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ypvte3

vote for a political party: which ?

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	1.88%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	733	59.98%
conservative	1	77	6.3%
labour	2	156	12.77%
liberal democrat	3	44	3.6%
snp	4	60	4.91%
plaid cymru	5	42	3.44%
none	10	1	0.08%
ulster unionist	12	24	1.96%
sdlp	13	6	0.49%
alliance party	14	21	1.72%
democratic unionist	15	34	2.78%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	1.12%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
don't know	-1	716	57.51%
conservative	1	71	5.7%
labour	2	188	15.1%
liberal democrat	3	48	3.86%
snp	4	57	4.58%
plaid cymru	5	62	4.98%
ulster unionist	12	26	2.09%
sdlp	13	6	0.48%
alliance party	14	25	2.01%
democratic unionist	15	30	2.41%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.88%
don't know	-1	764	56.18%
conservative	1	95	6.99%
labour	2	202	14.85%
liberal democrat	3	79	5.81%
snp	4	53	3.9%
plaid cymru	5	62	4.56%
none	10	2	0.15%
ulster unionist	12	31	2.28%
sdlp	13	9	0.66%
alliance party	14	2	0.15%
democratic unionist	15	19	1.4%
sinn fein	16	30	2.21%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	1.2%
don't know	-1	543	38.43%
conservative	1	96	6.79%
labour	2	202	14.3%
liberal democrat	3	79	5.59%
snp	4	44	3.11%
plaid cymru	5	49	3.47%
green party	6	50	3.54%
ulster unionist	12	22	1.56%
sdlp	13	12	0.85%
alliance party	14	3	0.21%
democratic unionist	15	29	2.05%
sinn fein	16	34	2.41%
other	17	33	2.34%
none	18	200	14.15%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.72%
don't know	-1	641	45.88%
conservative	1	71	5.08%
labour	2	166	11.88%
liberal democrat	3	45	3.22%
snp	4	37	2.65%
plaid cymru	5	49	3.51%
green party	6	56	4.01%
ulster unionist	12	31	2.22%
sdlp	13	5	0.36%
alliance party	14	1	0.07%
democratic unionist	15	25	1.79%
sinn fein	16	26	1.86%
other	17	23	1.65%
none	18	211	15.1%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.57%
don't know	-1	752	61.69%
conservative	1	88	7.22%
labour	2	203	16.65%
liberal democrat	3	53	4.35%
green party	4	65	5.33%
other	5	51	4.18%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.78%
don't know	-1	743	58.09%
conservative	1	74	5.79%
labour	2	277	21.66%
liberal democrat	3	56	4.38%
green party	4	53	4.14%
other	5	66	5.16%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
don't know	-1	734	51.95%
conservative	1	111	7.86%
labour	2	365	25.83%
liberal democrat	3	70	4.95%
green party	4	52	3.68%
other	5	76	5.38%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.5%
don't know	-1	784	55.45%
conservative	1	118	8.35%
labour	2	273	19.31%
liberal democrat	3	78	5.52%
green party	4	64	4.53%
other	5	90	6.36%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.53%
don't know	-1	484	51.6%
conservative	1	64	6.82%
labour	2	231	24.63%
liberal democrat	3	57	6.08%
green party	4	60	6.4%
other	5	37	3.94%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.53%
don't know	-1	422	44.61%
conservative	1	75	7.93%
labour	2	303	32.03%
liberal democrat	3	59	6.24%
green party	4	46	4.86%
other	5	36	3.81%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.83%
don't know	-1	260	36.11%
conservative	1	71	9.86%
labour	2	275	38.19%
liberal democrat	3	56	7.78%
green party	4	28	3.89%
other	5	24	3.33%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	1.07%
refusal	-2	1	0.13%
don't know	-1	424	56.68%
conservative	1	59	7.89%
labour	2	183	24.47%
liberal democrat	3	21	2.81%
green party	4	36	4.81%
other	5	16	2.14%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	1.34%
don't know	-1	380	50.73%
conservative	1	64	8.54%
labour	2	193	25.77%
liberal democrat	3	30	4.01%
green party	4	46	6.14%
other	5	26	3.47%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	1.03%
don't know	-1	319	41.27%
conservative	1	73	9.44%
labour	2	223	28.85%
liberal democrat	3	55	7.12%
green party	4	72	9.31%
other	5	23	2.98%
	Total	773	100.0%

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