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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

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 0
-1 Don't Know 55
1 Immigration 318
2 Britain's membership of the European Monetary Union (the Eur 7
3 Britain's relations with the European Union 11
4 Law and order 68
5 Education 41
6 Environment 24
7 National Health Service 69
8 Inflation Prices generally 36
9 Public transport 1
10 Taxation 13
11 State of the economy 1181
12 Unemployment 215
13 My standard of living 25
14 Price of petrol 5
15 War in Afghanistan 107
16 War against terrorism 15
17 The current financial crisis 668
18 There are no important issues 16
19 Iraq/war in Iraq 1
20 Attitudes/behaviour of young people 4
21 Societal breakdown/lack of morals/family values 16
22 Benefits system/cheats 14
23 (Care of) the elderly 6
24 MPs expenses (scandal) 2
25 Poverty/homelessness 6
26 Population 4
27 War/security 7
28 Discrimination/inequality 3
29 Credibility/trust of politicians/government 5
30 Coalition/new government 27
31 Asylum seekers 0
32 Government/politicians in general 16
33 Other 89
36 Not stated 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE FROM LIST OF ANSWER OPTIONS. DO NOT PROMPT IF SEVERAL ANSWERS ARE GIVEN, CODE FIRST MENTIONED.
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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