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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq84
LabelAnnual Household Income
Question text Which of the letters on this card represents the total income of your household from all sources before tax - including benefits, saving and so on? Please just tell me the letter.
Responses
1 less than 5000 69
2 5,001-10,000 187
3 10,001-15,000 153
4 15,001-20,000 107
5 20,001-25,000 91
6 25,001-30,000 108
7 30,001-35,000 56
8 35,001-40,000 66
9 40,001-45,000 32
10 45,001-50,000 45
11 50,001-60,000 27
12 60,001-70,000 23
13 70,000 or more 47
98 Refused 86
99 Don't know 103
999 NA 3591
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD J4.
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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