Perceived political influence
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Question label:
Perceived political influence
Question text:
On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means very unlikely and 10 means very likely, how likely is it that your vote will make a difference in terms of which party wins the election in this constituency at the next general election? Please select "0" if you do not 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 | 147 | 0.5% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 118 | 0.4% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 946 | 3.23% |
| don't know | -1 | 1434 | 4.9% |
| 0 Very unlikely | 0 | 3627 | 12.39% |
| 1 | 1969 | 6.73% | |
| 2 | 1887 | 6.45% | |
| 3 | 1859 | 6.35% | |
| 4 | 1325 | 4.53% | |
| 5 | 5220 | 17.83% | |
| 6 | 2221 | 7.59% | |
| 7 | 2421 | 8.27% | |
| 8 | 1952 | 6.67% | |
| 9 | 873 | 2.98% | |
| 10 Very likely | 10 | 2403 | 8.21% |
| 11 RESPONDENT CANNOT VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION | 11 | 671 | 2.29% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 108 | 0.3% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1323 | 3.67% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 1270 | 3.52% |
| don't know | -1 | 3577 | 9.92% |
| 0 Very unlikely | 0 | 4893 | 13.57% |
| 1 | 2397 | 6.65% | |
| 2 | 1890 | 5.24% | |
| 3 | 1794 | 4.98% | |
| 4 | 1274 | 3.53% | |
| 5 | 4226 | 11.72% | |
| 6 | 2150 | 5.96% | |
| 7 | 2503 | 6.94% | |
| 8 | 2156 | 5.98% | |
| 9 | 961 | 2.67% | |
| 10 Very likely | 10 | 3404 | 9.44% |
| 11 RESPONDENT CANNOT VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION | 11 | 1036 | 2.87% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 179 | 0.4% |
| don't know | -1 | 2931 | 6.49% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 101 | 0.2% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 5613 | 11.3% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| refusal | -2 | 87 | 0.18% |
| don't know | -1 | 1263 | 2.54% |
| very unlikely | 0 | 13649 | 27.47% |
| 1 | 2532 | 5.1% | |
| 2 | 3309 | 6.66% | |
| 3 | 3194 | 6.43% | |
| 4 | 2174 | 4.37% | |
| 5 | 5812 | 11.7% | |
| 6 | 1821 | 3.66% | |
| 7 | 1831 | 3.68% | |
| 8 | 1560 | 3.14% | |
| 9 | 498 | 1.0% | |
| very likely | 10 | 2078 | 4.18% |
| respondent cannot vote in the general election | 11 | 340 | 0.68% |
| 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 | 11 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 291 | 0.53% |
| very unlikely | 0 | 2215 | 4.06% |
| 1 | 419 | 0.77% | |
| 2 | 649 | 1.19% | |
| 3 | 646 | 1.18% | |
| 4 | 467 | 0.86% | |
| 5 | 1503 | 2.75% | |
| 6 | 474 | 0.87% | |
| 7 | 509 | 0.93% | |
| 8 | 515 | 0.94% | |
| 9 | 178 | 0.33% | |
| very likely | 10 | 774 | 1.42% |
| respondent cannot vote in the general election | 11 | 149 | 0.27% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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