Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq41_3
LabelReduce Crime-Protect Rights-Conservative Party
Question text IF FIRST ITEM IN PostQ41: Some people think that reducing crime is more important than protecting the rights of people accused of committing crimes. Other people think that protecting the rights of accused people, regardless of whether they have been convicted of committing a crime, is more important than reducing crime. On the 0-10 scale, where would you place the Conservative Party on this scale? IF NOT FIRST ITEM IN PostQ41: (And where would you place ...) the Conservative Party (on this scale?) (Please take your answer from this card – CARD X)
Responses
0 0-Reduce crime 152
1 1 145
2 2 298
3 3 485
4 4 467
5 5 599
6 6 262
7 7 172
8 8 84
9 9 25
10 10-Protect rights 14
12 DK, NA 372
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.