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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variableaq4f
LabelLabour Handle Economy Generally
Question text IF FIRST ITEM IN PreQ4: How well do you think the present government has handled each of the following issues? IF NOT FIRST ITEM IN PreQ4: How well do you think the present government has handled this issue: Crime in Britain Britain's education system Immigration The National Health Service The risk of terrorism in Britain The economy in general The level of taxation The war in Afghanistan The current financial crisis (Please take your answers from this card - CARD A)
Responses
-2 Refused 0
-1 Don't know 40
1 Very well 40
2 Fairly well 433
3 Neither well nor badly 425
4 Fairly badly 612
5 Very badly 385
Sysmiss 1577
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Electors resident in Great Britain during 2005.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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