Dataset: Election Study 1981

Variable v235: Vote reasoning 3

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 3
 2.2%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 2
 1.5%
2 Desire for change 2
 1.5%
3 Good politics 2
 1.5%
4 The best for the country 1
 0.7%
5 Duty 0
 0.0%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 0
 0.0%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 4
 2.9%
9 Process of elimination 0
 0.0%
10 Idealistic reasons 2
 1.5%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 4
 2.9%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 3
 2.2%
14 Socialist position 3
 2.2%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 2
 1.5%
16 Party plan 3
 2.2%
17 Female candidates 1
 0.7%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 1
 0.7%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 4
 2.9%
21 Economic policies 2
 1.5%
22 Tax policies 1
 0.7%
23 Expense policies 1
 0.7%
24 Social policies 5
 3.7%
25 Common market policies 1
 0.7%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 3
 2.2%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 2
 1.5%
28 Education and culture policies 1
 0.7%
29 Other specific policy 1
 0.7%
30 Governs/has governed well 1
 0.7%
31 New government 5
 3.7%
32 General trust for party 1
 0.7%
33 Dynamism/action 2
 1.5%
34 Trust in candidate/s 2
 1.5%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 0
 0.0%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 0
 0.0%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 0
 0.0%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 3
 2.2%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 0
 0.0%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 1
 0.7%
42 Pensioners 3
 2.2%
43 Business owners 3
 2.2%
44 Farmers 1
 0.7%
45 Social class situation or living standard 1
 0.7%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 3
 2.2%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 0
 0.0%
51 Reference to environment 1
 0.7%
52 Grown up with it 1
 0.7%
53 Particularly working class home 0
 0.0%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.7%
55 Supporter of party 1
 0.7%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 6
 4.4%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 5
 3.7%
58 Stable parliament 1
 0.7%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 9
 6.6%
61 Against social democracy 5
 3.7%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 2
 1.5%
63 Housing policy 2
 1.5%
64 Won't touch pensions 1
 0.7%
65 Pensions investing in business 0
 0.0%
66 Youth/education policy 0
 0.0%
67 Soil policy 0
 0.0%
68 Defense policy 5
 3.7%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 2
 1.5%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 1
 0.7%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 2
 1.5%
72 Wage policy 0
 0.0%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 0
 0.0%
74 Pro Glistrup 0
 0.0%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 0
 0.0%
76 Against Glistrup 1
 0.7%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 4
 2.9%
78 We need new parties 2
 1.5%
79 Big party/more effective 0
 0.0%
80 In control/can fix everything 3
 2.2%
81 Cooperation across parties 0
 0.0%
85 Economic democracy 1
 0.7%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 0
 0.0%
91 Snow clearing/traffic issues 0
 0.0%
92 Other specific answers 0
 0.0%
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%
95 Ineligible to vote 0
999 Unknown 832

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 136
Missing cases 832
This variable is numeric

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