Dataset: Election Study 1981

Variable v234: Vote reasoning 2

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 15
 3.4%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 7
 1.6%
2 Desire for change 10
 2.3%
3 Good politics 2
 0.5%
4 The best for the country 3
 0.7%
5 Duty 2
 0.5%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 2
 0.5%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 6
 1.4%
9 Process of elimination 1
 0.2%
10 Idealistic reasons 6
 1.4%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 23
 5.2%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 6
 1.4%
14 Socialist position 4
 0.9%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 11
 2.5%
16 Party plan 9
 2.1%
17 Female candidates 4
 0.9%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 1
 0.2%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 8
 1.8%
21 Economic policies 16
 3.6%
22 Tax policies 5
 1.1%
23 Expense policies 6
 1.4%
24 Social policies 8
 1.8%
25 Common market policies 1
 0.2%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 18
 4.1%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 6
 1.4%
28 Education and culture policies 6
 1.4%
29 Other specific policy 0
 0.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 5
 1.1%
31 New government 12
 2.7%
32 General trust for party 6
 1.4%
33 Dynamism/action 5
 1.1%
34 Trust in candidate/s 7
 1.6%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 2
 0.5%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 5
 1.1%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 3
 0.7%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 3
 0.7%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 10
 2.3%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 13
 3.0%
42 Pensioners 4
 0.9%
43 Business owners 6
 1.4%
44 Farmers 5
 1.1%
45 Social class situation or living standard 3
 0.7%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 11
 2.5%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 11
 2.5%
51 Reference to environment 0
 0.0%
52 Grown up with it 4
 0.9%
53 Particularly working class home 3
 0.7%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.2%
55 Supporter of party 11
 2.5%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 15
 3.4%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 8
 1.8%
58 Stable parliament 3
 0.7%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 14
 3.2%
61 Against social democracy 6
 1.4%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 2
 0.5%
63 Housing policy 4
 0.9%
64 Won't touch pensions 0
 0.0%
65 Pensions investing in business 1
 0.2%
66 Youth/education policy 9
 2.1%
67 Soil policy 2
 0.5%
68 Defense policy 5
 1.1%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 5
 1.1%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 0
 0.0%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 9
 2.1%
72 Wage policy 0
 0.0%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 1
 0.2%
74 Pro Glistrup 2
 0.5%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 0
 0.0%
76 Against Glistrup 0
 0.0%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 3
 0.7%
78 We need new parties 2
 0.5%
79 Big party/more effective 5
 1.1%
80 In control/can fix everything 10
 2.3%
81 Cooperation across parties 13
 3.0%
85 Economic democracy 0
 0.0%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 1
 0.2%
91 Snow clearing/traffic issues 0
 0.0%
92 Other specific answers 1
 0.2%
93 Confused/didn't know who to vote for 0
 0.0%
94 No one worth voting for 0
 0.0%
96 Didn't vote 0
 0.0%
97 Decline 0
 0.0%
98 Don't know 0
 0.0%
99 Unknown 0
 0.0%
888 2
 0.5%
95 Ineligible to vote 0
999 Unknown 529

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 439
Missing cases 529
This variable is numeric

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