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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq75b1
LabelWhy Vote-1st Reason
Question text People have many different reasons for voting in general elections. Which of the statements on this card comes closest to your reason(s) for voting in the general election that was held on May 5th? Response 1.
Responses
1 Influence who wins 1130
2 Support candidate 308
3 Duty to vote 817
4 Support party 278
5 Always vote 180
6 Vote ag pty dislike 92
7 My right to vote 176
8 Send message to gov 72
9 Other reasons 17
10 None of these 6
99 Not app 1715
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD H5. PROBE: Any others? CODE ALL THAT APPLY. Multicoded (Maximum of 9 codes). IF ‘other’ AT [bq75b], [OthSpe32], 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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