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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variablebq18_6
LabelEvery Citizen's Duty to Vote
Question text IF FIRST ITEM IN Bq18: Please tell me how far you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: [LOOP ITEM] Please take your answers from this card. IF NOT FIRST ITEM IN Bq18: (And how much do you agree or disagree with this statement:) [LOOP ITEM] Please take your answers from this card. It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election?
Responses
-2 Refused 4
-1 Don't Know 26
1 Strongly agree 1165
2 Agree 1204
3 Neither agree nor disagree 207
4 Disagree 154
5 Strongly disagree 27
8 Not Stated 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsNOTE: WE WISH TO KEEP NAMES FOR THESE VARIABLES COMPARABLE WITH MAIN SURVEY BUT HAVE ADDED SOME NEW ONES INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE LIST. THE LOOP VALUES BELOW THEREFORE HAVE THE VARIABLE NAME GIVEN TO THE LEFT. CARD 16.
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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