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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq53b
LabelPersuading Person Most Impt
Question text Which of them, do you think, was most important in trying to convince you how to vote in the recent general election?
Responses
1 Friends 17
2 Family 24
3 Someone at work 5
4 Other persons 5
5 No one 16
9 Don't know 0
99 NA 4724
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD F5 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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