Survey of Future Judges and Prosecutors in the Netherlands, 1974

A 1974 survey of individuals studying to become judges or public prosecutors in the Netherlands. The dataset covers study duration, motivations, results, part-time work, and opinions on judicial training and careers. It was created by researchers J.W.M. Collaris, G. Krijnen, and R. Westerdiep from the Instituut voor toegepaste sociologie (ITS) in Nijmegen.

Use Cases

• Modeling career choice motivations based on survey questions about study direction motives.
• Analyzing the relationship between part-time work and study completion rates mentioned in the description.
• Profiling desired versus actual fields of activity for judicial trainees.
• Studying perceptions of the Raio training program based on opinion questions.

Strengths

• Includes background variables on occupation, income, education, and political affiliation, providing contextual depth.
• Covers multiple facets of judicial career preparation, from study motives to post-graduation aspirations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to its 1974 collection date.

Provenance

Source

Collaris, J.W.M., Krijnen, G., Westerdiep, R., Instituut voor toegepaste sociologie, ITS * Nijmegen (primary investigator)

Collection Method

Survey

Time Range

1974

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:40:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands