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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variableamistot
LabelMost Important Issue-All Mentions
Responses
1 Asylum seekers 613
2 EURO Membership 48
3 Relations with EU 38
4 Law and order 372
5 Education 207
6 Environment 67
7 NHS 599
8 Inflation 31
9 Transport 10
10 Taxation 69
11 Economy 157
12 Unemployment 103
13 Standard of living 48
14 Petrol prices 7
15 Iraq war 269
16 Terrorism 214
18 Immigration 142
19 Pensions 80
20 Class differences 28
21 Public services spending 24
22 Bush,USA-negative 5
23 Youth 16
24 Housing 27
25 Drugs 24
26 Big government 5
27 Dishonesty 26
28 International probs 24
29 Aging population 11
30 Racial tension 8
31 National security 18
32 Low turnout, apathy 3
33 Lab leadership-neg 25
34 Welfare fraud 5
35 Fox hunting, countryside 4
50 Other 103
88 DK, none 159
999 NA 1202
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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