Dataset: Election Study 1981

Variable v233: Vote reasoning 1

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 23
 2.6%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 11
 1.3%
2 Desire for change 14
 1.6%
3 Good politics 2
 0.2%
4 The best for the country 4
 0.5%
5 Duty 2
 0.2%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 1
 0.1%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 7
 0.8%
9 Process of elimination 8
 0.9%
10 Idealistic reasons 12
 1.4%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 27
 3.1%
12 Progressive party 4
 0.5%
13 Moderate party, stable 11
 1.3%
14 Socialist position 15
 1.7%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 19
 2.2%
16 Party plan 34
 3.9%
17 Female candidates 0
 0.0%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 1
 0.1%
19 Other ideological answer 1
 0.1%
20 Party's policies 33
 3.8%
21 Economic policies 23
 2.6%
22 Tax policies 12
 1.4%
23 Expense policies 7
 0.8%
24 Social policies 22
 2.5%
25 Common market policies 8
 0.9%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 20
 2.3%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 3
 0.3%
28 Education and culture policies 13
 1.5%
29 Other specific policy 0
 0.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 9
 1.0%
31 New government 19
 2.2%
32 General trust for party 8
 0.9%
33 Dynamism/action 9
 1.0%
34 Trust in candidate/s 18
 2.1%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 1
 0.1%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 4
 0.5%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 0
 0.0%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 1
 0.1%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 24
 2.7%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 44
 5.0%
42 Pensioners 14
 1.6%
43 Business owners 20
 2.3%
44 Farmers 18
 2.1%
45 Social class situation or living standard 2
 0.2%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 7
 0.8%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 80
 9.2%
51 Reference to environment 0
 0.0%
52 Grown up with it 5
 0.6%
53 Particularly working class home 1
 0.1%
54 Convinced by spouse 0
 0.0%
55 Supporter of party 20
 2.3%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 11
 1.3%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 19
 2.2%
58 Stable parliament 2
 0.2%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 2
 0.2%
61 Against social democracy 2
 0.2%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 2
 0.2%
63 Housing policy 8
 0.9%
64 Won't touch pensions 2
 0.2%
65 Pensions investing in business 3
 0.3%
66 Youth/education policy 4
 0.5%
67 Soil policy 2
 0.2%
68 Defense policy 6
 0.7%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 9
 1.0%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 3
 0.3%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 5
 0.6%
72 Wage policy 0
 0.0%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 0
 0.0%
74 Pro Glistrup 2
 0.2%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 4
 0.5%
76 Against Glistrup 0
 0.0%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 12
 1.4%
78 We need new parties 1
 0.1%
79 Big party/more effective 6
 0.7%
80 In control/can fix everything 14
 1.6%
81 Cooperation across parties 12
 1.4%
85 Economic democracy 0
 0.0%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 1
 0.1%
91 Snow clearing/traffic issues 2
 0.2%
92 Other specific answers 1
 0.1%
93 Confused/didn't know who to vote for 3
 0.3%
94 No one worth voting for 8
 0.9%
96 Didn't vote 28
 3.2%
97 Decline 25
 2.9%
98 Don't know 34
 3.9%
95 Ineligible to vote 31
99 Unknown 60
999 Unknown 3

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 874
Missing cases 94
This variable is numeric

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