Members of National Parliaments Study 1996
The study was conducted among representatives of the national parliament in the following countries: Belgium (BE), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Luxembourg (LU), Netherlands (NL), Portugal (PT), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE). The data was collected between April 1996 and July 1997.
How to cite this data: Weßels, Bernhard; Kielhorn, Achim; de Winter, Lieven; Dumont, Patrick; Ysmal, Colette; Kakepati, Manina; Marsh, Michael; O´Sullivan, M. C.; Gardella, Louisa; Thomassen, Jacques; Bandeira, Ch. Leston; et.al. (1999): European Members of National Parliament Study 1996. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3079 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.3079
A detailed documentation of the three studies can be also found in Appendix 1 of Schmitt and Thomassen, eds. (1999), Political Representation and Legitimacy in the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press.