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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablew08_other
LabelMother party growing up (other)
Question text Thinking back to when you were growing up. Do you know what party your mother usually voted for if she voted?
Responses
Bulgarian Communist 1
Communist party in Russia 1
Congress party India 1
Democrats (france) 1
Fiana Fail 1
INDEPENDENCE PARTY 1
In Poland 1
Indian Congress 1
LIVED IN PAKISTAN WHEN YOUNG 1
Lived Abroad 1
Monter Lunatic Party 1
Mother overseas 1
NONE 1
Nigerian Labour equivalent 1
Not in Britian 1
Not living in UK 1
Parents did not tell us 1
Parents where in Poland 1
Ulster Unionists Part 1
Voted in India for equivalent of Conservatives 1
australian conservetives 1
between her and ballotbox 1
communist 1
congress south india 1
did not vote in this country 1
did not vote in uk elections lived in sri lanka 1
dk 1
fine Gael 1
grandmother voted conservativ 1
i am not british and lived in Austria 1
in Ireland 1
in polpand not able to vote 1
irish family 1
it varied 1
liberal 1
liberal in czech 1
n/a 1
na 1
never resident in UK 1
no equivalent 1
not applicable 1
not in uk 1
on india 1
polish labour party 1
refused 3
she always said it was private 1
she change in each electriionn 1
she never told us 1
started labour then became conservative 1
they were not from this country 1
union party in south africa 1
unionist 1
vvoted in India 1
was abroad 1
whatever dad told her 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2015: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey
Interviewer InstructionsDO NOT PROMPT IF QUERIED, FATHER AND MOTHER APPLIES TO THE PERSON WHO FILLED THAT ROLE WHEN THE RESPONDENT WAS GROWING UP. RECORD WHETHER RESPONDENT MADE QUERY ABOUT DEFINITION FATHER/MOTHER
UniverseBritish Electorate (eligible voters);National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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