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The Survey of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2012 (Independence)
Classification Questionnaire :
1. A1 During the campaign, on average how many days a week did you watch election news on TV?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | less than 30 minutes | 890 | 48.7% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 345 | 18.9% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 159 | 8.7% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 71 | 3.9% | |
5 | more than 2 hours | 134 | 7.3% | |
6 | only paid attention every once in a while | 36 | 2.0% | |
7 | paid no attention at all | 163 | 8.9% | |
90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | it depends | 26 | 1.4% | |
98 | don't know | 2 | 0.1% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
2. A1a What about election news on the radio?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | less than 30 minutes | 579 | 31.7% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 73 | 4.0% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 40 | 2.2% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 17 | 0.9% | |
5 | more than 2 hours | 44 | 2.4% | |
6 | only paid attention every once in a while | 54 | 3.0% | |
7 | paid no attention at all | 992 | 54.3% | |
90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | it depends | 22 | 1.2% | |
98 | don't know | 5 | 0.3% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
3. A1b What about election news on the internet?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | less than 30 minutes | 577 | 31.6% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 129 | 7.1% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 36 | 2.0% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 8 | 0.4% | |
5 | more than 2 hours | 17 | 0.9% | |
6 | only paid attention every once in a while | 55 | 3.0% | |
7 | paid no attention at all | 982 | 53.8% | |
90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | it depends | 11 | 0.6% | |
98 | don't know | 11 | 0.6% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
4. A1c What about election news in the newspapers?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | less than 30 minutes | 778 | 42.6% | |
2 | 31-60 minutes | 181 | 9.9% | |
3 | 60-90 minutes | 53 | 2.9% | |
4 | 90 minutes to 2 hours | 17 | 0.9% | |
5 | more than 2 hours | 19 | 1.0% | |
6 | only paid attention every once in a while | 70 | 3.8% | |
7 | paid no attention at all | 673 | 36.9% | |
90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 0 | 0% | |
96 | it depends | 27 | 1.5% | |
98 | don't know | 8 | 0.4% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
5. A2 Which newspaper did you read most often?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | China Times | 182 | 10.0% | |
2 | United Daily News | 238 | 13.0% | |
4 | Commercial Times | 15 | 0.8% | |
5 | The Commons Daily | 0 | 0% | |
7 | Economic Daily News | 14 | 0.8% | |
8 | Youth Daily News | 0 | 0% | |
9 | Taiwan Times | 11 | 0.6% | |
10 | Liberty Times | 366 | 20.0% | |
11 | United Evening News | 22 | 1.2% | |
13 | Merit Times | 8 | 0.4% | |
14 | China Daily | 12 | 0.7% | |
16 | Taiwan News | 0 | 0% | |
17 | Apple Daily | 401 | 22.0% | |
18 | Want Daily | 1 | 0.1% | |
19 | Keng Sheng Daily News | 0 | 0% | |
20 | local newspaper | 3 | 0.2% | |
21 | Sharp Daily | 12 | 0.7% | |
22 | Eastern Trends Newspaper | 2 | 0.1% | |
23 | Dazhong Daily | 1 | 0.1% | |
24 | The China Post | 1 | 0.1% | |
25 | U-paper | 1 | 0.1% | |
27 | World Journal | 1 | 0.1% | |
28 | The Real Daily | 0 | 0% | |
29 | The DDM News | 1 | 0.1% | |
30 | The Daily Yomiuri | 1 | 0.1% | |
31 | Harmony News | 0 | 0% | |
32 | Mandarin Daily News | 0 | 0% | |
33 | China Morning Post | 1 | 0.1% | |
91 | read them all | 6 | 0.3% | |
92 | don't read | 503 | 27.6% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 1 | 0.1% | |
98 | don't know | 22 | 1.2% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
6. A3 Which TV news did you watch most often?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Taiwan Television | 59 | 3.2% | |
2 | China Television | 133 | 7.3% | |
3 | Chinese Television | 47 | 2.6% | |
4 | Formosa Television | 318 | 17.4% | |
5 | TVBS | 389 | 21.3% | |
6 | Sanlih E-Television | 206 | 11.3% | |
7 | Eastern Television | 132 | 7.2% | |
8 | CTi Television | 167 | 9.2% | |
9 | Era Television | 52 | 2.9% | |
10 | Gala Television | 1 | 0.1% | |
11 | Unique Satellite Television | 28 | 1.5% | |
12 | Da-Ai Television | 16 | 0.9% | |
13 | Taiwan Public Television | 16 | 0.9% | |
15 | Hakka Television | 1 | 0.1% | |
16 | Indigenous Television | 0 | 0% | |
17 | Local News Television Channel | 1 | 0.1% | |
18 | Next TV | 10 | 0.5% | |
19 | NHK | 2 | 0.1% | |
22 | EBC Financial News | 2 | 0.1% | |
23 | Weilai Sports News | 2 | 0.1% | |
24 | Global News | 2 | 0.1% | |
25 | Taiwan Arts & Culture Television | 0 | 0% | |
26 | Watch all channels except Formosa Television and Sanlih E-Te | 1 | 0.1% | |
90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
91 | watch them all | 27 | 1.5% | |
92 | don't watch | 125 | 6.9% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 2 | 0.1% | |
96 | it depends | 30 | 1.6% | |
98 | don't know | 57 | 3.1% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |
7. A4 Prior to or during the campaign, did you use the Internet or your mobile phone to sign up for information or alerts from a party or candidate?
Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
1 | Yes | 204 | 11.2% | |
2 | No | 1608 | 88.1% | |
95 | refuse to answer | 1 | 0.1% | |
98 | don't know | 13 | 0.7% | |
Frequency : | 1826 | 100% |