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The Survey of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2016 (Independence)
Classification Questionnaire :
1. How closely do you follow politics on TV, radio, newspapers, or the Internet? Very closely, fairly closely, not very closely, or not at all?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Very closely | 247 | 14.6% | |
2 | Fairly closely | 1035 | 61.2% | |
3 | Not very closely | 269 | 15.9% | |
4 | Not at all | 128 | 7.6% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | It depends | 7 | 0.4% | |
97 | No opinion | 1 | 0.1% | |
98 | Don't know | 3 | 0.2% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
2. Which newspaper did you read most often?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | China Times | 74 | 4.4% | |
2 | United Daily News | 174 | 10.3% | |
4 | Commercial Times | 5 | 0.3% | |
5 | The Commons Daily | 0 | 0% | |
7 | Economic Daily News | 9 | 0.5% | |
8 | Youth Daily News | 0 | 0% | |
9 | Taiwan Times | 3 | 0.2% | |
10 | Liberty Times | 341 | 20.2% | |
11 | United Evening News | 5 | 0.3% | |
13 | Merit Times | 4 | 0.2% | |
14 | China Daily | 5 | 0.3% | |
16 | Taiwan News | 0 | 0% | |
17 | Apple Daily | 293 | 17.3% | |
18 | Want Daily | 1 | 0.1% | |
25 | U-paper | 1 | 0.1% | |
35 | Sharp Daily | 4 | 0.2% | |
36 | Mandarin Daily News | 3 | 0.2% | |
38 | Epoch Times | 0 | 0% | |
89 | Local newspaper | 6 | 0.4% | |
92 | Never | 735 | 43.5% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
98 | Don't know | 27 | 1.6% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
3. Which TV news did you watch most often?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Taiwan Television | 37 | 2.2% | |
2 | China Television | 93 | 5.5% | |
3 | Chinese Television | 38 | 2.2% | |
4 | Formosa Television | 294 | 17.4% | |
5 | TVBS | 316 | 18.7% | |
6 | Sanlih E-Television | 211 | 12.5% | |
7 | Eastern Television | 153 | 9.0% | |
8 | CTi Television | 125 | 7.4% | |
9 | Era Television | 59 | 3.5% | |
10 | Gala Television | 3 | 0.2% | |
11 | Unique Satellite Television | 24 | 1.4% | |
12 | Da-Ai Television | 11 | 0.7% | |
13 | Taiwan Public Television | 14 | 0.8% | |
15 | Hakka Television | 0 | 0% | |
16 | Taiwan Indigenous Television | 0 | 0% | |
17 | Local News Television Channel | 0 | 0% | |
18 | Next TV | 79 | 4.7% | |
19 | NHK | 0 | 0% | |
20 | UDN | 1 | 0.1% | |
22 | EBC Financial News | 0 | 0% | |
24 | CNN | 0 | 0% | |
25 | Global News (MOD) | 3 | 0.2% | |
26 | Beautiful Life Television | 0 | 0% | |
27 | Global TV | 1 | 0.1% | |
92 | Never | 130 | 7.7% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 12 | 0.7% | |
98 | Don't know | 86 | 5.1% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
4. On average, how much time did you spend each day on election campaign news on TV?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Less than 30 minutes | 582 | 34.4% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 359 | 21.2% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 143 | 8.5% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 72 | 4.3% | |
5 | More than 2 hours | 108 | 6.4% | |
6 | Every once in a while | 247 | 14.6% | |
7 | None at all | 146 | 8.6% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | It depends | 29 | 1.7% | |
98 | Don't know | 4 | 0.2% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
5. What about election news on the radio?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Less than 30 minutes | 222 | 13.1% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 60 | 3.5% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 17 | 1.0% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 9 | 0.5% | |
5 | More than 2 hours | 26 | 1.5% | |
6 | Every once in a while | 220 | 13.0% | |
7 | None at all | 1103 | 65.3% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | It depends | 22 | 1.3% | |
98 | Don't know | 11 | 0.7% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
6. What about election news on the internet?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Less than 30 minutes | 357 | 21.1% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 150 | 8.9% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 35 | 2.1% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 22 | 1.3% | |
5 | More than 2 hours | 25 | 1.5% | |
6 | Every once in a while | 300 | 17.8% | |
7 | None at all | 536 | 31.7% | |
92 | Can't use or never use internet | 253 | 15.0% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | It depends | 8 | 0.5% | |
98 | Don't know | 4 | 0.2% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |
7. What about election news in the newspapers?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Less than 30 minutes | 391 | 23.1% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 130 | 7.7% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 36 | 2.1% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 12 | 0.7% | |
5 | More than 2 hours | 6 | 0.4% | |
6 | Every once in a while | 305 | 18.1% | |
7 | None at all | 782 | 46.3% | |
95 | Refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | It depends | 18 | 1.1% | |
98 | Don't know | 10 | 0.6% | |
Frequency : | 1690 | 100% |