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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableaq2
LabelMost Important Issue
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 603
2 Britain s membership of the European Mon 45
3 Britain s relations with the European Un 38
4 Law and order 331
5 Education 205
6 Environment 53
7 National Health Service 589
8 Inflation, Prices generally 30
9 Public transport 5
10 Taxation 65
11 State of the economy 129
12 Unemployment 99
13 My standard of living 26
14 Price of petrol 7
15 War in Iraq 257
16 War against terrorism 204
17 Other (WRITE IN) 756
88 There are no important issues 83
99 Don't know 64
999 NA 1202
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 Aq2 [OthSpec1], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN: OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS). IF NOT DON'T KNOW, REFUSAL OR 'there are no important issues' AT Aq2.
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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