Wave 8 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel (2016 EU Referendum Study, Daily Campaign Survey)

May 2016 - June 2016
N = 33,502
Mode: Online survey

The 2016 EU Referendum campaign wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel. Version 25.0.

Evans, G., E. Fieldhouse., J. Green., H. Schmitt, C., van der Eijk., J. Mellon and C. Prosser (2016) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 8 (2016 EU Referendum Study, Daily Campaign Survey). 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
After leaving the EU, how much control will Britain have over immigration?
Age
Age completed formal education
Age group
And have you already voted (by post)?
Applied for postal vote
Are Leave voters more UKIP or Conservative?
Are Remain voters more Conservative or Labour?
Are you a parent or guardian?
Are you left or right handed?
Are you, or have you ever been, a member of any Political party?
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
Assembly wide vote (post)
Attention to Politics
Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
Being an EU member undermines Britain's distinctive identity
Best party on most important issue
Best Prime Minister
Britain gets fair share of EU spending
Britain should continue to have a monarchy
British identity scale
Business and industry supports referendum side
Cabinet supports referendum side
Certainty about Plaid Cymru's position on EU
Certainty about SNP's position on EU
Conservative MPs supports referendum side
Conservatives contacted about leaving the EU
Conservatives contacted about remaining in the EU
Conservatives contacted you in last 4 weeks
Conservatives united or divided
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Contacted by any political parties/campaigns in last 4 weeks?
Cost of Living getting higher or lower
Country
Country of birth
Country of residence
Country of residence
Crime levels getting higher or lower
daily weight
Days respondent discusses politics
Did your parent have employees?
Did your parent supervise the work of any other people?
Dimension of MII
Do you have any friends who were born in another EU country?
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
Do you speak any language other than English or Welsh to a conversational level
Do you speak any language other than English to a conversational level?
Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
Economy doing better or worse
Education doing better or worse
Education level
Education level (with add. info)
Effects of leaving EU on: big businesses leaving UK
Effects of leaving EU on: Britain's influence in the world
Effects of leaving EU on: general economic situation in the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: immigration to the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: international trade
Effects of leaving EU on: my personal financial situation
Effects of leaving EU on: NHS
Effects of leaving EU on: risk of terrorism
Effects of leaving EU on: Scotland leaving the UK
Effects of leaving EU on: unemployment
Effects of leaving EU on: working conditions for British workers
Employed in creative and cultural industries
Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
Employed in IT industry
English identity scale
EU better/worse if Turkey joins?
EU ID: Criticism of my side feels like a personal insult
EU ID: Day ruined if side doing badly in polls
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 Knowledge: Are there 15 member states?
EU Knowledge: Croatia a member?
EU Knowledge: ECHR only has jurisdiction over EU members
EU Knowledge: EU spends more on agriculture than anything else?
EU Knowledge: Same number of representatives elected to European Parl per membe
EU Knowledge: Switzerland a member?
EU referendum identity
EU Referendum postal vote retro
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
EU Referendum vote intention (excluding postal votes)
EU Referendum vote intention (squeezed)
EU Referendum vote intention (unqueezed)
EU: Allowed too many countries to join
EU: Brought people from different EU countries closer together
EU: created more red tape for business
EU: made Britain more propserous
EU: prevented war
EU: undermined powers of UK parliament
European courts should be able to make decisions on British human rights cases
European identity scale
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
France gets fair share of EU spending
Gender
General economic retrospective evaluation: country
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
Generally speaking, how willing are you to take risks?
Germany gets fair share of EU spending
Good or bad for Britain: A Common European Agricultural Policy
Good or bad for Britain: Allowing the free movement of workers within Europe
Good or bad for Britain: Europe-wide rules for worker protection
Good or bad for Britain: Free trade with Europe
Good or bad for Britain: Joining a single European currency
Green party contacted about leaving the EU
Green party contacted about remaining in the EU
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 united or divided
Green Party visited home
Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Gross household income
Gross personal income
Have you ever lived in a country other than the UK?
Heard about EU from: Internet (not including online newspapers)
Heard about EU from: Newspaper (including online)
Heard about EU from: None of these
Heard about EU from: Radio
Heard about EU from: Talking to other people
Heard about EU from: TV
How likely do you think it is that the UK will vote to leave the EU?
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 much impact leaving the EU have on Britain
How much impact leaving the EU have on you
How much in common with people who want to leave
How much in common with people who want to remain
I hate not knowing what the future holds
I hate uncertainty
I strongly prefer to be certain about the outcome before making a decision
I understand the important issues at stake in the EU referendum
If Britain remains: Government negotiations produce better/worse deal?
If remain: EU will have more powers over UK
If the UK votes to leave the EU, will there be a second 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
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
In the London Assembly Election you received two ballots papers: a constituency
Interest in EU referendum
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 takes too much time and effort to be active in politics
Labour contacted about leaving the EU
Labour contacted about remaining in the EU
Labour contacted you in last 4 weeks
Labour MPs supports referendum side
Labour united or divided
Labour: Allow more or fewer immigrants
leave campaign focused more on fear or hope
Leave campaign provided clear information on why Britain should leave the EU
Leave focused on upsides of leaving or downsides of remaining
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: Cameron
Left/right position: Conservative
Left/right position: Corbyn
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 Dem MPs supports referendum side
Lib Dems contacted about leaving the EU
Lib Dems contacted about remaining in the EU
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
Liberal Democrats united or divided
Like/dislike: Alan Johnson
Like/dislike: Bennett
Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
Like/dislike: Conservatives
Like/dislike: David Cameron
Like/dislike: George Osborne
Like/dislike: Green Party
Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
Like/dislike: Labour
Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
Like/dislike: Michael Gove
Like/dislike: Nicola Sturgeon
Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
Like/dislike: Tim Farron
Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
Like/dislike: Wood
Likelihood of turnout: London Assembly+Mayoral elections
Likelihood to vote in EU referendum
Likelihood to vote in general election
Lived in a country outside the EU?
Lived in another EU country?
London Mayor: first choice (post)
London Mayor: second choice (post)
Many times I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to m
MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
MII manual coding
Most important issue (15 category version)
Most people I know usually vote in general elections
Most people I know will vote to remain in the European Union
NHS doing better or worse
None of these contacted about remaining in the EU
None of these parties contacted me about leaving the EU
None of these parties contacted you in last 4 weeks
Not certain at all | Completely certain
ns-sec sub-categories
Number of people in household
O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
Open-ended MIIEU responses
Other leave campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other party contacted about leaving the EU
Other party contacted about remaining in the EU
Other party contacted you in last 4 weeks
Other remain campaign contacted you in last 4 weeks
Parent's education level
Parent's highest level of education
Parent's ns-sec analytic categories
Parent's ns-sec sub-categories
Parliament supports referendum side
Participation: Displayed referendum campaign poster
Participation: Given money to party/organization/cause
Participation: Listened to or watched referendum campaign broadcast
Participation: Read campaign leaflet/letter/text/email
Participation: Tried to persuade someone which way to vote
Participation: work on behalf of party/campaign/action group
Parties are more likely to win elections when they stick to their principles
Party ID if no party to first ID question
Party identification
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences
Perceived EU referendum vote of other party identifiers
Personal economic retrospective evaluation: household
Plaid Cymru contacted about leaving the EU
Plaid Cymru contacted about remaining in the EU
Plaid Cymru contacted you in last 4 weeks
Plaid Cymru united or divided
Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Plaid MPs supports referendum side
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
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
Rather trust wisdom of ordinary people than experts
Recalled turnout in PCC elections
Received and read the government's EU leaflet
Region
Remain campaign focused more on fear or hope
Remain campaign provided clear information on why Britain should remain in EU
Remain focused on upsides of remaining or downsides of leaving
Reported turnout in 2014 local elections
Respondent belonging to any religion?
Respondent was under 18 at time of wave 8
Respondent's self-selected ethnicity
Respondent's work status
Risk ladder: prefer guaranteed money or 50/50 draw for higher amount
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
Saw/heard fifth 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Saw/heard first 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Saw/heard fourth 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Saw/heard second 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Saw/heard third 2016 EU Ref TV debate
Schools should teach children to obey authority
Scotland Q only: Scottish identity scale
Scotland Q only: Vote intention for Scottish Parliament | constituency
Scottish Constituency Vote 2011
Scottish Constituency Vote 2016
Scottish Parliament election turnout recall
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 EU citizens be able to claim child-benefit for children not in the UK
SNP contacted about leaving the EU
SNP contacted about remaining in the EU
SNP contacted by email
SNP contacted by letter/leaflet
SNP contacted by SMS
SNP contacted by telephone
SNP contacted in other ways
SNP contacted in street
SNP contacted you in last 4 weeks
SNP MPs supports referendum side
SNP united or divided
SNP visited home
SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Social Grade
Some laws are better made at the European level
Strength of party identification
Stronger in contacted you in last 4 weeks
Sure about what would happen if UK leaves the EU
Sure about what would happen if UK remains in the EU
The British Parliament should be able to override all EU laws
The party I support shouldn't compromise on its values just to get more votes
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
Time follows politics talking to other people
Trade Unions support referendum side
Trust MPs in general
UKIP contacted about leaving the EU
UKIP contacted about remaining in the EU
UKIP contacted you in last 4 weeks
UKIP united or divided
UKIP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
Understands the important political issues facing our country
Vote intention in referendum on EU membership
Vote intention: Local Elections
Vote leave contacted you in last 4 weeks
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
Was your parent an employee or self-employed?
Weight variable for the GB sample as a whole (Everyone who took wave 2)
Welsh Assembly election turnout recall
Welsh Constituency Vote 2016
Welsh Regional Vote 2016
Were either of your parents born outside the United Kingdom?
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 I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work.
When should immigrants have same access to benefits and services
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
Which party are you a member of?
Which party were you most recently a member of?
Young people today don't have enough respect for traditional British values

Additional information

Study team: Geoffrey Evans, Ed Fieldhouse, Jane Green, Hermann Schmitt, Cees van der Eijk, Jon Mellon and Christopher Prosser
Spatial coverage: GB
Date published: 2016-07-25
Last modified: 2024-02-12
Publisher: British Election Study
Identifier: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-8-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel-daily-file/
URL: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-8-of-the-2014-2017-british-election-study-internet-panel-daily-file/
Temporal coverage: 2016-05-06/2016-06-22