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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Variable Details
| Variable | apvote00 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | S1 PART Voted in last election | |||||||||||||||
| Question text | I'd now like to ask a few more questions about some other issues. Talking to people about the General Election on the 7th of June ^last year we have found that a lot of people didn't manage to vote. How about you. Did you manage to vote in the General Election? | |||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | NOTE: IF NOT ELIGIBLE OR TOO YOUNG TO VOTE, CODE AS NO. ^last year = ‘last year’ if 2002 or after; otherwise blank. | |||||||||||||||
| Universe | The sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National | |||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details. | |||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Longitudinal/panel/cohort<br><br>Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).<br><br>The population of eligible live births was selected from a random sample of electoral wards, disproportionately stratified to ensure adequate representation of all four UK countries, deprived areas and those with high concentrations of black and Asian families. See documentation for further details. |
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