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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq2a
LabelMost Important Issue Facing Country
Question text Now, I'd like to ask you a few questions about the issues and problems facing Britain today. As far as you're concerned, what is the single most important issue facing the country at the present time?
Responses
1 Asylum seekers 288
2 Britain s membership of the European Mon 99
3 Britain s relations with the European Un 109
4 Law and order 499
5 Education 244
6 Environment 60
7 National Health Service 741
8 Inflation, Prices generally 30
9 Public transport 5
10 Taxation 65
11 State of the economy 254
12 Unemployment 80
13 My standard of living 43
14 Price of petrol 20
15 War in Iraq 218
16 War against terrorism 79
17 Other (WRITE IN) 730
18 Immigration/People coming to Britain 446
88 There are no important issues 68
98 Refused 1
99 Don't know 82
999 NA 630
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE FROM LIST OF ANSWER OPTIONS. DO NOT PROMPT. IF SEVERAL ANSWERS ARE GIVEN CODE FIRST MENTIONED. IF ‘other’ AT Bq2, [OthSpec1], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS).
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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