Q1: Which candidate/party did you vote for?
0 = 00: Refused/Blank
1 = 01: Congress
2 = 02: BJP
3 = 03: Akali Dal
4 = 04: CPI
5 = 05: CPI(M)
6 = 06: BSP
7 = 07: Akali Dal(Mann)
8 = 08: Independent
9 = 09: Other parties

Q2: When did you finally make up your mind about whom to vote for?
1 = 1: On the polling day
2 = 2: A day or two before polling
3 = 3: During the campaign
4 = 4: Before the campaign started
8 = Don't Know/Can't Say

Q3: Now I will ask you about the Punjab Assembly Elections held in 2002? Were you able to cast your vote or not?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: Can't say/Don't know

Q3a: (If yes) Whom did you vote in Assembly Election 2002?
0 = 0: Refused/Blank
1 = 1: Congress
2 = 2: BJP
3 = 3: Akali Dal
4 = 4: CPI
5 = 5: CPI(M)
6 = 6: BSP
7 = 7: Akali Dal(Mann)
8 = 8: Independent
9 = 9: Other parties

Q4: What would you prefer as the next Chief Minister of Punjab?
1 = 01: Capt. Amrinder Singh
2 = 02: Prakash Singh Badal
3 = 03: Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
4 = 04: H.S. Brar
5 = 05: Sukhbir Singh Badal
6 = 06: Simranjit Singh Mann
7 = 07: Navjot Singh Sidhu
8 = 08: Samsher Singh Dullo
9 = 09: Avinash Rai Khanna
10 = 10: Avtar Singh Karimpuri
97 = 97: Others
99 = 99: Not answered

Q5: While deciding whom to vote, what was the most important consideration for you?
1 = 1: Candidate
2 = 2: Party
3 = 3: Caste-community
4 = 4: Something else
8 = 8: No opinion

Q6: Do you think that the present Congress government in the state should be given another chance?
1 = 1: No
2 = 2: Yes
8 = 8: No opinion

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

B3: Label of Education (Respondent)
0 = 0: Non literate
1 = 1: Below Primary
2 = 2: Primary pass/Middle fail
3 = 3: Middle pass/Matric fail
4 = 4: Matric
5 = 5: College no-degree
6 = 6: Graduate
7 = 7: Post Graduate
8 = 8: Professional degrees
9 = 9: NA

B4: 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

B5: Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe
1 = 01: Brahmin
2 = 02: Rajput
3 = 03: Kayasthas
4 = 04: Vaishya/Bania/Mahajan
5 = 05: Jain
6 = 06: Khatri/Arora
7 = 07: Hindu Jat/Bishnoi
10 = 10: Other Upper Caste Hindus
20 = 20: Peasant OBC
30 = 30: Artisan OBC
40 = 40: Service OBC
51 = 51: Ravidass/Ramdasi/Chamar
52 = 52: Ad-Dharmi
53 = 53: Balmiki
54 = 54: Mazhabi
55 = 55: Masih/Christian
59 = 59: Other Dalit
69 = 69: Scheduled Tribe
70 = 70: Muslims
73 = 73: Christians
80 = 80: Jat Sikh
81 = 81: Khatri/Arora Sikh
82 = 82: Rajput Sikh
83 = 83: Ramgarhia Sikh
84 = 84: Other OBC Sikh
89 = 89: Sikh Caste not given or known
90 = 90: Others
95 = 95: Hindu No caste
99 = 99: N.A.

B5a: Caste group
1 = 1: Scheduled Caste
2 = 2: Scheduled Tribe
3 = 3: Other Backward Caste
4 = 4: General Caste/Others

1 = 1: Village
2 = 2: Town(Below 1 Lakh)
3 = 3: City (above 1 Lakh)