°Persons without party attachment
	Distance from parties (Switzerland), in %
	Education
	low	intermediate	high
1981	44.7	40.8	34.3
1982	40.2	44.1	38.4
1983	47.6	37.6	40.8
1984	50.6	44.9	44.8
1985	55.3	45.6	37.1
1986	58.6	55.6	41.0
1987	53.7	49.6	35.8
1988	46.8	44.9	39.7
1989	51.2	48.7	35.1
1990	53.0	49.0	39.6
1991	57.7	52.2	44.0
1992	54.5	49.5	42.7
1993	52.4	43.8	29.1
1994	59.5	48.9	31.9
1995	59.3	48.9	41.7
1996	54	51.1	42.6
1997	57.3	54	37.6
1998	63.6	53.6	41.1
1999	55.9	51.1	38.2
2000	56.4	48.1	35.4
2001	53.7	48.2	34.2
2002	56.4	47.3	31.3
2003	57.2	45.9	34.8
2004	48.9	38.1	28.2
2005	46.2	33.7	26.5
2006	47.1	34.6	26.1
	Distance from parties (international comparison), in %
	Age				Sex
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years		Men	Women
DE	62.0	53.4	44.0		50.2	57.9
UK	61.8	53.2	37.1		49.2	56.2
ES	55.2	43.0	49.3		47.5	53.7
FR	57.3	44.0	32.3		42.8	52.0
CH	54.6	43.2	37.5		42.0	49.5
SE	32.3	29.5	26.8		28.0	33.1