Dataset: Election Study 1975

Variable v42: Reasoning for vote fv75 2.ans.

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 0
 0.0%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 0
 0.0%
4 Undocumented code 0
 0.0%
10 Idealistic reasons 1
 0.5%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 16
 8.6%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 0
 0.0%
14 Socialist position 1
 0.5%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 1
 0.5%
16 The best for the country, for society 2
 1.1%
19 Other ideological answer 2
 1.1%
20 Pursue sound policies 13
 7.0%
21 Economic policies 9
 4.8%
22 Tax policies 1
 0.5%
23 Expense policies 4
 2.1%
24 Social policies 2
 1.1%
25 Common market policies 11
 5.9%
26 Employment, long-term policies 7
 3.7%
29 Other specific policy mentioned 3
 1.6%
30 Governs/has governed well 4
 2.1%
31 New government 6
 3.2%
32 Government could have continued 1
 0.5%
33 Party governed better than “the others” 1
 0.5%
34 Trust in candidate, knew personally 32
 17.1%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 1
 0.5%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 3
 1.6%
37 Sympathy for social democratic politicians 4
 2.1%
38 Antipathy for social democratic politicians 3
 1.6%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 8
 4.3%
40 Benefits us 2
 1.1%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 3
 1.6%
42 Pensioners 3
 1.6%
43 Business owners 0
 0.0%
44 Farmers 0
 0.0%
45 Social class situation or living standard 12
 6.4%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Undocumented code 8
 4.3%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 14
 7.5%
51 Reference to environment 1
 0.5%
52 Grown up with it 0
 0.0%
53 Particularly working class home 0
 0.0%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.5%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 Other answers with specific content 1
 0.5%
62 Mix of above 6
 3.2%
77 Decline 0
 0.0%
88 Don't know 0
 0.0%
99 Unknown 1413

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 187
Missing cases 1413
This variable is numeric

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