Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD2
LabelQ65. Why R didn't vote in'97 G.E. [Reason 2]
Responses
1 Deliberately abstained 0
2 Work prevented me 1
3 Sickness prevented me 0
4 Away on election day 1
5 Other commitments/no time 3
6 Couldn't be bothered/not interested 3
7 Couldn't decide between the parties 3
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 3
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 0
13 Was not eligible to vote 0
96 Skip, no further reason 315
97 Other answer 1
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 0
-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).