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Innovation Panel Variable

unispend_a

union political spending version a

Datafile

Variable note:

This variable is part of the "Response order" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.

Question asked in the latest wave:

responseoption_ip7.unispend_a

Question label:

Union Political Spending Version A

Question text:

CAPIVERSION A Do you think labour unions should be permitted to spend their money to help elect or defeat candidates for political offices?

Question universe:

if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 | 3) (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.spendw7=1 (Respondent assigned to Political Spending Questions Version A)

Question interviewer instructions:

IF RESPONDENT SPONTANEOUSLY ANSWERS “DON’T KNOW”, WAIT 5 FULL SECONDS IN SILENCE TO ALLOW THE RESPONDENT TO ANSWER AGAIN BEFORE SAYING: “Thanks. If you want to skip answering this question, that’s ok, but we would really appreciate it if you would be willing to answer it, because your response will help our study a lot. Please feel free to either answer or go to the next question. Thank you”

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-910.04%
inapplicable-8117648.74%
proxy-7763.15%
yes130312.56%
no278632.57%
spontaneous - skip question3712.94%
Total2413100.0%

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