Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq39d
LabelLeft-Right-Liberal Democrats
Question text IF FIRST ITEM AT Bq39: In politics, people sometimes talk about parties and politicians as being on the left or right. Using the 0 to 10 scale on this card, where the end marked 0 means left and the end marked 10 means right, where would you place the Liberal Democrats on this scale? IF NOT FIRST ITEM AT Bq39: (And where would you place ...) ...the Liberal Democrats on this scale? (Please take your answers from this card.)
Responses
0 Left 24
1 31
2 94
3 337
4 703
5 1316
6 550
7 226
8 72
9 25
10 Right 18
98 Refused 0
99 Don't know 765
999 NA 630
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD E8 (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.