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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq64c
LabelMinimum Voting Age Is 16
Question text (Please tell me if you think this statement true or false. If you don't know, just say so and we will skip to the next one. Remember - true, false, or don't know.) The minimum voting age is 16.
Responses
1 True 430
2 False 3498
9 Don't know 231
99 NA 632
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsFOR DON'T KNOW, USE CTRL+K.
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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