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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Assembly Election Study, 1999

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD1
LabelReason 1:R did not vote in election Q141
Question text Why was that? (did not vote in election) Any other reasons?
Responses
-1 Skp, voted 439
1 Deliberately abstained 24
2 Work prevented me 30
3 Sickness prevented me 27
4 Away on election day 33
5 Other commitments/no time 36
6 Couldn t be bothered/not interested 67
7 Couldn t decide between the parties or candidates 7
8 Vote wouldn t have affected who won 10
9 Religious reasons for not voting 1
10 Respondent had moved 9
11 Polling card/Polling station problem 17
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 2
13 Was not eligible to vote 19
14 Don't believe Parl/Ass should have been created 24
15 Electoral system too complicated 2
16 Don t consider myself Scottish/Welsh 1
97 Other answer 46
98 Don t Know 1
99 Refused/Not Answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Assembly Election Study, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE FULLY FOR REASONS WHY RESPONDENT DIDN'T VOTE. RECORD VERBATIM. CONTINUE ON NOTEPAD IF NECESSARY Open Question (Maximum of 120 characters)
UniverseAdults aged 18 years and over resident in Wales during 1999;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Samples A and C; Sample B was chosen by Random Digit Dialling (RDD)
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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