Independence Questionnaire

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Independence Questionnaire

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We are about to start today’s interview. If you do not want to answer any of my questions, please let me know and I will skip that question.

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1. First of all, please tell me where your household is registered ? Which county/city _____ which town/borough ______ , and which village/li _____ ?

2. Which TV news did you watch most often? [only one response permitted]

1 Taiwan Television 2.China Television 3 Chinese Televsion 4 Formasa Television 5 TVBS

6 Sanlih E-Television 7 Eastern Television 8 CTi Television 9 Era Television 10 Gala Television 11 Unique Satellite TV 12 Da-Ai Television

13 Taiwan Public Television 14 Hakka TV

15 Indigenous Television 16 NextTV

92 Don’t watch 95 Refuse to answer 96 It’s hard to say

3. To what extent do you pay attention to the next year's presidential and legislative election?

01. Very Attention 02. Attention

03. Not very attention 04. No attention at all 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know

4. How satisfied are you with the performance of President Ma Ying-jeou over the last three years?

01. Very satisfied 02. Satisfied

03. Not very satisfied 04. Not satisfied at all 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

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5. How satisfied are you with President Ma Ying-jeou's performance of handling the Cross-strait relations over the last three years?(R1, R3, R4, R5, R6)

6. After signing the Cross-strait economic Cooperation Framework Agreement(ECFA), do you think Taiwan's economy has gotten better, worse or is about the same?(R1, R4, R5, R6)

01. Better 02. Worse

03. About the same 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

7. Would you say that over the past year, the state of the economy of Taiwan has gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?(R2)

03. About the same 95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

8. Would you say that in the forthcoming year, the state of the economy of Taiwan will get better, stay about the same, or get worse?(R2)

9. Would you say that over the past year, your own household's economic condition has gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?(R2)

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10. Would you say that in the forthcoming year, your own household's economic condition will get better, stay about the same, or get worse?(R2)

11. Overall, which party's legislators do you think has performed better in this term?

01. KMT 02. DPP 04. PFP 05. TSU

06. No Party Solidarity Union 91. All parties performed well 92. No party performed well 95. Refuse to answer

96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

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We would like to ask you some questions about the forthcoming (2016) Legislative Election.

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12. Do you know how many legislators will be elected in your district?(R1, R3, R6) 11. Eleven or more

95. Refuse to answer 98. Don't know

13. Do you know, besides president ballot, how many ballots you can cast in this Legislative Election?(R1, R3, R6)

14. Do you know the threshold of the list vote that a party must reach in order to participate in allocation of seats by party lists?(R1, R3, R6)

91. No threshold at all 95. Refuse to answer.

98. Don’t know

15. Do you know how long a term of the office is for the new legislators?(R1, R3, R6) 95. Refuse to answer.

98. Don’t know

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16. Do you know how many legislators are there in the current session of the Legislative Yuan?(R1, R3, R6)

17. How satisfied are you with the performance of the incumbent legislator in your district over the last three years?

18. Which district candidate would you vote for if the election were to be held tomorrow?

92. Not yet decided.

93. Won’t turnout to vote [skip 20]

94. Will cast invalid vote 96. It depends

98. Don’t know 95. Refuse to answer.

19. In the last(2012) legislative election, which party's district candidate did you vote for?

01. KMT 02. DPP 03. NP 04. PFP

07. No Party Solidarity Union 08. Independent

89. Didn't pick up the ballot 91. Forget

92. Not eligible to vote

93. Did not turnout to vote [skip 21]

94. Cast invalid vote 95. Refuse to answer 98. Don’t know

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20. In this legislative election, which party's party-list will you vote for?

01. KMT 02. DPP 03. NP 04. PFP 05. TSU

07. Unionist Party

08. Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan 10. National Health System Union

11. People's Democratic Front

14. Military, Civil, and Faculty Alliance Party 15. Trees Party

16. Peace Pigeon Union Party 17. New Power Party

18. Republican Party 19. Free Taiwan Party

20. Taiwan Independence Party

24. Green Party Taiwan & Social Democratic Party Alliance 25. Faith And Hope League

30. Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 89. Won’t pick up the ballot 92. Not yet decided

94. Will cast invalid vote 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 98. Don’t know

21. In the last(2012) legislative election, which party's party-list did you vote for?

01. KMT 02. DPP 03. NP 04. FPF 05. TSU

06. Green Party

07. National Health Service Alliance 11. ROC Taiwan Basic Laws Party 13. Taiwan National Congress 14. Taiwanism Party

15. People United Party 89. Didn't pick up the ballot 91. Forget

93. Did not turnout to vote 94. Cast invalid vote 95. Refuse to answer

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We'd like to get your feeling toward presidential candidates. I'll read the name of a candidate and I'd like you to rate that candidate using a 0-to-10 scale, in which a 0 means that you dislike him/her very much and a 10 means that you like him/her very much.

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22. How would you rate Chu, Li-Luan using a 0-to-10 scale?

95. Refuse to answer 98. Don’t know

23. How would you rate Tsai, Ing-wen using a 0-to-10 scale?

24. How would you rate Soong, James using a 0-to-10 scale?

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Also we'd like to get your feeling toward vice presidential candidates.

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N1. How would you rate Wang, Ju-Hsuan using a 0-to-10 scale?(R2, R4) 95. Refuse to answer

98. Don’t know

N2. How would you rate Chen, Chien-Jen using a 0-to-10 scale?(R2, R4) 95. Refuse to answer

98. Don’t know

N3. How would you rate Hsu, Hsin-Ying using a 0-to-10 scale?(R2, R4) 95. Refuse to answer

98. Don’t know

25. Which presidential candidate would you vote for if the election were to be held tomorrow?

01. Chu, Li-Luan and Ju-Hsuan Wang 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen and Chien-Jen Chen 03. Soong, James and Hsin-Ying Hsu 92. Not yet decided.

93. Won’t turnout to vote

94. Will cast invaild vote 95. Refuse to answer

96. It depends 98. Don’t know

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26. Which presidential candidate do you think are more likely to be elected?

01. Chu, Li-Luan and Ju-Hsuan Wang 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen and Chien-Jen Chen 03. Soong, James and Hsin-Ying Hsu 95. Refuse to answer

96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know

27. In the last(2012) Presidential Election, who did you vote for?

01. Ma, Ying-Jeou and Den-Yih Wu 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen and Jia-Chyuan Su 03. Soong, James and Ruey Shiung Lin 91. Forgot

92. Not eligible to vote 93. Didn’t vote

94. Cast an invalid vote 95. Refuse to answer

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Next, we would ask you some issues that are concerned by most people in this election.

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I1. About the Pension System, some people would like to maintain the current pension system even if it needs a possible tax increase. Some other people would like to reduce the retirement benefit so as to avoid increasing the burden of the tax payment. Overall, which one do you agree? Is to increase tax to maintain the current pension system or to reduce the retirement benefit?(R3)

01. Strongly agree to increase tax 02. Agree to increase tax

03. Agree to reduce the retirement benefit

04. Strongly agree to reduce the retirement benefit

05. Agree to reduce the benefit of Military, Public and Teaching Personnel 95. Refuse to answer

96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know

D6. The second televised presidential debate was held in the afternoon on January 2^nd. Which presidential candidate do you think performed better?(R6)

01. Chu, Li-Luan 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen 03. Soong, James 91. All are good 92. All are not good 93. Didn't watch 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

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A1. The leaders of the two sides of Taiwan Strait met in Singapore in November last year. General speaking, do you think this meeting had either a positive or negative impact on the future development of Taiwan?

01. A positive impact 02. A negative impact 03. No impact

95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know

A2. Regarding the issue of Cross-Strait negotiation, some people say that we should continue using the 1992 Consensus as the basis of Cross-Strait negotiation while other people say we should reject the 1992 Consensus. Which do you agree with?

01. Continue using the 1992 Consensus 02. Reject the 1992 Consensus

91. Both support 92. Both don’t support 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

D1. The televised presidential debate was held in the afternoon on December 27^th. Which presidential candidate do you think performed better?(R4, R5)

D2. The televised vice presidential debate was held in the afternoon on December 26^th , which vice presidential candidate do you think performed better?(R4, R5)

01. Wang, Ju-Hsuan 02. Chen, Chien-Jen 03. Hsu, Hsin-Ying 91. All are good 92. All are not good 93. Didn't watch 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know

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D3. Have you watched the televised presidential debate?(R4, R5) 01. Yes

02. No [skip D4, D5]

95. Refuse to answer [skip D4, D5]

98. Don't know [skip D4, D5]

D4. Which televised presidential debate have you watched? (multiple responses permitted)(R4, R5) 01. Dec. 27th, 2015

02. Jan. 2nd, 2016 95. Refuse to answer 98. Don't know

D5. Overall, which presidential candidate do you think performed better?

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＊＊ Finally, we would like to know something about yourself. ＊＊

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28. Concerning the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China, which of the following six positions do you agree with: 1) immediate unification, 2) immediate independence, 3) maintain the status quo, move toward unification in the future, 4) maintain the status quo, move toward independence in the future, 5) maintain the status quo, decide either unification or independence in the future, 6) maintain the status quo forever

01. Immediate unification 02. Immediate independence

03. Maintain the status quo, move toward unification in the future 04. Maintain the status quo, move toward independence in the future

05. Maintain the status quo, decide either unification or independence in the future 06. Maintain the status quo forever

95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know

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29. Among all political parties in our country, which party do you think of yourself as leaning toward?

01. KMT [continue to 29a]

02. DPP [continue to 29a]

03. NP [continue to 29a]

04. PFP [continue to 29a]

05. TSU [continue to 29a]

06. All support [continue to 29b]

07. All don’t support [continue to 29b]

20. Green Party [continue to 29a]

21. New Power Party [continue to 29a]

22. Republican Party [continue to 29a]

23. Social Democratic Party [continue to 29a]

24. Tree Party [continue to 29a]

95. Refuse to answer [continue to 29b]

96. It depends [continue to 29b]

97. No opinion [continue to 29b]

98. Don't know [continue to 29b]

29a. Do you lean very strongly or somewhat?

01. Very strongly 02. Somewhat

29b. Relatively speaking, do you lean toward any political party?

03. KMT 04. DPP 05. NP 06. PFP 07. TSU 08. None 23. Green Party 24. New Power Party 25. Republican Party

26. Social Democratic Party 27. Tree Party

95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends

30. In Taiwan, some people think they are Taiwanese. There are also some people who think that they are Chinese. Do you consider yourself as Taiwanese, Chinese or both?

01. Taiwanese 02. Both 03. Chinese

95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know 31. Year of birth

___(Answer)___ 95. refuse to answer

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32. Education level 01. Illiterate

02. Primary school graduate 03. Junior high school graduate

04. High school or vocational school graduate 05. Technical college graduate

06. University graduate 07. Post-graduate education 95. Refuse to answer

33. Father’s ethnic background 01. Taiwanese Hakka 02. Taiwanese Min-nan 03. Mainlander

04. Aboriginal 05. Foreigner

06. Recent Mainland immigrant 07. Recent Foreign immigrant 95. Refuse to answer

98. Don’t know

34. Mother’s ethnic background 01. Taiwanese Hakka 02. Taiwanese Min-nan 03. Mainlander

04. Aboriginal 05. Foreigner

06. Recent Mainland immigrant 07. Recent Foreign immigrant 95. Refuse to answer

98. Don’t know

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35. Main occupation of respondent 101. Legislators

102. Government Administrators 103. Chief Executives(Pub.) 104. Chief Executives(Priv.) 105. Directors have employee 106. Directors don’t have employee 201. Science Professionals(Pub.) 202. Science Professionals(Priv.)

203. Health Associate Professionals(Pub.) 204. Health Associate Professionals(Priv.) 205. Accountants

206. Teachers(Pub.) 207. Teachers(Priv.)

208. Lawyers and Legal Professionals(Pub.) 209. Lawyers and Legal Professionals(Priv.) 210. Religion man

211. Abstractionist

212. Writer(author, reporter, dramatist) 213. Eng. Science Professionals(Pub.) 214. Eng. Science Professionals(Priv.) 215. Sportsman

301. Office Clerks(Pub.) 302. Office Clerks(Priv.) 303. Salespersons

401. Personal Services Workers(Priv.) or Services Elementary Occupations or Drivers 501. Agr., Animal Husbandry, Forestry and Fishing Workers(Priv.)

601. Production Laborers and Rel. Workers(Pub.) 602. Production Laborers and Rel. Workers(Priv.) 701. Students

801. Servicemen

901. housekeeping, without domestic crafting [continue to 35a]

902. housekeeping, with domestic crafting [continue to 35a]

903. housekeeping, helping familial business without pay [continue to 35a]

904. housekeeping, helping familial business with pay [continue to 35a]

905. Unemployment [skip to 35b]

906. Retired [skip to 35b]

995. Refuse to answer

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35a. Main occupation of respondent’s spouse.

101. Legislators

211. Abstractionist

212.Writer(author, reporter, dramatist) 213. Eng. Science Professionals(Pub.) 214. Eng. Science Professionals(Priv.) 215. Sportsman

801. Servicemen 901. widowed 902. divorced

995. Refuse to answer

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35b. Main occupation of respondent before retirement or unemployment 101. Legislators

211. Abstractionist

212. Writer(author, reporter, dramatist) 213. Eng. Science Professionals(Pub.) 214. Eng. Science Professionals(Priv.) 215. Sportsman

801. Servicemen 995. Refuse to answer

M1. How many telephone lines does your household have? (only those used for voice communications)(R1, R3, R6)

__________ 95. Refuse to answer/ Don’t use M2. Do you use cell phone?(R1, R3, R6)

01. Yes

02. No [skip M2a]

95. Refuse to answer [skip M2a]

96. It depends [skip M2a]

97. No opinion [skip M2a]

98. Don't know [skip M2a]

M2a. Do you transfer any of your calls from the land-line phone to your cell phone?(R1) 01. Some

02. No

95. Refuse to answer

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M3. Finally, our teacher is interested in the internet usage in Taiwan, may you provide us our most frequently used e-mail?(R2, R4, R5)

__________ 95. Refuse to answer/ Don’t use

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Thank you very much for your time!

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36. Respondent’s gender 01. Male

02. Female

37. Language used to conduct interview 01. Mandarin

02. Taiwanese 03. Hakka

04. Mandarin and Taiwanese 05. Mandarin and Hakka