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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
Variable Details
| Variable | POSTVOT | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Let everyone vote by post/poll stat?Q836 | |||||||||||||||
| Question text | Which of the statements on this card comes closest to your view about voting in local elections? Everyone should be allowed to vote by post in local elections because more people would use their vote; People should normally have to go to a polling station to vote because that is the only way we can be sure that elections are run fairly. | |||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998 | |||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | SHOW CARD H5 (VERSIONS A & B) | |||||||||||||||
| Universe | Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National | |||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register. | |||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
