Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey

Variable Details

Variableg01_1
LabelTax/spend: Yourself
Question text Now, another issue. Please look at the 0 to 10 scale on this card, where the end marked 0 means that government should cut taxes a lot 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 yourself on this scale? [first iteration] Where do you think the policies of... fit on this scale [2nd iteration onwards]?
Responses
-999 Not stated 0
-1 Don't know 117
0 0 Government should cut taxes a lot and spend much less on h 40
1 1 21
2 2 56
3 3 112
4 4 153
5 5 838
6 6 387
7 7 492
8 8 385
9 9 145
10 10 Government should increase taxes a lot and spend much mor 241
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD 5 CAPI - RANDOMISE ORDER OF OPTIONS B - H. OPTION A SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST.
UniverseBritish Electorate (eligible voters);National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study