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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Assembly Election Study, 1999

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD3
LabelReason 3:R did not vote in election W143
Question text Why was that? (did not vote) Any other reasons?
Responses
-1 Skp, voted 439
1 Deliberately abstained 0
2 Work prevented me 0
3 Sickness prevented me 0
4 Away on election day 0
5 Other commitments/no time 0
6 Couldn t be bothered/not interested 0
7 Couldn t decide between the parties or candidates 0
8 Vote wouldn t have affected who won 0
9 Religious reasons for not voting 0
10 Respondent had moved 0
11 Polling card/Polling station problem 0
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 0
13 Was not eligible to vote 0
14 Don t believe Parl/Ass should have been created 0
15 Electoral system too complicated 0
16 Don t consider myself Scottish Welsh 0
96 Skp,no further reason 355
97 Other answer 1
98 Don t Know 0
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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