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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableNVMockB
Label1st choice of candidate in local election? Q428
Question text Here is a copy of the ballot paper used in the local election around here. You voted by putting the candidates in order, marking them 1,2,3 etc. If you had voted in the local election on May 3rd, which candidate do you think you would have put first? Please just tell me the letter next to the candidate you would have put first.
Responses
-3 Skip, I am sure I voted in the local election 877
-1 Skip, (Not eligible/too young to vote) 48
1 P - first candidate listed (top of page) 46
2 E 63
3 S 49
4 B 55
5 Q 39
6 L 37
7 G 28
8 T 9
9 J 7
10 F 1
11 R 0
12 W 0
13 C 1
14 D 0
15 (Don t know/Can t remember) 126
97 Refused to disclose voting 64
98 Don't know 56
99 Not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsGIVE THE RESPONDENT THE MOCK BALLOT PAPER FOR SERIAL NUMBER [serial number appears on screen]. THIS SHOULD BE FOR THE [name of ward from sample] WARD.
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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