[EB] HOLLAND POLITICAL PARTIES REQUEST

[Meinhard Moschner]

With respect to the political Party coding in Eurobarometer
codebooks please notice the following limitation:

 <Starting with Euro-Barometer 2 the coding of this variable 
 has been standardized following an approximate ordering of  
 each country's political parties along a "left" to "right"  
 continuum in the first digit of the codes. Parties coded    
 01-39 are generally considered on the "left", those coded   
 40-49 in the "centre", and those coded 60-89 on the "right" 
 of the political spectrum. Parties coded 50-59 cannot be    
 readily located in the traditional meaning of "left" and    
 "right". The second digit of the codes is not significant   
 to the "left-right" ordering. Codes 90-99 contain the       
 response "other party" and various missing data responses.  
 Users may modify these codings or part of these codings     
 in order to suit their specific needs.>                     

Best wishes
Meinhard Moschner


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