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Innovation Panel Variable

whynucans1_code

Why no view given nuclear risks

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.whynucans1

Question label:

Reasons no view given nuclear risks

Question text:

You said that you know KNOWNUCLEN = 1A LOTKNOWNUCLEN = 2A FAIR AMOUNT about nuclear energy but did not know whether the benefits outweigh the risks. Please can you say why you didn't feel you could give a view on the benefits versus risks of nuclear energy? 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 NUCLEN = DK & (KNOWNUCLEN = 1 | 2) (Answered Don't Know to Attitudes toward nuclear energy AND said A Lot or A Fair Amount of knowledge to Attitudes toward nuclear energy)

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8288096.32%
proxy-7943.14%
refusal-240.13%
don't know-180.27%
No reason120.07%
Don't care about topic210.03%
Shouldn't have anything nuclear310.03%
Total2990100.0%

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