Personal benefit in voting
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Question asked in the latest wave:
scapoliticalengagement_w12.perbfts
Question label:
Personal benefit in voting
Question text:
I feel a sense of satisfaction when I vote.
Question universe:
if GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1 thru 3) | (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 2 | 3) (Mode is face-to-face and has agreed to self-completion OR mode is telephone or web)
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 159 | 0.54% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 118 | 0.4% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 468 | 1.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 388 | 1.33% |
| Strongly agree | 1 | 3729 | 12.74% |
| Agree | 2 | 11519 | 39.35% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 3 | 8985 | 30.7% |
| Disagree | 4 | 1971 | 6.73% |
| Strongly disagree | 5 | 939 | 3.21% |
| Can't vote | 6 | 797 | 2.72% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 111 | 0.31% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1323 | 3.67% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 171 | 0.47% |
| don't know | -1 | 111 | 0.31% |
| Strongly agree | 1 | 4666 | 12.94% |
| Agree | 2 | 13163 | 36.51% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 3 | 11044 | 30.63% |
| Disagree | 4 | 2155 | 5.98% |
| Strongly disagree | 5 | 1107 | 3.07% |
| Can't vote | 6 | 1111 | 3.08% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| missing | -9 | 7 | 0.02% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 150 | 0.33% |
| don't know | -1 | 1250 | 2.77% |
| strongly agree | 1 | 4334 | 9.59% |
| agree | 2 | 14141 | 31.29% |
| neither agree/disagree | 3 | 8435 | 18.66% |
| disagree | 4 | 5588 | 12.37% |
| strongly disagree | 5 | 2441 | 5.4% |
| can't vote | 6 | 1102 | 2.44% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 102 | 0.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 5613 | 11.3% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| refusal | -2 | 92 | 0.19% |
| don't know | -1 | 429 | 0.86% |
| strongly agree | 1 | 3625 | 7.29% |
| agree | 2 | 14744 | 29.67% |
| neither agree nor disagree | 3 | 10267 | 20.66% |
| disagree | 4 | 6867 | 13.82% |
| strongly disagree | 5 | 2938 | 5.91% |
| spontaneous: can t vote | 6 | 1185 | 2.38% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 41882 | 76.75% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| refusal | -2 | 13 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 211 | 0.39% |
| strongly agree | 1 | 1339 | 2.45% |
| agree | 2 | 3452 | 6.33% |
| neither agree/disagree | 3 | 2419 | 4.43% |
| disagree | 4 | 981 | 1.8% |
| strongly disagree | 5 | 385 | 0.71% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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