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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaq31c
LabelCut Taxes-Spend More-Conservatives
Question text IF FIRST ITEM AT Aq31: Now, another issue. Using the 0 to 10 scale on this card, where the end marked 0 means that government should cut taxes and spend much less on health and social services, and the end marked 10 means that government should raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services, where would you place the Conservative party on this scale? IF NOT FIRST ITEM AT Aq31: (And where would you place ...) ... the Conservative party (on this scale)? (Please take your answers from this card.)
Responses
0 Cut taxes 57
1 65
2 169
3 329
4 450
5 763
6 451
7 438
8 329
9 103
10 Increase services 92
98 Refused 4
99 Don't know 339
999 NA 1202
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD Q (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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