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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 2001; Cross-Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableBQ39C
LabelConservative Party Taxes-Spending Scale
Question text On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means government should cut taxes a lot and spend much less on health and social services, and 10 means government should raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services, where would you put the views of the Conservative Party?
Responses
0 Cut taxes 106
1 1 102
2 2 189
3 3 371
4 4 415
5 5 538
6 6 308
7 7 249
8 8 163
9 9 66
10 Spend more 77
98 Don't know 440
99 Refused 6
999 Not app 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 2001; Cross-Section Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD K. Randomize self versus parties and order of parties.
UniverseElectors in Great Britain during 2001.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample: for full details of sampling procedures, please see documentation.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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