none of them
1. very great differences
2. great differences
3. certain differences
4. small differences
5. there are almost no differences
1. identifying with the party
2. the party's candidates for the knesset
3. the party's stand on certain issues
4. the positioning of the party in the coalition or in the opposition
1. will influence to a great extent
2. will influence to some extent
3. will influence just to a small extent
4. will not influence at all
1. the peace process with the palestinians and with syria
2. the security situation
3. the socio-economic situation
4. religious-secular relations
5. corruption and the rule of law
6. national unity
7. (do not read) other
8. (do not read) i do not know
0 left
1
10 right
1 yes
2 no
1 more
2  less
3. the same as today
1. most fitting to kadima
2. most fitting to likud
3. most fitting to labor
4. don't read: fits all of them equally
5. don't read: does not fit any of them
1. least fitting to kadima
2. least fitting to likud
3. least fitting to labor
4. do not read: all of them
5. do not read: none of them
3. the socio – economic situation
4. religious – secular relations
7. (don't read) other
8. (don't read) i don't know
1. left
2. moderate left
3. center
4. moderate right
5. right
6.  (do not read) the religious stream
7. (do not read) do not identify with any stream
1 right
7 left
1. almost never
2. rarely
3. about once a week
4. 2-3 times a week
5. i read one daily newspaper almost every day
6. i read more than one daily newspaper almost every day
2.  rarely
5. i watch the news at least once a day
6. i watch the news more than once a day
1. to a great extent
2. to a certain extent
3. to a small extent
4. not at all
1. every day
2. frequently
3. sometimes
4. rarely
5. not at all
1. yes, i use it in connection to the elections
2. i use the internet, but not in connection to the elections
3. i do not use the internet at all
1. do not use
2. receive info through it
3. distribute info through it
4. both receive and distribute
2. not
1. no, i am not a supporter or an activist of any of the parties
2.  i am a supporter of a party but not a member
3. i am a member of a party
4. i am an active member in a party
5. i am a member with a position in a party
1. i am certain that i will vote
2. i think i will vote
3. i don’t think i will vote
4. i am certain that i will not vote
1. there is no difference between the parties
2. it is already clear who is going to win
3. in any case, it doesn’t matter who you vote for, because it doesn’t change th
4. the public is fed up with politics and politicians
5. there is a feeling that there is no one to vote for
6. people don’t care about politics
2. likud
3. labor
4. israel beiteinu (liberman)
5. habayit hayehudi + new mafdal
6. yahadut ha'tora
8. the new movement - meretz
9. hayihud haleumi (tikva, tkuma, moledet)
10. green movement - memad
11. the green party
12. green leaf
13. the pensioners
14. tzomet
15. strong israel (efrayim sneh)
16. da’am
17. balad
18. raam – taal
19. hadash
95. other
96. blank ballot
97. undecided/debating
98. do not intend to vote
99. refuse to answer
i don't have a spouse
i don't know how my spouse votes
1 livni
2 netanyahu
3  barak
4 liberman
5 yishai
6 other
7 blank ballot
8 i don’t know
9  i wouldn’t vote
1. i care a lot
2. i care pretty much
3. i care a little
4. i do not care at all
5. ihud leumi + mafdal
8. meretz/ yachad
9. shinui (headed by levental)
10.  hetz (split off from shinui headed by poraz)
14. hazit leumit yehudit (baruch marzel)
15. herut (michael kleiner)
16. tafnit (uzi dayan)
97. i didn't vote, though i had the right to vote
98.  i didn't vote, because i didn't have the right to vote
99. refuses to answer
1 israeli
2 jewish
3. ashkenazi/ sephardi
4. my religiousness/ secularity
2 palestinian
3 arab
4 my religion (muslim/ christian/ druze)
1. right answer: 2%
2. wrong answer
3. i do not know
1. less than 10%
2. between 10% - 40%
3. between 40% - 75%
4. more than 75%
8. i do not know
1. right answer: dalya itzik
1. i do not observe the tradition at all
2. i observe some elements of the tradition
3. i observe the tradition to a great extent
4. i observe the tradition completely to its every detail
israel (eretz israel, palestine)
germany
austria
switzerland
belgium
netherlands
luxembourg
france
britain
denmark
sweden
norway
finland
iceland
ireland
russia
ukraine
belarus
moldova
crimea
kalinin
lithuania
latvia
estonia
poland
czechoslovakia (czech, slovakia)
romania
hungary
albania
beserabia
usa
canada
mexico
cuba
colombia
venezuela
brazil
argentina
uruguay
chile
bolivia
peru
nigeria
kenya
mauritius
rhodesia
south africa
australia
new zealand
spain
portugal
bulgaria
greece
yugoslavia (serbia, croatia, slovenia)
turkey
cyprus
italy
morocco
algiers
tunisia
libya
egypt
yemen
lebanon
syria
iraq, kurdistan
iran (persia)
afghanistan
pakistan
caucasus
india
ethiopia
china, mongolia
armenia
georgia
tajikistan
turkmenistan
kazakhstan
uzbekistan (bukhara)
azerbaijan
kyrgyzstan
israel
north africa
asia
east europe
west and central europe
america, central and south africa and oceania
1. an immigrant from the ussr
israel (1)
north africa (61-65, 83)
asia (56, 57, 66-72, 81, 82, 84-92)
eastern europe (16-30, 53, 54, 55)
western and central europe (2-15, 51, 52, 58)
america, central and south africa and oceania (31-49)
eastern europe
west or central europe
america/  australia/ south africa
born in israel, father born in israel
born in israel, father born in north africa
born in israel, father born in asia
born in israel, father born in eastern europe
born in israel, father born in western and central europe
born in israel, father born in america/ australia/ south africa
1. much more than the average
2. a little more than the average
3. about the average
4. a little less than the average
5. much less than the average
1. not at all worried
2. a little worried
3. very worried
4. i have lost my job recently and i am looking for work
5. i am not working and i am not looking for work
1  high
2 medium-high
3 medium
4 low
1. jewish
2. muslim
3. christian
4. druze
1. secular
2. traditional
3. religious
4. haredi
1. did not study at all
2. elementary school and junior high
3.	high school (including non-vocational, professional, agricultural, technologi
4.	institute providing training courses and continuing education programs (up  t
5. post high school institution (teachers seminar, nursing school, engineering s
6.	academic institute
not interested
interested
1. hebrew
2. arabic
3. russian
2. arab
week 1
week 2
week 3
only the first time
two times
8. 80 and over
refuses to answer/ no answer
general statement - "was not possible", "i could not" etc.
work/studies/family constraints
preferred other activities on that day
physical limitations/ illness/ difficulties getting to the ballot box
rainy/ stormy weather
"received instruction not to vote" (from a religious authority)
"i wasn't told who to vote for"
"don't feel that i have enough knowledge"
"not enough time in israel to formulate an opinion"
"not interested in living here and therefore i don't care about voting"
basic lack of trust in the system
exhibited or implied indifference ("doesn't interest me", "didn't feel like it")
despair from the situation
no party matches the opinions of the interviewee
all parties are the same
lack of trust in the parties and their intentions
there was no suitable candidate (general position - combining criteria of trust
don't trust in politicians (capability dimension)
don't trust the politicians (trust dimension)
8.  the new movement - meretz
9. haihud haleumi (hatikva, tkuma, moledet)
15.  strong israel (efrayim sneh)
90. i don’t have a spouse
91. i don’t know how my spouse voted
undecided
did not vote
1 national unity government headed by netanyahu
2 national unity government headed by livni
3 national unity government with rotation between netanyahu and livni
4 right-wing government headed by netanyahu
5 other
10 likud and labor government headed by netanyahu
11 kadima and labor government headed by livni
12 left wing government headed by livni
13 left wing government headed by barak
14 left wing government (without specifying a prime minister)
15 center - left wing government (without specifying a prime minister)
16 center government (without specifying a prime minister)
17 national unity government (without specifying a prime minister)
18 government headed by netanyahu (no details)
19 government headed by livni (no details)
20 a government with ‘israel beiteinu’
21 rotation between netanyahu and liberman
22 government headed by liberman
23 a government without ‘israel beiteinu’
24 a government without ‘shas’
25 rotation between netanyahu, livni and barak
30 none
31 whatever is good for the country
32 new elections
33 no preference/ don’t know
34 refuse to answer
1 very pleased
2 rather pleased
3 not so pleased
4 not at all pleased
1  on election day itself
2  2-3 days before the election
3  a week before the election
4  a month before the election
5. a few months before the election
6. i knew from the beginning who i would vote for
1. every night
2.almost every night
3. a few times
4. just once
5. never
1. definitely disagree
2. 2 do not agree
3. not sure
4. agree
5. definitely agree
1 about the foreign policy issue (meaning palestinian state and the golan height
2 about security situation
3 about the socio-economic situation
4 about corruption
5 about who is fit to be prime minister
6 do not read: don’t know
1  it is first and foremost represents the immigrants from the former soviet uni
2 it is not that kind of a party