Q1: In the last Lok Sabha Election, did anybody like me come to interview you?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Do not remember

Q2: Could you able to vote in the recent Assembly Election held in Bihar?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Could not vote
2 = 2: Voted
8 = 8: No opinion

Q2a: (If yes), Whom did you vote for Vidhan Sabha Election 2005?
1 = 01: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: JD(U)
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
7 = 07: NCP
11 = 11: RJD(Laloo)
12 = 12: LJNSP(Paswan)
18 = 18: JMM
21 = 21: Samata
30 = 30: Samajwadi Party
31 = 31: JD(S)
32 = 32: RLD(Ajit Singh)
33 = 33: INLD(Chautala)
40 = 40: CPI(ML)
44 = 44: FBL
45 = 45: AJSU
54 = 54: IPF
55 = 55: MCC(AK Roy)
58 = 58: HVP
59 = 59: HVM
90 = 90: No party
96 = 96: Independent
97 = 97: Other parties
98 = 98: Do not know
99 = 99: Not applicable/Blank/Refused/Not voted

Q2b(1): What was the biggest thing in your mind when you decided to vote for this particular person? Why did you vote for him (1st)?
1 = 01: Voting is my duty
2 = 02: Voted in the past
3 = 03: Paid money hence voted
4 = 04: Members of family told
5 = 05: Everyone in family was going to vote
6 = 06: People of village told to vote
7 = 07: Everyone in village was voting
8 = 08: A candidate from my caste
9 = 09: Voted to defeat someone
10 = 10: Someone I liked was contesting
11 = 11: Good party/candidate
12 = 12: Nehru-Gandhi family
13 = 13: Change government
14 = 14: Development
15 = 15: Road-Streets
16 = 16: Against goons Gundagardi
17 = 17: Basic facilities
18 = 18: Anti-Corruption
19 = 19: Employment
20 = 20: Inflation
21 = 21: Farmers problem
22 = 22: Irrigation facilities
23 = 23: Domicile
24 = 24: Security problems
25 = 25: Education/schooling
26 = 26: Respect for the dalit
27 = 27: Security of the Muslim
28 = 28: Sewerage problem
29 = 29: Problems of bridge
30 = 30: Loyalty in the BJP
95 = 95: Other problems
97 = 97: No second problem
98 = 98: Do not know
99 = 99: NA

Q2c: (If voted), When you finally decide whom to vote?
1 = 1: The voting day
2 = 2: A day or two before the voting day
3 = 3: After campaigning started
4 = 4: Before campaigning started
8 = 8: Do not know
9 = 9: NA

Q2d: (If not voted), What was the main reason for which you couldnot vote in this election?
1 = 1: Out of city
2 = 2: Due to illness
3 = 3: No interest
4 = 4: Prevented from voting
5 = 5: No voters identity card
7 = 7: Others
8 = 8: Do not know
9 = 9: NA

Q3: (If Voted) Was the voting mark properly put in your finger?
1 = 1: No mark is visible
2 = 2: Mark visible
8 = 8: Could not check the mark
9 = 9: NA

Q4: In your opinion, who should be the next Chief Minister of Bihar after this election?
1 = 01: Laloo Prasad Yadav
2 = 02: Rabri Devi
3 = 03: Ram Vilas Paswan
4 = 04: Nitish Kumar
5 = 05: George Fernandes
6 = 06: Sishil Modi
7 = 07: Shatrughan Sinha
8 = 08: Jaggannath Mishra
11 = 11: INC candidate
12 = 12: BJP Candidate
13 = 13: RJD Candidate
14 = 14: JMM candidate
15 = 15: LJNSP Candidate
16 = 16: JD(U) Candidate
97 = 97: Others
98 = 98: DK
99 = 99: NA

Q5: Could you vote in Lok Sabha Election 2004?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
3 = 3: Was not a voter than
8 = 8: Do not remember?

Q5a: (If yes), Whom did you vote for Lok Sabha Election 2004?
1 = 01: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: JD(U)
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
7 = 07: NCP
11 = 11: RJD(Laloo)
12 = 12: LJNSP(Paswan)
18 = 18: JMM
21 = 21: Samata
30 = 30: Samajwadi Party
31 = 31: JD(S)
32 = 32: RLD(Ajit Singh)
33 = 33: INLD(Chautala)
40 = 40: CPI(ML)
44 = 44: FBL
45 = 45: AJSU
54 = 54: IPF
55 = 55: MCC(AK Roy)
58 = 58: HVP
59 = 59: HVM
90 = 90: No party
96 = 96: Independent
97 = 97: Other parties
98 = 98: Do not know
99 = 99: Blank/Refused

Q7: How much interest did you show in the campaigning for this election
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Not at all
2 = 2: Little bit
3 = 3: Very much
8 = 8: Can't say

Q8(a): Did you attend any election meetings?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes

Q9: Did any candidate, party-worker or campaigner come to your house to ask for your vote?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say

Q10: When you decided whom to vote, did you take opinion or suggestion of anyone?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say

Q12: Of all, whose opinion did you consider the most?
1 = 1: Husband/Wife
2 = 2: Other member of the family
4 = 4: Member of the caste-community
8 = 8: Religious leaders
16 = 16: Friends/Neighbours
32 = 32: Colleagues
97 = 97: Others
99 = 99: NA

Q13: Was your vote purely based on your own decision or was there an influence of others opinion?
1 = 1: Own decision
2 = 2: Influenced from others opinion
8 = 8: Can't say

Q14: In your opinion do you think the other members of your family voted the same candidate as you did?
1 = 1: Voted the same candidate
2 = 2: Different
8 = 8: Not sure

Q15: Is your family associated with any other party?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Not sure

Q16: Have you or any member of your family ever had any close relation with any leader?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Not sure

Q16a: (If yes), In which party he/she is with for this election?
1 = 01: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: JD(U)
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
7 = 07: NCP
11 = 11: RJD(Laloo)
12 = 12: LJNSP(Paswan)
18 = 18: JMM
21 = 21: Samata
30 = 30: Samajwadi Party
31 = 31: JD(S)
32 = 32: RLD(Ajit Singh)
33 = 33: INLD(Chautala)
40 = 40: CPI(ML)
44 = 44: FBL
45 = AJSU
54 = 54: IPF
55 = 55: MCC(AK Roy)
58 = 58: HVP
59 = 59: HVM
90 = 90: No party
96 = 96: Independent
97 = 97: Other parties
98 = 98: Do not know
99 = 99: Blank/Refused

Q19(1): (If yes), What is your opinion about INC candidate?
1 = 1: Bad
2 = 2: Very bad
3 = 3: Good
4 = 4: Very good
8 = 8: No opinion
9 = 9: N.A.

Q21: Looking at the way you and your family members have voted in the last few elections, would you call yourself a supporter of Congress, BJP, RJD, JD(U) or not a supporter of any party?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Congress supporter
2 = 2: BJP supporter
3 = 3: RJD supporter
4 = 4: JD(U) supporter
5 = 5: Not a supporter of any party
7 = 7: Others
8 = 8: No opinion

Q22: How satisfied are you about the work done by your MLA in the last five years?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Fully satisfied
2 = 2: Somewhat satisfied
3 = 3: Somewhat dissatisfied
4 = 4: Fully dissatisfied
8 = 8: No opinion

Q23: To what extent do you think there had been electoral mal practices or irregularities in your area in this election?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Several mal practices
2 = 2: To some extent
3 = 3: Very little mal practices
4 = 4: No mal practices
8 = 8: Can't say

Q24: If you compare this year election to the last elections, do you think the election mal practices and irregularities have increased or decreased?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Increased
2 = 2: Same as before
3 = 3: Decreased
4 = 4: Never takes place
8 = 8: No opinion

Q24a(1): (If 1 or 2 in Q23) What kind of mal practices?(1st)
1 = 01: Bogus voting
2 = 02: Pressurising voters
3 = 03: Agents trying to convince voters on the booth
4 = 04: Discrepancies in voters list
5 = 05: Malpractices by Polling Officers
6 = 06: Malpractices by Polling Agents
7 = 07: Conflict on polling booth
8 = 08: Parlobhan
9 = 09: Booth capturing
10 = 10: Firing
11 = 11: Fighting on the polling station
12 = 12: Kidnapping
13 = 13: Delay of voting start
14 = 14: Damage of property on the polling station
15 = 15: Defect in the EVM
16 = 16: Stop for vote casting
95 = 95: Other problems
97 = 97: No second problem
98 = 98: DK
99 = 99: NA

Q26: What is the biggest problem in your locality/village/city?
1 = 01: Electricity supply
2 = 02: Cleanliness
3 = 03: Problems with bills
4 = 04: Roads/Streets
5 = 05: Hospitals
6 = 06: Employment/Poverty
7 = 07: Community Sanitation/Toilet
8 = 08: Veternity Hospitals
9 = 09: Schools
10 = 10: Drinking water supply
11 = 11: Liquor shops should be elected
12 = 12: Gambling
13 = 13: Development
14 = 14: Sewers needed
15 = 15: Housing problems
16 = 16: Irrigation facilities
17 = 17: Goons Gundagardi
18 = 18: Corruption
19 = 19: Naxialite terror
20 = 20: Inflation
21 = 21: Transport facilities
22 = 22: Shortage of cremation
23 = 23: Ration cards
24 = 24: Famine/drought problems
25 = 25: Folding problems
26 = 26: Problem of bridge
27 = 27: Famine
28 = 28: Migration for work
90 = 90: No problem
95 = 95: Other problems
97 = 97: No second problem
98 = 98: DK
99 = 99: NA

Q26a: In your opinion which party is most capable to solve this problem?
1 = 1: Congress
2 = 2: BJP
3 = 3: RJD
5 = 5: No party is good
7 = 7: Others
8 = 8: Can't say

Q28: If you compare the present Congress led govt. in the centre with that of the previous BJP led NDA govt, which among the two do you think is better?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Congress led govt.
2 = 2: NDA Govt.
3 = 3: Both
4 = 4: None
8 = 8: No opinion

Q29(a): In your opinion Congress and Lok Janshakti parties enter into an alliance?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: No opinion

Q30: What is your opinion about Government formed by various party coalition?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Nothing wrong in it
2 = 2: Acceptable in certain situation
3 = 3: Not good
8 = 8: No opinion

Q31(a): Security of Common people
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Worse than before
2 = 2: Same as before
3 = 3: Better than before
8 = 8: No opinion

Q32: What is opinion on the corruption of Bihar during last 15 years?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Worse
2 = 2: Situation improved
3 = 3: No development but exploitation
8 = 8: No opinion

Q33(a): Among Laloo Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Ram Bilas Paswan, who is better for the whole development of Bihar?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Laloo Prasad Yadav
2 = 2: Nitish Kumar
3 = 3: Ram Bilas Paswan
8 = 8: No opinion

Q34: How regularly do you read the newspaper?
0 = 8: Couldnot understand
1 = 1: Daily
2 = 2: Often
3 = 3: Sometimes
4 = 4: Never
8 = 8: No opinion

Q37: What is your opinion on Rabri Devi as a Chief Minister?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Total cheat
2 = 2: Nothing wrong
3 = 3: Better than the others
8 = 8: No opinion

Q38: What is opinion about the rule of Laloo in Bihar?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Everything is bad
2 = 2: There is no problem
3 = 3: There is no alternative
8 = 8: No opinion

Q39(a): While casting your vote in the election how much were you influenced by dignity of ones caste-community?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Not at all
2 = 2: Somewhat
3 = 3: Very much
8 = 8: No opinion

Q40: Out of these issue which issue was most important for you?
1 = 1: Dignity of caste-community
2 = 2: Good candidate
3 = 3: Question of employment
4 = 4: Free from corruption
5 = 5: Development of the state
9 = 9: NA

Q41: What is your opinion about the rule of Laloo Prasad Yadav in Bihar?
0 = 0: Could not understand
1 = 1: Bad from the begining
2 = 2: Good from begining
3 = 3: Good in begining but deteriorated later
8 = 8: No opinion

B2: Gender
1 = 1: Male
2 = 2: Female

B3: How educated are you?
0 = 0: Non literate
1 = 1: Below Primary
2 = 2: Primary pass
3 = 3: Middle pass
4 = 4: Matric
5 = 5: Intermediate
6 = 6: Graduate or equivalent
7 = 7: Post graduate
8 = 8: Professional degrees
9 = 9: NA

B4: What is your occupation?
69 = 69: Other semi skilled and unskilled workers

B5a: What is your caste group?
1 = 1: Scheduled Caste(SC)
2 = 2: Scheduled Tribe (ST)
3 = 3: Other Backward Caste (OBC)
4 = 4: General/Others
9 = 9: NA

B6: What is your religion?
1 = 1: Hindu
2 = 2: Muslim
3 = 3: Christian
4 = 4: Sikh
5 = 5: Buddhist
6 = 6: Jain
7 = 7: Parsi
8 = 8: Others
9 = 9: NA

B7: Do you have photo I-Card?
1 = 1: No photo I-card
2 = 2: I-card not issued
3 = 3: Wrong photo I-card
4 = 4: Yes, have the photo I-card
5 = 5: Photo I-card lost
7 = 7: Others
9 = 9: NA

B8: Locality)
1 = Village
2 = City(Below 1 Lakh)
3 = Town (Above 1 Lakh)

B8a: (If Town), Type of house
1 = 1: 4 or more bedroom flats
2 = 2: 2 or 3 bedroom flats
3 = 3: Two room flats
4 = 4: One room flats
5 = 5: Kutcha house
6 = 6: Slum/Jhuggi/Jhopri
9 = 9: Not applicable

B8b: (If village), Type of house
1 = 1: Pucca
2 = 2: Kutcha-Pucca
3 = 3: Kutcha
4 = 4: Jhopri
9 = 9: Not applicable

B11a: No. of Adults
0 = 0: Blank
1 = 1: One
2 = 2: Two
3 = 3: Three
4 = 4: Four
5 = 5: Five
6 = 6: Six
7 = 7: Seven
8 = 8: Eight
9 = 9: Nine and above

B12: Do you have toilets in your house?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
9 = 9: N.A.

B13(a): Do you or your family member have Car/Jeep/Van?
0 = 0: No
1 = 1: Yes

B13(c): Do you or your family member have Television?
0 = 0: No
1 = 1: B/W
2 = 2: Colour

B14: Source of drinking water
1 = 1: Tap water in the house
2 = 2: Tap water outside house
3 = 3: Tubewel
4 = 4: Well
5 = 5: Nature source
6 = 6: Hand pump
7 = 7: Others
9 = N.A

B15: Source of Light
1 = 1: Electricity
2 = 2: Kerosene oil
3 = 3: Others
9 = 9: NA

B16: Source of Fuel
1 = 1: LPG
2 = 2: Electricity
3 = 3: Kerosene oil
4 = 4: Coal/charkol
5 = 5: Other fuel(Purchased)
6 = 6: Other fuel(non purchased)
7 = 7: Others
9 = 9: N.A.

B17: Total monthly income of the family
1 = 1: Upto Rs. 1000
2 = 2: Rs.1001-Rs.2000
3 = 3: Rs.2001-Rs.3000
4 = 4: Rs.3001-Rs.4000
5 = 5: Rs.4001-Rs.5000
6 = 6: Rs.5001-Rs.10,000
7 = 7: Rs.10,001-Rs.20,000
8 = 8: Rs.20,001 and above
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq1: How many calls were made where the interview took place?
0 = 0: Blank/NA
1 = 1: One
2 = 2: Two
3 = 3: Three
4 = 4: Four
5 = 5: Five
6 = 6: Six
7 = 7: Seven
8 = 8: Eight
9 = 9: Nine and above

Eq7: Were there any other people immediately present who might be listening during the interview?
1 = 1: No one
2 = 2: Spouse only
3 = 3: Children only
4 = 4: A few others
5 = 5: Small crowd
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq8: How often did the respondent check with others for information to answers for questions?
1 = 1: Very frequently
2 = 2: Frequently
3 = 3: Sometimes
4 = 4: Never
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq9: Do you think anyone influenced the answer of respondent during the interviews?
1 = 1: Yes
2 = 2: No
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq12: What proportion of the questions do you feel the respondent had difficulty answering?
1 = 1: All
2 = 2: Most
3 = 3: Some
4 = 4: Few
5 = 5: None
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq14(a): What was the attitude of the respondent toward you during the interview(1st)?
1 = 1: Friendly
2 = 2: In between
3 = 3: Hostile
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq14(b): What was the attitude of the respondent toward you during the interview(2nd)?
1 = 1: Interested
2 = 2: In between
3 = 3: Bored
9 = 9: N.A.

Eq14(c): What was the attitude of the respondent toward you during the interview(3rd)?
1 = 1: Cooperative
2 = 2: In between
3 = 3: Uncooperative
9 = 9: N.A.

1 = 1: Phase-I
2 = 2: Phase-II
3 = 3: Phase-III
9 = 9: N.A.