Reasons for view given on UN trust
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "Don't know/prefer not to answer response format" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
scadkadditionalquestions_ip11.whyunans2
Question label:
Reasons for view given on UN trust
Question text:
You said that you know nothing about the United Nations but earlier gave a view on how much you trust the United Nations. Please can you say why you did not respond âdon't know' to this question? Any information you can provide will help us improve our questions in future.
Question universe:
if ((GRIDVARIABLES.modetype = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1) | GRIDVARIABLES.modetype = 3) & EXPERIMENTALVARIABLES.DKCOND = 1|2|3) (Mode is face to face and has agreed to self completion or mode is web AND experimental control variable DKCOND has been applied)
and if (UNTRUST DK|REF|MIS) & KNOWUN = 4 (Didn't answer Don't Know, Refused or Missing to Trust in United Nations and said have Nothing at all of knowledge to Self-rated knowledge about the United Nations)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2760 | 92.31% |
| proxy | -7 | 94 | 3.14% |
| refusal | -2 | 37 | 1.24% |
| don't know | -1 | 46 | 1.54% |
| Didn't see the option/there was no DK option | 1 | 14 | 0.47% |
| Didn't understand the question | 2 | 4 | 0.13% |
| Don't know anything/enough about them | 3 | 14 | 0.47% |
| Answered incorrectly before | 4 | 2 | 0.07% |
| Based on what other people/media say | 5 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Can't be trusted/can't trust anyone | 6 | 5 | 0.17% |
| General understanding/gut feeling | 7 | 5 | 0.17% |
| It's not important to me/low interest in topic | 8 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Total | 2990 | 100.0% |



