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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD1
LabelQ64. Why R didn't vote in'97 G.E. [Reason 1]
Responses
1 Deliberately abstained 39
2 Work prevented me 25
3 Sickness prevented me 20
4 Away on election day 37
5 Other commitments/no time 23
6 Couldn't be bothered/not interested 64
7 Couldn't decide between the parties 26
8 Vote wouldn't have affected who won 5
9 Religious reasons for not voting 6
10 Respondent had moved 13
11 Polling card/Polling station problem 28
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 8
13 Was not eligible to vote 13
97 Other answer 17
98 Don't know 4
99 Not answered 2
-1 Skip,voted 755
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in private households in Wales during 2001.;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was repeated in 2003 (see SN:5052).
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