Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq72_1
LabelBlacks Asians Should Be Given Job Prefs
Question text IF FIRST ITEM AT PostQ72: Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. IF NOT FIRST ITEM AT PostQ72: (And how much do you agree or disagree with this statement?) Black and Asian people in Britain who apply for jobs should be given priority, to try to make up for past discrimination against them. (Please take your answer from this card – CARD AP)
Responses
-2 Refused 1
-1 Don't Know 27
1 Strongly agree 7
2 Agree 60
3 Neither agree nor disagree 169
4 Disagree 1449
5 Strongly disagree 1362
8 Not stated 0
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.