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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableVoteSWC
LabelConstituency party vote if was Scottish election in 2012
Question text Thinking now of elections to the Scottish parliament. In those elections, you have two votes. The first is for an individual member of the parliament for your constituency. If there had been an election to the Scottish parliament on the 3rd of May, which political party do you think you would have voted for on the first vote, or would you not have voted?
Responses
1 Would not have voted in Scottish parliament election/ Not el 229
2 Conservative 115
3 Labour 304
4 Liberal Democrat 67
5 Scottish National Party 354
6 Green Party 21
7 Other party (WRITE IN) 9
8 Scottish Socialist party 5
9 Solidarity / Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0
10 Refused to disclose voting 49
98 Don't know 76
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsDO NOT PROMPT
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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