Tax and spending preferences
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Variable note:
Election modules are asked when a general election, or a national election in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, is called. These modules are fielded from the day after the election and continue for 12 months. For more information, see the UK General Elections FAQ. We have created a set of derived variables that bring together all voting information from every wave in which the election questions were asked. The code used to generate these variables is available here: Creating UK General Election Variables. The variables in this file also correct for minor routing errors.
Question asked in the latest wave:
scageneralelection_w12.votetxspnd
Question label:
Tax and spending preferences
Question text:
On a 0 to 10 scale, where 0 means that government should cut taxes a lot and spend much less on health and social services, and 10 means that government should raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services, where would you place yourself on this scale?
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)
and if ff_snapelect = 1 (General election held prior to end of fixed-term parliament)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 131 | 0.45% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 118 | 0.4% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 729 | 2.49% |
| don't know | -1 | 981 | 3.35% |
| Cut taxes a lot and spend much less on health and social services | 0 | 351 | 1.2% |
| 1 | 311 | 1.06% | |
| 2 | 289 | 0.99% | |
| 3 | 621 | 2.12% | |
| 4 | 1030 | 3.52% | |
| 5 | 8065 | 27.55% | |
| 6 | 3745 | 12.79% | |
| 7 | 4629 | 15.81% | |
| 8 | 3321 | 11.35% | |
| 9 | 1375 | 4.7% | |
| Raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services | 10 | 3377 | 11.54% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 9641 | 30.12% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 7350 | 22.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 374 | 1.17% |
| don't know | -1 | 601 | 1.88% |
| Cut taxes a lot and spend much less on health and social services | 0 | 179 | 0.56% |
| 1 | 169 | 0.53% | |
| 2 | 158 | 0.49% | |
| 3 | 336 | 1.05% | |
| 4 | 532 | 1.66% | |
| 5 | 4216 | 13.17% | |
| 6 | 1845 | 5.76% | |
| 7 | 2219 | 6.93% | |
| 8 | 1612 | 5.04% | |
| 9 | 691 | 2.16% | |
| Raise taxes a lot and spend much more on health and social services | 10 | 1621 | 5.06% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
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