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The Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 was conducted immediately after the Northern Ireland Assembly election in June 1998. It was designed to measure attitudes and behaviour both at that election and in the previous month's referendum, held on 22 May. Further information about the survey and relevant publications may be found on the Surveys OnLine (SOL) Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 web page. A later study, the Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003, was conducted after the 1993 election, and is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 5394.

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The questionnaire covered the voting behaviour in the 22 May 1998 referendum and the subsequent Northern Ireland Assembly election, attitudes to politics, the political system and consitutional affairs in Northern Ireland, respondents' experience of sectarian violence, religious and cultural attitudes, and demographic characteristics.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Face-to-face interview

Self-completion