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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010

Variable Details

Variablepost_mis
LabelMost Important Issue - 1
Responses
1 Asylum seekers 204
2 EURO membership 32
3 Relations with EU 156
4 Law&order-crime 861
5 Education 208
6 Environment 179
7 NHS 569
8 House prices-Inflatn 50
9 Transport 29
10 Taxation 151
11 Economy 508
12 Energy 16
13 Poverty, living stds 87
14 Petrol prices 11
15 Iraq war 124
16 Terrorism 125
18 Immigration 990
19 Pensions 252
20 Social inequalities 20
21 Services-spending 66
22 Bush, USA-negative 16
23 Youth 10
24 Housing 34
25 Drugs 26
26 Big gov, gov ineff 12
27 Dishonesty-gov 106
28 Inter problems 12
29 Aging pop 12
30 Race tensions-racism 18
31 National security 22
32 Turnout, apathy 6
33 Lab leadership-neg 177
34 Welfare fraud 27
36 Consumer debt 29
37 Gordon Brown-pos 1
38 School discipline 13
40 Politics-neg 64
41 Civil Liberties 42
42 Unemployment 33
43 Keep Tories out 5
44 Values, Morality 28
50 Misc other 80
88 None, DK 492
99 Not App 1890
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005-2009.;National
SamplingQuota sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The dataset contains six survey waves.
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