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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Wales Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2003

Variable Details

VariableVOTECOD1
LabelWhy R didn't vote in'97 G.E.[Reason1]Q83
Responses
-1 Skp,voted 488
1 Deliberately abstained 2
2 Work prevented me 54
3 Sickness prevented me 22
4 Away on election day 43
5 Other commitments/no time 80
6 Couldn t be bothered/not interested 118
7 Couldn t decide between the parties or c 38
8 Vote wouldn t have affected who won 2
9 Religious reasons for not voting 2
10 Respondent had moved 14
11 Polling card/Polling station problem 20
12 Never vote/have never voted in my life 10
13 Was not eligible to vote 18
14 Don t believe Welsh National Assembly sh 18
15 Electoral system too complicated 3
16 Don t consider myself Welsh 0
97 Other answer 49
98 Don't know 7
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWales Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2003
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in private households in Wales during 2003.;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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