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Wave 9 of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel (2016 EU Referendum Study, post-election survey)

  • June 2016 - July 2016
  • N = 30,036
  • Mode: Online survey

2016 post-referendum wave of the 2014-2023 British Election Study Internet Panel. Version 1.7.

Fieldhouse, E., J. Green., G. Evans., H. Schmitt, C. van der Eijk, J. Mellon and C. Prosser (2016) British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 9. 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
  • After leaving the EU, how much control will Britain have over immigration?
  • Age
  • Age group
  • Any regrets about how you voted in the EU referendum?
  • Approval of EU decisions
  • Approve: UK government
  • Authoritarian/libertarianism scale
  • Best party on most important issue
  • Blame for leave: Boris Johnson
  • Blame for leave: Cameron
  • Blame for leave: Conservatives
  • Blame for leave: Corbyn
  • Blame for leave: Farage
  • Blame for leave: Labour
  • Blame for leave: None of these
  • Blame for leave: SNP
  • Blame for leave: UKIP
  • British identity scale
  • Certainty of vote intention in general election
  • Conservatives united or divided
  • Conservatives: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Country
  • Credit for leave: Boris Johnson
  • Credit for leave: Cameron
  • Credit for leave: Conservatives
  • Credit for leave: Corbyn
  • Credit for leave: Farage
  • Credit for leave: Labour
  • Credit for leave: None of these
  • Credit for leave: SNP
  • Credit for leave: UKIP
  • Did you work on your own or did you have employees?
  • Dimension of MII
  • Do you hold a non-UK passport?
  • Do you hold a UK passport?
  • Do you hold an expired passport?
  • Do you work on your own or do you have employees?
  • Economic optimism indicator: good time to buy big household items
  • Economy doing better or worse
  • Employed in creative and cultural industries
  • Employed in creative and cultural industries (excluding IT)
  • Employed in IT industry
  • English identity scale
  • Ethno: Britain has a lot to learn from other countries in running its affairs
  • Ethno: Often less proud of Britain than I would like to be
  • Ethno: People in Britain are too ready to criticise their country
  • Ethno: Rather be citizen of Britain than any other country
  • Ethno: Some things about Britain today make me ashamed to be British
  • Ethno: World better place if people from other countries more like the British
  • 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 referendum identity
  • EU Referendum Turnout
  • EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
  • EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
  • 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
  • Gender
  • 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)
  • Green Party united or divided
  • Green: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Handle most important issue: Conservatives
  • Handle most important issue: Green Party
  • Handle most important issue: Labour
  • Handle most important issue: Liberal Democrat
  • Handle most important issue: Plaid Cymru
  • Handle most important issue: SNP
  • Handle most important issue: UKIP
  • Have you ever attended a University or other higher education institution?
  • Have you never held a passport?
  • Have you travelled to another European country during the previous 12 months?
  • Highest Qualification
  • How did you cast your vote in the EU referendum?
  • How fairly was the EU referendum conducted?
  • How happy/disappointed are you that UK voted to leave the EU
  • How many employees did your parent have?
  • How much in common with people who want to leave
  • How much in common with people who want to remain
  • How R would have voted in EU referendum
  • If the UK votes to leave the EU, will there be a second referendum?
  • 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
  • It takes too much time and effort to be active in politics and public affairs
  • Know Angela Merkel's job Waves 5, 7 9
  • Know Bashar al-Assad's job Waves 5, 7 9
  • Know Benjamin Netanyahu's job Waves 2-4 5, 7 9
  • Know Francois Hollande's job Waves 2-4 5, 7 9
  • Know John Kerry's job Waves 2-4 5, 7 9
  • Know Vladmir Putin's job Waves 5, 7, 9
  • 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 always try to get the better of employees Waves 7-
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Lib-Auth value: Lawbreakers should be given stiffer sentences Waves 7-9
  • Lib-Auth value: Schools should teach children to obey authority Waves 7-9
  • Lib-Auth value: Young people today don't respect traditional British values Wav
  • Liberal Democrats united or divided
  • Like/dislike: Bennett
  • Like/dislike: Boris Johnson
  • Like/dislike: Conservatives
  • Like/dislike: Dan Jarvis
  • Like/dislike: David Cameron
  • Like/dislike: George Osborne
  • Like/dislike: Green Party
  • Like/dislike: Jeremy Corbyn
  • Like/dislike: John McDonnell
  • Like/dislike: Labour
  • Like/dislike: Liberal Democrats
  • Like/dislike: Michael Gove
  • Like/dislike: Nigel Farage
  • Like/dislike: Plaid Cymru
  • Like/dislike: Scottish National Party
  • Like/dislike: Sturgeon
  • Like/dislike: Theresa May
  • Like/dislike: Tim Farron
  • Like/dislike: Tom Watson
  • Like/dislike: United Kingdom Independence Party
  • Like/dislike: Wood
  • Likelihood to vote in general election
  • Many times I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to m
  • MII (manually-coded/collapsed)
  • MII manual coding
  • NS-SEC social class analytic categories
  • O*Net Job Zone Occupation Code
  • Party ID if no party to first ID question
  • Party identification
  • Perceived EU referendum vote of other party identifiers
  • Plaid Cymru united or divided
  • Plaid Cymru: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • 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
  • Region
  • Satisfaction with English democracy
  • Satisfaction with EU democracy
  • Satisfaction with Scottish democracy
  • Satisfaction with UK democracy
  • Satisfaction with Welsh democracy
  • Scotland Q only: Approve: Scottish government
  • 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
  • Should there be another Scottish independence referendum within 10 years
  • Single market access requires: accepting EU regulations
  • Single market access requires: accepting free movement
  • Single market access requires: continue paying EU
  • Single market access requires: none of these
  • SNP united or divided
  • SNP: Allow more or fewer immigrants
  • Strength of party identification
  • Subjective class Waves 2-4, 7, 9
  • There will be times when you don't have enough money to cover your day to day li
  • Thinking about the outcomes of general elections, which of these statements is m
  • Trust MPs in general
  • 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
  • Wales Q only: Approve: Welsh government
  • 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
  • When I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work.
  • 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)
  • Would successfully reduce immigration: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
  • You will be out of a job and looking for work
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