Religion and Ethnicity > Wave 18

Longitudinal Wave

General Information

Title
Wave 18
Project Number
3.18
Abstract
This questionnaire is about religion and ethnicity and is part of the eighteenth wave of the LISS Core Study.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
04-08-2025
End date
30-09-2025
Researcher
Maartje Elshout (Centerdata)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2025 Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57990/fx8q-x087
Funding Organization
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)

Datasets and documentation

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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file

Variables

Variable name Variable Label
nomem_encrNumber of household member encrypted
cr25r_mYear and month of the field work period
cr25r134Were you raised within a certain faith?
cr25r135Which faith was that?
cr25r136Which denomination or congregation within the Dutch Reformed Church was that?
cr25r142When you were 15 years old, how often did you attend church or other religious gatherings?
cr25r143Do you see yourself as belonging to a church community or religious group?
cr25r144Which church community or what religious group is that?
cr25r145To which church did you belong before the merger in 2004 that created the Protestant Church in the Netherlands?
cr25r030Which of the following statements best matches your idea of God?
cr25r031Do you believe in a life after death?
cr25r152How do you picture life after death? heaven
cr25r153How do you picture life after death? hell
cr25r154How do you picture life after death? a future return to earth as human
cr25r155How do you picture life after death? reincarnation
cr25r156How do you picture life after death? resurrection
cr25r157How do you picture life after death? living on in people’s memories
cr25r158How do you picture life after death? continued existence of spirit or soul
cr25r159How do you picture life after death? reunion with family/loved ones
cr25r160How do you picture life after death? other, namely…
cr25r162To what extent would you describe yourself as a religious person? Is that:
cr25r163Regardless of whether you see yourself as religious or not, to what extent would you describe yourself as a spiritual person? Is that:
cr25r041Aside from special occasions such as weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious gatherings nowadays?
cr25r042Aside from when you attend religious gatherings, how often do you pray?
cr25r164How strongly do you feel that you are Dutch?
cr25r165To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: No other group
cr25r166To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Turks
cr25r167To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Kurds
cr25r168To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Moroccans
cr25r169To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Berbers
cr25r170To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Surinamese
cr25r171To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Hindus
cr25r172To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Creole groups
cr25r173To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Javanese
cr25r174To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Chinese
cr25r175To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Curaçaoan
cr25r176To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Aruban
cr25r177To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Antillean
cr25r178To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Indonesian
cr25r179To which of the following groups do you feel you belong? Choose all that applies to you: Other group, namely:
cr25r181How strongly do you feel that you belong to this group? If you selected more than one, please answer the question for the group to which you feel the strongest sense of belonging.
cr25r079Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Dutch
cr25r080Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Arab
cr25r081Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Berber
cr25r082Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: German
cr25r083Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Frisian
cr25r084Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Indonesian
cr25r085Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Turkish
cr25r086Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: Flemish
cr25r087Which language or languages did you grow up speaking: other language
cr25r089At home, do you generally speak Dutch or another language?
cr25r090What other language do you generally speak at home?
cr25r092Do you ever speak dialect?
cr25r093Do you speak Dutch with…your partner?
cr25r094Do you speak Dutch with…your children?
cr25r095Do you speak Dutch with…most of your friends and acquaintances?
cr25r096Do you speak Dutch with…colleagues?
cr25r097When having conversations in Dutch, do you ever have trouble speaking the Dutch language?
cr25r098When reading newspapers, letters or brochures, do you ever have trouble understanding the Dutch language?
cr25r109Was it difficult to answer the questions?
cr25r110Were the questions sufficiently clear?
cr25r111Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things?
cr25r112Was it an interesting subject?
cr25r113Did you enjoy answering the questions?
cr25r116Starting date of the questionnaire
cr25r117Starting time of the questionnaire
cr25r118End date of the questionnaire
cr25r119End time of the questionnaire
cr25r120Duration in seconds

Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 6,057 (100.0%)
Non-response: 1,027 (17.0%)
Response: 5,030 (83.0%)
Complete: 5,021 (82.9%)
Incomplete: 9 (0.1%)
Collection Events
Period
04-08-2025 to 26-08-2025
Sample
Panel members aged 16 years or older
Collection Mode
Internet Survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents

Period
01-09-2025 to 30-09-2025
Sample
Non-respondents of the first measurement
Collection Mode
Internet Survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents