Sampling Point
888999 = MISS

1 = Skopje
2 = NorthWest
3 = SouthWest
4 = East

Type of settlement
1 = Urban
2 = Rural

What is your citizenship?
1 = Albanian
2 = Bosnian&Herzegovinian
3 = Croatian
4 = Kosovo
5 = Macedonian
6 = Montengerian
7 = Serbian
95 = Other
888998 = Refusal
888999 = MISS

Wich passports do you hold? If you have more than one please name all of them
1 = Albanian
2 = Bosnian&Herzegovinian
3 = Croatian
4 = Kosovo
5 = Macedonian
6 = Montengerian
7 = Serbian
8 = Bulgarian
9 = No passport at the time of interviewing
95 = Other
888998 = REF
888999 = MISS

Were you born in Macedonia?
1 = Yes
2 = No
888999 = MISS

For how many years have you been living in Macedonia?
1 = 1 year or less
2 = 2 years
3 = 3years
4 = 4 years
5 = 5 -10 yeras
6 = 11-20 years
7 = more than 20 years
888999 = MISS

Where did you move from? If you were changing more than one country of residence please indicate the last one before moving to Macedonia
1 = Albania
2 = Bosnia
3 = Croatia
4 = Italy
5 = Kosovo
6 = Montengero
7 = Serbia
8 = Slovenia
9 = Greece
10 = Romania
11 = Bulgaria
12 = Turkey
95 = Other, specify
888999 = MISS

What is your ethnicity?
1 = Macedonian
2 = Albanian
3 = Serb
4 = Bosnian
5 = Vlach
6 = Roma
7 = Turkish
9 = Doesn`t want to tell
95 = Other
888999 = MISS

What is your mothertongue /native language?
1 = Albanian
2 = Bosnian
3 = Bulgarian
4 = Croatian
5 = Greek
6 = Hungarian
7 = Italian
8 = Macedonian
9 = Montenegrin
10 = Romanian
11 = Roma language
12 = Serbian
13 = Serbo-croatian
14 = Slovak
15 = Slovenian
16 = Turkish
17 = Vlah
95 = Other
888999 = MISS

On average, how many days per year do you spend abroad (outside of the region)?
1 = None
2 = Up to one week
3 = From one week to one month
4 = More than 1 month but less than 2 months
5 = More than 2 month but less than 3 months
6 = 3 months or more
888999 = MISS

Which country do you regard as your homeland?
1 = Macedonia
95 = Some other country, specify
888999 = MISS

How would you describe Macedonia as a place to live? Would you say that this country is wonderful, acceptable, or a bad place to live?
1 = Wonderful
2 = Acceptable
3 = Bad
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

If the material conditions were good, would you like to live in Macedonia for the rest of your life?
1 = Yes
2 = Not sure (do not read out)
3 = No
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

If you were given a chance, would you migrate to another country?
1 = Yes
2 = Not sure (do not read out)
3 = No
888999 = MISS

What reasons for?
1 = Economic reasons
2 = Political situation
3 = Study
4 = Family reunification
5 = I just don`t like it here
6 = Because of discrimination
7 = Explore other countries/cultures
95 = Other, specify
888999 = MISS

Are you proud to be a citizen of Macedonia?
1 = Very proud
2 = Somewhat proud
3 = Not proud at all
888997 = NZ
888999 = MISS

Do you think that changing the name of the state will harm the Macedonian ethnic identity?
1 = Yes
2 = No
888997 = NZ
888999 = MISS

Do you think that the name state dispute prolongs Macedonia entering into NATO and EU
1 = Yes
2 = No
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

The usage of the Albanian state flag in Macedonia should be understood as….(read out answers)
1 = Expression of Albanian identity
2 = Expression of Albanian secessionism
3 = Expression of resistance toward of what is perceived as a wr
4 = None of these
888999 = MISS

Which state holiday do you regard as the most important in Macedonia?
1 = Ilinden/2nd August
2 = Independence Day/ 8th September
3 = Bajram
4 = Easter
5 = Christmas
6 = Labour Day/ 1st May
7 = New Year`s Eve
8 = 28th November
9 = 11th October
95 = Other
99 = No Answer/DK

The state authorities make me feel that I belong to this country
1 = Fully disagree
2 = Mostly disagree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Mostly agree
5 = Fully agree
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

To what extent do the social and economic imbalances in Macedonia have an ethnic basis?
1 = Not at all
2 = To a small degree
3 = Somewhat
4 = To a large degree
5 = Completely
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

Do you think that the European Integration is good or bad thing for Macedonia?
1 = Good thing
2 = Bad thing
3 = Neither good nor bad
888999 = MISS

If yes, who should be blamed THE MOST for the fact that our country is not an EU member?
1 = Our politicians
2 = EU
3 = Our neighbors
5 = No one
95 = Someone else, specify
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

In what way does the actualization of the question of the origin of Alexander the Great affect the current situation....Does it improve, worsen or does not affect it at all? - within Macedonia?
1 = Improve
2 = Get worse
3 = Does not affect at all
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

What is your religious denomination?
1 = Christianity: Roman Catholic, Catholic
2 = Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, Orthodoxy,
3 = Christianity: Albanian Ortodox
4 = Christianity: Greek Ortodox
5 = Christianity: Macedonian Ortodox
6 = Christianity: Montenegiran Ortodox
7 = Christianity: Serbian Ortodox
8 = Christianity: Protestant
9 = Christianity: Anglican
10 = Christianity: Evangelical
11 = Christianity: Jehovah`s Witnesses
12 = Islam/Muslim
13 = Islam/Muslim: Shiite
14 = Islam/Muslim: Sunni
15 = Islam/Muslim: Rufai/Rifai
16 = Islam/Muslim: Nakshbandi
17 = Islam/Muslim: Kadiri
18 = Islam/Muslim: Alevi
19 = Islam/Muslim: Sa`adi
20 = Islam/Muslim: Tidjani/Tixhani
21 = Sufism
22 = Tarikat
23 = Bektashi
24 = Halveti
26 = Mixed
27 = Secular
28 = Nonreligious
29 = Agnostic
30 = Atheist
31 = DK
32 = Refusal
95 = Other, specify:_________________________
888999 = MISS

How often do you attend religious services?
1 = Every day
2 = Once or few times per week
3 = Once or few times per months
4 = Only on major holidays
5 = Only for weddings or funerals
6 = Never
888999 = MISS

Who do you feel you have more in common with...
1 = Members of your religion living outside of this country
2 = Members of religion diiferent than yours living in this coun
3 = Both members of your religion living outside of this country
4 = I am not religious
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Do you think the authorities treat the religious communities in Macedonia equally?
1 = Yes
2 = No
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Do you think that church / religious institutions and the state in Macedonia should be more separated from each other, more integrated or stay as they are now?
1 = More separated from each other
2 = More integrated
3 = Stay as they are now
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Do you consider Mother Teresa primarly as a symbol of…
1 = Skopje
2 = Macedonia
3 = Catholicism
4 = Albanian People
5 = The World
6 = None
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

The Millennium Cross on the top of Vodno Mountain above Skopje primarly symbolizes ...
1 = Celebration of 1000 years of Christianity
2 = Predominance of Christianity above all other religions in Ma
3 = Macedonian government Interfering into religious matters in
4 = Insulting the feelings of none-Christians in Macedonia
5 = Macedonian ethnic hegemony
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Which identity is more important to you: your ethnic identity or your identity as a citizen of this country?
1 = My ethnic identity is more important
2 = My identity as a citizen of this country is more important
3 = They are both equally important
4 = None of them is important to me
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Who do you feel you have more in common with...
1 = Members of your ethnicity living outside of this country
2 = Members of enthnicities diifferent from yours living in this
3 = Both members of your ethnicity living outside of this countr
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

According to your opinion, who, if anybody, should have special rights in Macedonia? Do you think that majority or minority should have special rights?
1 = The majority should have special rights
2 = The minorities should have special rights
3 = Majority and minority groups should have equal rights
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

How do you evaluate interethnic relations in Macedonia. Do you think they are...
1 = Very bad
2 = Somewhat bad
3 = Neither good nor bad
4 = Somewhat good
5 = Very good
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

And how do you compare current interethnic relations in Macedonia compared to ten years ago. Are they now..
1 = Much worse
2 = Somewhat worse
3 = The same
4 = Somewhat better
5 = Much better
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

How would you evaluate the political corectness of the withdrawal of the Macedonian encyclopedia from the public? Would you say it was...
1 = Politicaly correct towards Albanian feelings
2 = Politicaly correct towards Macedoniain feelings
3 = Politicaly correct towards both Albanian and Macedonian feel
4 = Not politicaly correcct to any of them
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Again, reagrding the withdrawal of the Macedonian encyclopedia from the public, would you say that it was an act of...
1 = State interfering into the scientific and academic freedom
2 = Weakness of the Macedonian state towards internal and extern
3 = Both
4 = neither
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

According to your personal opinion Skopje is primarly....
1 = The capital of Macedonians
2 = The biggest city in ``eastern Albania``
3 = The capital of RM with a multicultural and multiconfetional
888999 = MISS

Do you think that the STATE AUTHORITIES of Macedonia present the history of Macedonia in a correct way?
1 = They present it in an entirely correct way
2 = They mainly present it in a correct way
3 = They mainly present it in an incorrect way
4 = They present it in an entirely incorrect way
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

What should be the main focus of the history textbooks in the schools in Macedonia?
1 = The history of Macedonians
2 = The history of this country
3 = The history of all ethnic groups living in this country
4 = The history of the world
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Do you think that FOR Macedonia the legacy of the Ottoman empire is positive, negative or neutral?
1 = Positive
2 = Negative
3 = neutral
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Which historical event is related to the statehood day of Macedonia?
1 = The Ilinden Uprising or The First Assembly of ASNOM
2 = False answer
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

Would you say that modern Macedonians are descendants of ancient Macedonians or predominately by Slavic origins?
1 = Descendants of ancient Macedonians
2 = Predominately with Slavic origins
3 = Both/Mixed origins
95 = Other, specify:__________
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

WHICH PERSON (PAST OF PRESENT) do you regard as the best representative of THE values OF THE PEOPLE OF Macedonia?
2 = No one since people of this country have different values
888997 = DK
888999 = MISS

WHICH PERSON (PAST OF PRESENT) do you regard as the best representative of THE values OF THE PEOPLE OF Macedonia?
0 = Toshe Proeski
1 = Josip Broz Tito
2 = No-one since people of this country have different values
3 = Kiro Gligorov
4 = Nikola Gruevski
5 = Branko Crvenkovski
6 = Skenderbey
7 = Rufi Osmani
8 = Nikola Karev
9 = Metodija Andonov -Cento
10 = Mother Theresa
11 = Krste Petkov Misirkov
12 = Kim Mehmeti
13 = Goce Delcev
14 = Dame Gruev
15 = Boris Trajkovski
16 = Ali Ahmeti
17 = Aleksandar Makedonski
18 = Kiril i Metodij
19 = Arben Dzaferi
20 = Konstantin & Dimitar Miladinovi
21 = Nikola Kljusev
22 = Blaze Koneski
23 = Menduh Tachi
24 = Ljubcho Georgievski
25 = Simon Trpchevski
95 = Other
888997 = NZ
888999 = MISS

Have you ever felt you were a Yugoslav?
1 = Yes, and I still feel like one
2 = I did, but not any more
3 = No, I never felt I was a Yugoslav
888999 = MISS

Do you regret the dissolution of SFRY?
1 = Da
2 = Ne
888999 = MISS

For what reason?
1 = Better economic situation
2 = Better social program
3 = Brotherhood and unity
4 = There was less nationalism at that time
5 = Tito was a good leader
6 = Open Borders/Free movement
95 = Other, what ________
888999 = MISS

What is your opini about renaming streets WITH YUGOSLAV NAMES in ‘90s?
1 = The names of streets should not be changed
2 = The names of the streets should be changed back to their for
3 = The names of the street should be changed to completely new
888999 = MISS

Please indicate howould you primarily regard this country - Albania
1 = Western
2 = European
3 = Central European
4 = Balkan
5 = Oriental
6 = None of these
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

How strongly do youdentify with each of these - Europe
1 = Extremely strongly
2 = Very strongly
3 = Moderately strongly
4 = Only a little
5 = Not at all
999 = DK
888999 = MISS

How strongly do youdentify with each of these - Macedonia
1 = Ekstremno mnogu
2 = Mnogu
3 = Umereno
4 = Mnogu malku
5 = VoopsSto ne
999 = NZ
888999 = MISS

Gender
1 = Male
2 = Female
888999 = MISS

Education - last FINISHED school:
1 = Unfinished primary
2 = Finished primary
3 = Unfinished secondary
4 = Unfinished secondary but has got trade
5 = Finished secondary
6 = Unfinished university
7 = University – associate degree
8 = University – bachelor degree at least
888999 = MISS

Current occupation
11 = Blue-collar worker
12 = White collar
13 = Highly qualified intellectual)
14 = Manager
21 = Highly qualified intellectual
22 = Possesses smaller firm, shop
23 = Possesses larger firm, company
24 = Farmer, fisherman
25 = Self-employed in other way
31 = Pupil
32 = Student
33 = Housewife
34 = Porodiljsko bolovanje
35 = Pensioner
95 = Other, specify?
888999 = MISS

Total HOUSEHOLD income
0 = No income in the last month
1 = less than 6000 Denars
2 = 6001 - 12000 Denars
3 = 12001 - 18000 Denars
4 = 18001 - 24000 Denars
5 = 24001 - 30000 Denars
6 = 30001 - 36000 Denars
7 = 36001 - 42000 Denars
8 = 42001 - 48000 Denars
9 = 48001 - 55000 Denars
10 = 55001 - 61000 Denars
11 = 61001 - 75000 Denars
12 = 75001 - 86000 Denars
13 = 86001 - 98000 Denars
14 = 98001 - 111000 Denars
15 = 111001 - 123000 Denars
16 = 123001 - 154000 Denars
17 = 154001 - 185000 Denars
18 = 185001 - 246000 Denars
19 = 246001 - 308000 Denars
20 = more than 308001 Denars
99 = Refusal
888999 = MISS

Which political party do you support?
1 = VMRO - DPMNE
2 = SDSM
3 = LDP - Liberalno demokratska partija
4 = Liberalna partija
5 = DUI - Demokratska unija na Albancite
6 = SocijalisticHka partija
7 = DPA - Demokratska partija na Albancite
8 = VMRO - Narodna
9 = Nova socijal-demokratska partija (Tito Petkovski)
10 = Partija za dvizZenje na Turcite
11 = Obedineti za Makedonija (Ljube BosSkovski)
12 = Nova demokratija
13 = Partija za evropska idnina
14 = Turska demokratska partija
15 = No political orientation
95 = Other, specify...?
888998 = Refusal
888999 = MISS

1 = Macedonian
2 = Albanian
3 = Other