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The study was conducted in two waves of interviews among members of parliament in two old and five new democracies as part of a larger comparative study of democratic development. While the TRI 2007 elite survey did not only include members of parliament, but also media elites, the integrated data file includes parliamentarians only. During the survey period 04.11.2006 to 16.12.2013, members of parliament were interviewed in face-to-face interviews and telephone interviews on the following topics: democracy, religion and the church, and the impact of the global financial and economic crisis. Respondents were selected by random sampling (Chile: full survey (Total universe/Complete enumeration).Satisfaction with life; trusting most people vs. need to be very careful; groups of people the respondent would not like to have as neighbors (people of a different race, people who have AIDS, immigrants or foreign workers, people of a different religion); estimated proportion of the population who would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbors; estimated proportion of voters or supporters of own party who would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbors; no freedom of choice vs. great deal of control over own life; people taking advantage of you if the got a chance vs. people try to be fair; country’s most important aim (first choice and second choice: maintaining order in the nation, giving people mor say in important government decisions, fighting rising prices, protecting freedom of speech); respondent`s position on a Left-right scale; estimated position of respondents party on a Left-right scale; estimated position of party`s voters on a Left-right scale; estimated position of population as a whole on a Left-right scale; income equality vs. income differences as incentives for individual effort; private vs. government ownership of business and industry; private vs. government responsibility for provision; competition is good and stimulates people to...