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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaq25
LabelGeneral Econ Expectations
Question text How do you think the general economic situation in this country will develop over the next 12 months? (Please take your answers from this card.)
Responses
1 Get a lot worse 174
2 Get a little worse 884
3 Stay the same 1482
4 Get a little better 786
5 Get a lot better 44
8 Refused 0
9 Don't know 219
99 NA 1202
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD N (AGAIN).
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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