Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2017: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey

Variable Details

Variabley46a
LabelY46A Would you be willing for us to add administrative data from the electoral register to the answers you have given us today?
Question text We would like to link the answers you have given in this survey to other information about the proportion of people round here who voted. To do this we would like your permission to match your name and address to information held on the electoral register. This matching will only be done with information that is already publicly available, and will NOT include any information about who you voted for. Would you be willing for us to add administrative data from the electoral register to the answers you have given us today?
Responses
-999 Not stated 0
1 Yes 1749
2 No 445
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2017: Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey
Interviewer InstructionsIF NECESSARY ADD No information about how you voted is stored anywhere – your ballot papers are destroyed after the election. IF RESPONDENT NEEDS MORE INFORMATION Please look at this card which explains more about the process.
UniverseBritish Electorate (eligible voters)
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample