Political configuration
Persons without party attachment

Distance from parties by education 1981–2005: people without party attachment in %

Definitions/Comments: Educational levels: low: ISCED 0–2 (compulsory schooling, pre-vocational education); intermediate: ISCED 3–4 (apprenticeship, matura); high: ISCED 5–6 (university, other tertiary).

Question wording: ‘Which one of the political parties currently represented in the Federal parliament has goals and demands that are closest to your own views and wishes?’ Indicated: proportion of respondents not naming any party.

Sample size: Voxit: 1410–4032 per year; weighted data.

Source: Voxit cumulated data 1981–2005.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.