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Wave 2 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

  • May 2014 - June 2014
  • N = 30,241
  • Mode: Online survey

The second 2014 wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel (May-June 2014). Release Version 25.0.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk and J. Mellon (2014) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 2. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8202-2
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 Variables
  • 2005 GE turnout
  • 2005 GE vote choice
  • 2010 GE turnout
  • 2010 GE vote choice
  • 2015 GE turnout
  • 2015 GE vote choice
  • 2017 GE turnout
  • 2017 GE vote choice
  • 2019 GE turnout
  • 2019 GE vote choice
  • Age
  • Age completed formal education
  • Age group
  • Approval of EU decisions
  • Approve: UK government
  • Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
  • Attention to Politics
  • Best party on most important issue
  • British identity scale
  • Business and industry supports referendum side
  • Certainty about Plaid Cymru's position on EU
  • Certainty about SNP's position on EU
  • Coalition governments are more effective than single party governments
  • Coalition governments are more in tune with the public
  • Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Conservatives united or divided
  • Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
  • Cost of Living getting higher or lower
  • Country
  • Country of birth
  • Crime levels getting higher or lower
  • Did your parent have employees?
  • Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
  • Differences in incomes between rich and poor larger or smaller
  • Dimension of MII
  • Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
  • Does England get fair share from Union?
  • Does Scotland get fair share from Union?
  • Does Wales get fair share from Union?
  • Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
  • Economy doing better or worse
  • Education doing better or worse
  • Education level
  • Employed in creative and cultural industries
  • Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
  • Employed in IT industry
  • English identity scale
  • EU Referendum postal vote retro
  • EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
  • EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
  • European election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election wave)
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Conservatives
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Greens
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Labour
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Liberal Democrats
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): Plaid Cymru
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): self
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): SNP
  • European Integration scale (1990s version): UKIP
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): Conservatives
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): Greens
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): Labour
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): Liberal Democrats
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): Plaid Cymru
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): self
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): SNP
  • European Integration scale (ESS version): UKIP
  • Expectation EU referendum will be conducted fairly/unfairly
  • Expected financial situation of your household (12 months)
  • Expected general economic situation in this country (12 months)
  • Gender
  • General economic retrospective evaluation: country
  • General election postal vote retro
  • General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
  • Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
  • Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
  • Gone too far: cuts to public spending
  • Gone too far: measures to protect environment
  • Gone too far: private companies running public services
  • Good or bad for England if Scotland becomes independent
  • Good or bad for England if Scotland becomes independent
  • Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Gross household income
  • Gross personal income
  • How many employees did your parent have?
  • How many of the people in your household are under 18?
  • How many people worked for your parent's employer?
  • How well government handling cost of living
  • How well government handling crime
  • How well government handling economy
  • How well government handling education
  • How well government handling immigration
  • How well government handling NHS
  • How well Labour would handle cost of living
  • How well Labour would handle crime
  • How well Labour would handle education
  • How well labour would handle immigration
  • How well Labour would handle the economy
  • How well Labour would handle the NHS
  • I understand the important issues at stake in the EU referendum
  • Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state
  • Immigration bad or good for economy
  • Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
  • Immigration levels getting higher or lower
  • Interview Start Time
  • Is your name on the electoral register?
  • It doesn't matter which political party is in power
  • It is difficult to understand what happens in gov and politics
  • It is every citizen's duty to vote in an election
  • It is more difficult to know who to blame when parties govern in coalition
  • It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics
  • Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Labour united or divided
  • Left/right position: Conservative
  • Left/right position: Greens
  • Left/right position: Labour
  • Left/right position: Lib Dems
  • Left/right position: Plaid Cymru
  • Left/right position: Self
  • Left/right position: SNP
  • Left/right position: UKIP
  • Lib Dems contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Liberal Democrats united or divided
  • Like/dislike: British National Party (BNP)
  • Like/dislike: Conservatives
  • Like/dislike: David Cameron
  • Like/dislike: Ed Miliband
  • Like/dislike: Green Party
  • Like/dislike: Labour
  • Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
  • Like/dislike: Nick Clegg
  • Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
  • Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
  • Like/dislike: Salmond
  • Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
  • Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
  • Like/dislike: Wood
  • Likelihood to vote in general election
  • MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
  • MII manual coding
  • Most people I know usually vote in general elections
  • NHS doing better or worse
  • None of these asked respondent to vote
  • NS-SEC social class analytic categories
  • Number of people in household
  • O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
  • Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Other person asked respondent to vote
  • Parent's education level
  • Parent's highest level of education
  • Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
  • Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
  • Parties cannot deliver on their promises when they govern in coalition
  • Partner asked respondent to vote
  • Party ID if no party to first ID question
  • Party identification
  • Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
  • Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Plaid Cymru united or divided
  • Politicians don't care what people like me think
  • Politicians only care about people with money
  • Preferences for English powers | English votes on English laws
  • Probability of voting for BNP
  • Probability of voting for Conservatives
  • Probability of voting for Green party
  • Probability of voting for Labour
  • Probability of voting for Liberal Democrats
  • Probability of voting for Plaid Cymru
  • Probability of voting for Scottish National Party
  • Probability of voting for UKIP
  • Recall of European election turnout
  • Recalled vote in European Elections (young person)
  • Redistribution scale: Conservatives
  • Redistribution scale: Green Party
  • Redistribution scale: Labour
  • Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
  • Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
  • Redistribution scale: Self
  • Redistribution scale: SNP
  • Redistribution scale: UKIP
  • Region
  • Reported turnout in 2014 local elections
  • Respondent belonging to any religion?
  • Respondent filled in registration form, or someone else
  • Respondent was under 18 at time of wave 8
  • Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
  • Respondent's work status
  • Responsible for cost of living: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for cost of living: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for cost of living: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for cost of living: None
  • Responsible for cost of living: Scottish government
  • Responsible for cost of living: Welsh government
  • Responsible for crime: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for crime: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for crime: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for crime: None
  • Responsible for crime: Scottish government
  • Responsible for crime: Welsh government
  • Responsible for economy: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for economy: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for economy: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for economy: None
  • Responsible for economy: Scottish government
  • Responsible for economy: Welsh government
  • Responsible for education: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for education: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for education: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for education: None
  • Responsible for education: Scottish government
  • Responsible for education: Welsh government
  • Responsible for GB debt: Conservatives in UK gov
  • Responsible for GB debt: EU
  • Responsible for GB debt: Global financial institutions
  • Responsible for GB debt: last Labour gov
  • Responsible for GB debt: Lib Dems in UK gov
  • Responsible for GB debt: None in list
  • Responsible for GB debt: Other
  • Responsible for GB debt: Trade Unions
  • Responsible for GB debt: UK banks
  • Responsible for immigration: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for immigration: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for immigration: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for immigration: None
  • Responsible for immigration: Scottish government
  • Responsible for immigration: Welsh government
  • Responsible for NHS: Conservatives in UK government
  • Responsible for NHS: Last Labour government
  • Responsible for NHS: Lib Dems in UK government
  • Responsible for NHS: None
  • Responsible for NHS: Scottish government
  • Responsible for NHS: Welsh government
  • Risk of poverty: times when won't have enough money
  • Risk of unemployment
  • Satisfaction with English democracy
  • Satisfaction with EU democracy
  • Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
  • Satisfaction with the current system of registration
  • Satisfaction with UK democracy
  • Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
  • Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
  • Scotland Q only: Certainty about referendum intention
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by Better Together (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by Conservatives (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by Greens (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by Labour (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by Lib Dems (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by none of these (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by other No (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by other Yes(ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Contacted by SNP (ref. campaign)
  • Scotland Q only: Economic situation under independence
  • Scotland Q only: Expectation of turnout % in independence referendum
  • Scotland Q only: Expectations about Scottish powers
  • Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland stays parts of union (retrospective after W2)
  • Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland stays parts of union (retrospective after W2)
  • Scotland Q only: I would be better off if Scotland independent
  • Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
  • Scotland Q only: Inequality under independence
  • Scotland Q only: Intention to turnout in independence referendum
  • Scotland Q only: Likelihood of Scotland becoming independent
  • Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
  • Scotland Q only: Scotland would keep using pound under independence
  • Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
  • Scotland Q only: Should pension costs be shared between Scotland and the UK
  • Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Defence
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: NHS
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Police
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Schools
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Tax
  • Scotland Q only: Which institution should decide: Welfare benefits
  • Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
  • Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
  • Scottish referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
  • Scottish referendum vote (earliest recorded)
  • Scottish Regional Vote 2011
  • Scottish Regional Vote 2016
  • Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
  • SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • Social Grade
  • Someone else living at the same address as you
  • Strength of party identification
  • The UK should help other EU members in times of crisis
  • Too many people these days like to rely on government handouts
  • Trust MPs in general
  • Trust own MP
  • UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
  • UKIP united or divided
  • Understands the important political issues facing our country
  • Vote in Scottish referendum (recalled) [top up respondents]
  • Vote intention: Local Elections
  • VoteMethod: Polling station alone
  • VoteMethod: Polling station with someone who voted
  • VoteMethod: Postal vote
  • VoteMethod: Proxy vote (someone else for me)
  • Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
  • Wales Q only: Good for Wales if Scotland becomes independent
  • Wales Q only: Good for Wales if Scotland becomes independent
  • Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
  • Wales Q only: Preferences for Welsh powers
  • Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | constituency
  • Wales Q only: Vote intention for Welsh Assembly | regional or party list
  • Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
  • Wales Q only: Which insitution should decide: Tax
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Defence
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Justice
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: NHS
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Police
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Schools
  • Wales Q only: Which institution should decide: Welfare
  • Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
  • Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
  • Welfare too high or too low?
  • Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
  • Welsh Regional Vote 2016
  • What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
  • What is your current marital or relationship status?
  • What kind of organisation do you work for?
  • What type of organisation did your parent work in?
  • When someone is unemployed, it's usually through no fault of their own
  • Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
  • Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
  • Which of the following people is the MP in your UK parliamentary constituency?
  • Would cost of living be getting higher/lower under Labour
  • Would crime be getting higher/lower under Labour
  • Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
  • Would immigration be geting higher/lower under Labour
  • Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
  • Would schools be doing better/worse under Labour
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