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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq2amisz
LabelMost Important Issue-All Mentions
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 291
2 EURO membership 100
3 Relations with EU 131
4 Law and order 550
5 Education 252
6 Environment 79
7 NHS 754
8 House prices, inflation 38
9 Transport 9
10 Taxation 70
11 Economy 294
12 Unemployment 89
13 Poverty, living stds 64
14 Petrol prices 23
15 Iraq war 221
16 Terrorism 82
18 Immigration 464
19 Pensions 96
20 Class differences 17
21 Public services-spending 25
22 Bush,USA-negative 1
23 Youth 43
24 Housing 15
25 Drugs 12
26 Big gov, gov ineff 5
27 Dishonest-gov 0
28 Inter probs 44
29 Aging pop 10
30 Race tensions-racism 0
31 National security 18
32 Low turnout, apathy 2
33 Lab leadership-neg 43
34 Welfare fraud 5
35 Fox hunting, countryside 2
36 Consumer debt 9
38 School discipline' 5
40 Politics-neg 37
41 Civil liberties 15
44 Values morality 61
50 Misc other 32
88 None, DK 68
99 NA, not app 85
999 Not app, Pre-R Only 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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