Wave 20 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel

June 2020 - June 2020
N = 31,468
Mode: Online survey

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser, R. de Geus, J. Bailey (2020) British Election Study Internet Panel Waves 1-20. 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
2019 GE turnout
2019 GE vote choice
Access to: can speak another language fluently
Access to: discuss politics with you
Access to: do your shopping if you are ill
Access to: Give you a good reference for a job
Access to: Give you sound advice on legal or money matters
Access to: give you sound advice on your work
Access to: has a profession such as a lawyer, teacher or accountant
Access to: has good contacts with local newspaper, radio or TV
Access to: help with small jobs around the house
Access to: help you to find somewhere to live if you had to move home
Access to: in a position to hire other people
Access to: knows a lot about health and fitness
Access to: knows about govt regulations
Access to: knows how to fix computers
Access to: lend you money (month's rent)
Access to: local councillor
Access to: None of these
Access to: None of these
Access to: None of these
Access to: reliable tradesman
Access to: works for your local council
Achieve reduced immigration: Brexit Party
After being with a friend who is sad about something, I usually feel sad
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
Allowing Britain to control immigration from the EU
Are you a parent or guardian?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Attention to Politics
Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
Best party on most important issue
Best way to run country: strong leader, ignore parliament/elections
Brexit
Brexit
Brexit
Brexit
Brexit
Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Brexit priority: access to single market versus controlling immigration
British businesses
British identity scale
Caring more for dependents since CV outbreak?
Conservatives look after black/asian
Conservatives look after middle class
Conservatives look after people in your local area
Conservatives look after unemployed
Conservatives look after working class
Conservatives united or divided
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Coronavirus Self Employment Income Support Scheme
Country
Country of Birth
Crime
Crime
Deal priority: Allowing Britain to make trade deals with other countries
Deal priority: Keeping access to EU markets for British firms
Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and Ireland
Deal priority: Keeping open border between NI and UK
Deal priority: Not having to follow EU rules/regulations
Dealing with people: generally trust or generally careful
Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
Did your parent have employees?
Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
Dimension of MII
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
Economic growth/Protecting the environment scale
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
Economy doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
English identity scale
EU ID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
EU ID: Feel connected when meeting supporters of same side
EU ID: interested in what other people think
EU ID: Lot in common with supporters of my side
EU ID: Praise of my side makes me feel good
EU ID: say we instead of they
EU referendum identity
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
European identity scale
European Integration scale (1990s version): Brexit Party
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
Financial situation of your household
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General economic situation in this country
General Election turnout 2015 (earliest recorded)
General Election turnout 2017 (earliest recorded)
General Election vote 2015 (earliest recorded)
General Election vote 2017 (earliest recorded)
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
Globalisation Access to Film, TV, Music, Sport: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Fast & Cheap Communication: Good/Bad?
Globalisation General: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Global Tourism: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Influence of International Orgs (e.g. UN): Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Air Travel: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Banking: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Migration: Good/Bad?
Globalisation International Trade: Good/Bad?
Globalisation Multinational brands: Good/Bad?
Gone too far: cuts to local services in my area
Gone too far: cuts to NHS spending
Gone too far: cuts to public spending
Govt support/leave large companies to deal with coronavirus crisis scale
Govts responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one
Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Has someone you personally know died as a result of coronavirus?
Has your household monthly income changed since the coronavirus outbreak?
Have they started working from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak?
Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
Have you started working from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak?
Have you worked in a paid job in the past?
High risk medical condition: Close family member(s)
High risk medical condition: None of these
High risk medical condition: Someone else you are close to
High risk medical condition: You
Household member received full pay while stopped working?
Household member received no pay while stopped working?
Household member received some pay while stopped working?
How badly was someone else you are close to affected by coronavirus?
How badly were you affected by coronavirus?
How badly were your family members affected by coronavirus?
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 do you think that the job you chose in the previous question describes
How well has the Scot Govt handled lockdown
How well has the Scot Govt handled testing
How well has the Scot Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well has the UK Govt handled testing
How well has the UK Govt handled the coronavirus outbreak?
How well has the UK Govt handled the lockdown?
How well has the UK Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well has the Welsh Govt handled lockdown
How well has the Welsh Govt handled testing
How well has the Welsh Govt handled the provision of PPE for health workers
How well would a Labour Govt have handled the coronavirus outbreak?
I am not usually aware of my friends' feelings
I can usually figure out when my friends are scared
I can usually figure out when people are cheerful
I can usually realize quickly when a friend is angry
I don't become sad when I see other people crying
If there were another referendum on EU membership, how do you think you would v
Immigrants are a burden on the welfare state
Immigration
Immigration
Immigration bad or good for economy
Immigration enriches or undermines cultural life
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more asylum seekers into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more families of residents into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more foreign students into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from EU into Britain
Immigration types: Allow fewer/more workers from non-EU into Britain
Interview Start Time
Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
Labour look after black/asian
Labour look after middle class
Labour look after people in your local area
Labour look after unemployed
Labour look after working class
Labour united or divided
Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Left-right scale
Left-right value: Big business takes advantage of ordinary poeple Waves 7-9
Left-right value: Government should redistribute incomes Waves 7-9
Left-right value: Management will always try to get the better of employees
Left-right value: Ordinary working people do not get their fair share Waves 7-9
Left-right value: There is one law for the rich and one for the poor Waves 7-9
Left/right position: Brexit Party
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
Lib Dems: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Lib-Auth value: Censoring necessary to uphold moral standards Waves 7-9
Lib-Auth value: For some crimes, death penalty most appropriate sentence Waves
Life anxious scale
Life happy scale
Life satisfaction scale
Life worthwhile scale
Like/dislike Brexit Party
Like/dislike Ed Davey
Like/dislike Jonathan Bartley
Like/dislike Keir Starmer
Like/dislike Siân Berry
Like/dislike: Adam Price
Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Sturgeon
Likelihood to vote in general election
Lockdown approval
Major public services and industries ought to be in state ownership 1992
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
My friends' emotions don't affect me much
My friends' unhappiness doesn't make me feel anything
Neither of these
NHS doing better or worse
No dependents in household?
No, none of these
No, none of these
None of these
None of these
None of these
None of these
None of these
NS-SEC social class analytic categories
Number of people in household
Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
Other
Other people's feelings don't bother me at all
Parent's education level
Parent's highest level of education
Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
Partner's education level
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Populism: compromise in politics really selling out principles
Populism: elected officials talk too much and take too little action
Populism: people, not politicians, should make most important policy decisions
Populism: politicians in UK Parliament should follow will of the people
Populism: rather be represented by citizen than specialised politician
Pre-school aged children in household?
Private enterprise is the best way to solve Britain's economic problems
Probability of voting for Brexit Party
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
Rate China's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Germany's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Italy's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate South Korea's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate Sweden's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate UK's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rate USA's response to coronavirus outbreak?
Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
Receive pay while you stopped working?
Received high risk letter from NHS: Anyone close to you
Received high risk letter from NHS: Close family member(s)
Received high risk letter from NHS: You
Redistribution scale: Brexit Party
Redistribution scale: Conservatives
Redistribution scale: Greens
Redistribution scale: Labour
Redistribution scale: Liberal Democrats
Redistribution scale: Plaid Cymru
Redistribution scale: Self
Redistribution scale: SNP
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Conservatives
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Greens
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Labour
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Liberal Democrats
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Plaid Cymru
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: Self
Reduce coronavirus infections/save economy scale: SNP
Region
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Responsible for coronavirus: British public
Responsible for coronavirus: EU
Responsible for coronavirus: Expert advisers
Responsible for coronavirus: NHS
Responsible for coronavirus: None of these
Responsible for coronavirus: Other
Responsible for coronavirus: Scottish Govt
Responsible for coronavirus: UK Govt
Responsible for coronavirus: Welsh Govt
Risk ladder: prefer guaranteed money or 50/50 draw for higher amount
Satisfaction with UK democracy
School aged children in household?
Schools should teach children to obey authority
Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
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
Self: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Sick or elderly in household?
SNP look after black/asian
SNP look after middle class
SNP look after unemployed
SNP look after working class
SNP united or divided
SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Social Grade
Stopped work since start of CV outbreak: Someone else in household
Stopped work since start of CV outbreak: Yourself
Strength of party identification
Subjective social class
Supported by Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Member of Household
Supported by Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Self
Supported by Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: Self
Supported by other state benefits due to coronavirus: Member of Household
Supported by other state benefits due to coronavirus: Self
Supported by Universal Credit due to coronavirus: Member of Household
Supported by Universal Credit due to coronavirus: Self
Suspect anyone else you are close to has had coronavirus?
Suspect close family members have had coronavirus?
Suspect you have had coronavirus?
Tax-spend tradeoff: Conservatives
Tax-spend tradeoff: Labour
Tax-spend tradeoff: Self
The coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis getting better or worse
The economy
The economy
The environment
The environment
The environment
The environment
The environment
The European Union
The NHS
The NHS
The Scottish government
The UK Government
The Welsh government
There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
Time follows politics in newspapers (including online)
Time follows politics on the internet (not including newspapers)
Time follows politics on the radio
Time follows politics on TV
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ask people to download track/trace app
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ban gatherings of two or more
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Ban leaving home for non-essential reason
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Close schools
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Encourage handwashing
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Fine rulebreakers
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Imprison rulebreakers
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: None of these (1)
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: None of these (2)
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Only open essential shops
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Recommend 2m social distance
To tackle coronavirus Britain should: Require mask wearing in public
Too many people these days like to rely on government handouts
Trust MPs in general
Trust Westminster Govt to do what is right?
Type of Organisation Current/Most Recent Job?
Wales Q only: Welsh identity scale
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
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 is your partner's highest level of education?
What kind of organisation do you work for?
What type of organisation did your parent work in?
When someone is feeling 'down' I can usually understand how they feel
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?
Working status
Worried: About impact of coronavirus on economy
Worried: About impact of coronavirus on way of life
Worried: You or someone close catching coronavirus
Would economy be doing better/worse under Labour
Would NHS be doing better /worse under Labour
Would successfully reduce immigration: Conservative
Would successfully reduce immigration: Green Party
Would successfully reduce immigration: Labour
Would successfully reduce immigration: Liberal Democrat
Would successfully reduce immigration: None of these
Would successfully reduce immigration: Plaid Cymru
Would successfully reduce immigration: Scottish National Party (SNP)
You will be out of a job and looking for work
Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values
Yourself

Additional information

Study team: Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Geoff Evans, Jonathan Mellon, Christopher Prosser, Roosmarijn de Geus, Jack Bailey
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2020-12-04
Last modified: 2024-03-22
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-20-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-20-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/
Temporal coverage: 2020-06-03/2020-06-20