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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq75a3
LabelNot Vote-3rd Reason
Question text People have different reasons for not voting in general elections. Which of the statements on this card comes closest to your reason(s) for not voting in the general election that was held on May 5th? Response 3.
Responses
1 Circumstances prevented 2
2 Not interested 8
3 Obvious who win 4
4 My pty now diff beliefs 4
5 All parties same 11
6 Can't trust politicians 39
7 Other reasons 2
8 None of these 0
99 Not app 4721
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD H4. PROBE: Any others? CODE ALL THAT APPLY. Multicoded (Maximum of 7 codes). IF 'other' AT [bq75a], [OthSpe31], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS).
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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