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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variablebq2_1
LabelMost Important Issue
Question text Now, I'd like to ask you a few questions about the issues and problems facing Britain today. As far as you're concerned, what is the single most important issue facing the country at the present time?
Responses
-2 Refused 3
-1 Don't Know 108
1 Immigration 201
2 Britain's membership of theEuropean Monetary Union (the Euro 10
3 Britain's relations with theEuropean Union 6
4 Law and order 177
5 Education 129
6 Environment 23
7 National Health Service 82
8 Inflation, Prices generally 98
9 Public transport 5
10 Taxation 55
11 State of the economy 629
12 Unemployment 723
13 My standard of living 69
14 Price of petrol 25
15 War in Afghanistan 114
16 War against terrorism 57
17 The current financial crisis 48
18 There are no important issues 20
19 War in Iraq 39
20 Attitudes/behaviour of young people 10
21 Societal breakdown/lack of morals/family values 9
22 Benefits system/cheats 8
23 (Care of) the elderly 1
24 MPs expenses (scandal) 2
25 Poverty/homelessness 6
26 Population 2
27 War/security 4
28 Discrimination/inequality 27
29 Credibility/trust of politicians/government 4
30 Coalition/new government 2
31 Asylum seekers 32
32 Government/ politicians in general 1
33 Other 58
36 Queries 0
37 Not Stated 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE FROM LIST OF ANSWER OPTIONS. DO NOT PROMPT. IF SEVERAL ANSWERS ARE GIVEN, CODE FIRST MENTIONED.
UniverseAdults aged 18 and over resident in Great Britain who would self-classify into one of five Census ethnic groups: Black Caribbean; Black African; Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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