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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2007

Variable Details

VariableMostImp1
LabelWelsh election vote decided by most important [1] Q280
Question text In deciding how to vote in the Welsh National Assembly election, which issue mattered most to you? Response 1
Responses
-1 skip, didn't say voted at Welsh Assembly election 432
1 War/foreign affairs 4
2 Education 46
3 Health/Hospitals/NHS 123
4 Taxation 3
5 Immigration/Asylum seekers 7
6 Law and order 5
7 Economy 1
8 Transport 5
9 Pensions 2
10 Care of the elderly 7
11 Tactical voting 10
12 Against devolution in principle or pract 2
13 Positive attitudes to devolution 1
14 Labour and/or Welsh Assembly Government 5
15 Welsh language, keeping Wales Welsh 7
16 Local issues (where specifically mention 23
17 Regional interests within Wales 0
18 Countryside/farming/rural issues 5
19 Environment/ green issues 12
20 General mentions of Wales, devolution, W 31
97 Other answer 116
98 Don't know 29
99 Not answered 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2007
Interviewer Instructions(derived from MostImpO) Multicoded (Maximum of 5 codes)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population:A dults aged 18 or over living in private households in Wales during 2007.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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