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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableVOTESWC
LabelConstituency party vote if SE 7thJunQ173
Question text Thinking now of elections to the Scottish parliament. In those elections, you have two votes. The first is for an individual member of the parliament for your constituency. If there had been an election to the Scottish parliament on the 7th of June, which political party do you think you would have voted for on the first vote, or would you not have voted?
Responses
0 Wdn't vote const 331
1 Conservative 104
2 Labour 536
3 Liberal Democrat 148
4 Scottish National Party 307
6 Green Party 9
7 Other party (WRITE IN) 4
8 Scottish Socialist party 33
97 Refused to disclose voting 35
98 Don't know 98
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsDO NOT PROMPT
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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