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Cultural diversity
Interest in political news

Occupying oneself with politics and current affairs - More than half an hour per day on the radio

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). Economic activity: Persons who indicated that they are mainly economically active.

Question wording: ‘On an average weekday, how much time, in total, do you spend listening to the radio? And again on an average weekday, how much of your time listening to the radio is spent listening to news or programmes about politics and current affairs?‘

Answer categories: ‘no time at all’, ‘less than ½ hour’, ‘½ hour to 1 hour’, ‘more than 1 hour’, up to 1 ½ hours’, ‘more than 1 ½ hours’, ‘up to 2 hours’, ‘more than 2 hours’, ‘up to 2 ½ hours’, ‘more than 2 ½ hours’, ‘up to 3 hours’, ‘more than 3 hours’. Percentages correspond to respondents listening to news or programmes about politics and current affairs on the radio for over half hour on an average weekday.

Sample size: ESS 2006: 1804–2916; weighted data.

Source: ESS 2006.

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


 
 
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