Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq40_4
LabelTax Less-Spend More-Lib Dems
Question text IF FIRST ITEM AT PostQ40: Now, another issue. Using the 0 to 10 scale on this card, where the end marked 0 means that government should cut taxes and spend much less on health and social services, and the end marked 10 means that government should raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services, where would you place the Liberal Democrats on this scale? IF NOT FIRST ITEM AT PostQ40: (And where would you place ...) the Liberal Democrats (on this scale)? (Please take your answer from this card - CARD W)
Responses
0 0-Cut taxes 42
1 1 29
2 2 102
3 3 159
4 4 278
5 5 720
6 6 504
7 7 429
8 8 239
9 9 51
10 10-Increase taxes 53
12 DK, NA 469
Sysmiss 437
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsRANDOMIZE
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.