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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel

Variable Details

Variableacorna
LabelACORN code Q20
Responses
1 Wealthy Suburbs,large detached houses 91
2 Villages+Wealthy commuters 88
3 Mature affluent home owning areas 104
4 Affluent suburbs,older families 172
5 Mature,well-off suburbs 124
6 Agric.villages,home bassed workers 84
7 Holiday retreats,older ppl,homebased workers 12
8 Home-owning areas, Well-off older esidents 41
9 Private flats,elderly ppl 48
10 Affluent working families+mortgages 47
11 Affluent working couples+mortgages,new homes 47
12 Transient workforces,living at their place of work 6
13 Home owning family areas 26
14 Home owning family areas,older children 93
15 Families+mortgages,younger children 59
16 Well-off town+City areas 37
17 Flats+mortgages,singles+young working couples 34
18 Funished flats+bedsits,younger single ppl 16
19 Apartments,young professional singles+couples 49
20 Gentrified multi-ethnic areaas 65
21 Prosperous enclaves, Highly qualified executives 35
22 Academic centres,students and young professioonals 30
23 Affluent city centre areas,tenements+flats 6
24 Partiaally gentrified multi-ethnic areas 6
25 Converted flats+bedsits,single ppl 29
26 Mature established home-owning areaas 129
27 Rural areas,mixed occupatioons 122
28 Established home owning areas 179
29 Home owning areas,council tenants,retired ppl 102
30 Established home owning areas,skilled workers 157
31 Home owners in older properties,younger workers 104
32 Home owning areas+skilled workers 96
33 Council areas,some new home owners 154
34 mature home owning areas,skilled workers 171
35 Low rise estates,older workers,new home owners 99
36 Home owning multi-ethnic areas,young families 26
37 Multi-occupied town centres,mixed occupations 74
38 Multi-ethnic areas,white collar workers 54
39 Home owners,small council flats,single pensioners 79
40 Council areas,older ppl,health problems 84
41 Better-off council areas,new home owners 65
42 Council areas,young families,some new home owners 126
43 Council areas,young families,many lone parents 53
44 Multi-occupied terraces,multi-ethnic areas 25
45 Low rise council housing,less well-off families 78
46 Council areas,residents+health problems 75
47 Estates with high unemployment 20
48 Council flats,elderly ppl,health problems 47
49 Council flats,v.high unemployment,singles 51
50 Council areas,high unemployment,lone parents 51
51 Council flats,greatest hardship,many lone parents 32
52 Multi-ethnic,large families,overcrowding 31
53 Multi-ethnic,severe unemployment,lone parents 16
54 Multo-ethnic,high unemployment,overcrowding 2
55 Unclassifiable 10
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel
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