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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablecq28
LabelR's Place on Social Ladder
Question text Imagine that the people you know well are on different rungs of the ladder shown below. Those who are worst off are on rung 0. Those who are best off are on rung 10. In your opinion which rung are you on?
Responses
0 Worst off 85
1 89
2 126
3 260
4 362
5 819
6 550
7 510
8 272
9 61
10 Best off 39
99 Not answered 53
999 NA 1565
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
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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