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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD1
LabelReason Respondent did not vote in election<1>Q141
Question text Why was that? [did not vote in election] Response 1
Responses
-1 Skp, voted 1060
1 Deliberately abstained 42
2 Work prevented me 41
3 Sickness prevented me 43
4 Away on election day 62
5 Other commitments/no time 41
6 Couldn t be bothered/not interested 68
7 Couldn t decide between the parties or c 21
8 Vote wouldn t have affected who won 1
9 Religious reasons for not voting 0
10 Respondent had moved 8
11 Polling card/Polling station problem 36
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 7
13 Was not eligible to vote 20
14 Dont believe Parl/Ass should have been created 8
15 Electoral system too complicated 4
16 Dont consider myself Scot/Welsh 0
97 Other answer 20
98 Dont Know 0
99 Refused/Not Answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsProbe fully for reasons why respondent didn't vote.
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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