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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

Variable Details

Variableq6misz
LabelMost Impt Issue-Last 4 Years-Summary
Responses
1 Asylum seekers 150
2 EURO membership 2
3 Relations with EU 70
4 Law&order-crime 285
5 Education 60
6 Environment 36
7 NHS 237
8 House prices-inflatn 22
9 Transport 10
10 Taxation 62
11 Economy 157
13 Poverty, living stds 10
14 Petrol prices 7
15 Iraq war 604
16 Terrorism 128
18 Immigration 487
19 Pensions 76
20 Social inequalities 7
21 Services-spending 36
22 Bush, USA-negative 19
23 Youth 11
24 Housing 4
25 Drugs 3
26 Big gov, gov ineff 14
27 Dishonesty-gov 0
28 Inter problems 16
29 Aging pop 2
30 Race tensions-racism 1
31 National security 14
32 Turnout, apathy 2
33 Blair, Lab gov-neg 63
34 Welfare fraud 1
36 Consumer debt 5
37 Gordon Brown-pos 0
38 School discipline 4
40 Politics-neg 32
41 Civil liberties 29
42 Unemployment 15
43 Keep Tories out 2
44 Values, morality 37
50 Misc other 35
88 None, DK 558
99 NA 13
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
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