Wave 21 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel
Fieldhouse, E., J. Green, G. Evans, J. Mellon & C. Prosser, J. Bailey (2021) British Election Study Internet Panel Waves 1-21. DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-8810-1
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- 2005 GE turnout
- 2005 GE vote choice
- 2010 GE turnout
- 2010 GE vote choice
- 2019 GE turnout
- 2019 GE vote choice
- Achieve reduced immigration: Brexit Party
- Age
- Age completed formal education
- Age group
- Approve: UK government
- Approve: your local council
- Are you a member of a trade union?
- 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
- Brexit Party contacted by email
- Brexit Party contacted by letter/leaflet
- Brexit Party contacted by social media
- Brexit Party contacted by telephone
- Brexit Party contacted in other ways
- Brexit Party contacted in street
- Brexit Party contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Brexit Party visited home
- Brexit Party: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- British identity scale
- Church attendance
- Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
- 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
- Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
- Country
- Country of Birth
- Dealing with people: generally trust or generally careful
- Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
- Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
- Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
- Economic situation in last 12 months: ethnic minorities
- Economic situation in last 12 months: middle class people
- Economic situation in last 12 months: people in local community
- Economic situation in last 12 months: people in London
- Economic situation in last 12 months: people in region
- Economic situation in last 12 months: white British people
- Economic situation in last 12 months: working-class people
- Economic situation in last 12 months: yourself
- Economy doing better or worse
- Education level
- England
- 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
- Green Party contacted by email
- Green Party contacted by letter/leaflet
- Green Party contacted by SMS
- Green Party contacted by telephone
- Green Party contacted in other ways
- Green Party contacted in street
- Green Party Contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Green Party visited home
- Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Gross household income
- Gross personal income
- Has someone you personally know died as a result of coronavirus?
- Have you *ever* been a member of a trade union?
- Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
- Have you worked in a paid job in the past?
- Hesitant to take vaccine: I am against vaccines in general
- Hesitant to take vaccine: I do not think it is safe
- Hesitant to take vaccine: I do not think it will work
- Hesitant to take vaccine: I don't think I need it
- Hesitant to take vaccine: None of these
- Hesitant to take vaccine: Official advice it may not be safe for me
- Hesitant to take vaccine: Other
- 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
- Highest Qualification
- Household: among richest or poorest in the UK?
- 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 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 interested in what other people think about this party.
- Immigration bad or good for economy
- Interview Start Time
- It doesn't matter which political party is in power
- It is often difficult for me to understand what is going on in government and po
- Job chose in previous Q describes what you do?
- Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
- 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 contacted you in last 4 weeks
- 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: Salmond
- Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
- Like/dislike: Sturgeon
- Likelihood of turnout: Scottish Parl elections (May 5th)
- Likelihood of turnout: Welsh Assembly elections (May 5th)
- Likelihood to vote in general election
- Liverpool Mayoral Election: First Choice
- Liverpool Mayoral Election: Second Choice
- Local community: among highest or lowest crime in the UK?
- Local community: among richest or poorest in the UK?
- Never went to private school
- NHS doing better or worse
- No dependents in household?
- None of these
- None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
- North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: First Choice
- North Of Tyne Mayoral Election: Second Choice
- NS-SEC social class analytic categories
- Number of people in household
- Opinion on necessity of deficit reduction in next 3 years
- Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Party ID if no party to first ID question
- Party identification
- People in your local area
- People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
- Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
- Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
- Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Police and Crime Commissioner first choice vote (intention)
- Police and Crime Commissioner second choice vote (intention)
- Politicians don't care what people like me think
- Pre-school aged children in household?
- 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
- Recalled turnout in PCC elections
- 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: Brexit
- 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: Scientists/vaccine manufacturers
- Responsible for coronavirus: Scottish Govt
- Responsible for coronavirus: UK Govt
- Responsible for coronavirus: Welsh Govt
- Responsible for economy: Brexit
- Responsible for economy: British businesses
- 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: Other
- Responsible for economy: Scottish government
- Responsible for economy: Welsh government
- Satisfaction with English democracy
- Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
- Satisfaction with UK democracy
- Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
- School aged children in household?
- Schools should teach children to obey authority
- Scotland
- Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
- Scotland Q only: Happy if Scotland becomes independent
- Scotland Q only: Independence referendum vote intention
- Scotland Q only: Preferences for Scottish powers
- Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
- Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
- ScotRef Identification
- ScotRefID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
- ScotRefID: Feel connected when meeting supporters of same side
- ScotRefID: interested in what other people think
- ScotRefID: Lot in common with supporters of my side
- ScotRefID: Praise of my side makes me feel good
- ScotRefID: say we instead of they
- Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
- Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
- Scottish referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
- Scottish referendum vote (earliest recorded)
- Scottish regional vote
- Scottish Regional Vote 2011
- Scottish Regional Vote 2016
- Self: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
- Sick or elderly in household?
- SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
- SNP look after black/asian
- SNP look after middle class
- SNP look after unemployed
- SNP look after working class
- SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
- Social Grade
- Speaks Welsh?
- Strength of party identification
- Subjective social class
- Subjective social class (squeeze)
- 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
- Tees Valley Mayoral Election: First Choice
- Tees Valley Mayoral Election: Second Choice
- The coronavirus crisis getting better or worse
- There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
- 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
- Trust MPs in general
- Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
- Vote intention: London Assembly-wide ballot
- Wales
- Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
- 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
- Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
- Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
- Welsh Regional Vote 2016
- Went to private/fee paying primary or middle level school
- Went to private/fee paying secondary school
- What about the local elections on the same day? Did you manage to vote in your l
- What is the highest educational or work-related qualification you have?
- What is your current marital or relationship status?
- Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: firearms licence
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: military identification card
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: none of these
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: photographic drivers licence
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: police identification card
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: Proof of Age Standards scheme (PASS) card
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: travel card
- Which forms of photo ID do you hold: UK passport
- Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
- Which party did you vote for in the local elections?
- Working status
- 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
- You will be out of a job and looking for work
- Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values