The survey dataset is from the British Electoral Study. It is purely as a way to practice
using the functions and charts within this package. The fieldwork for the survey was conducted
by YouGov between 5 May and 23 May, 2023. The practice dataset has n=5000 respondents and 65 variables.
The original dataset has 570 variables and n=30,407 respondents with 63% retained from Wave 23 (May 2022)
and 74% from Wave 24 (December 2022). The dataset includes a cumulative weight (wt).
Format
A data frame with 5,000 rows and 65 variables:
- id
unique identifier of respondent
- wt
weight variable
- turnoutUKGeneral
Likelihood to vote in general election
- generalElectionVote
General election vote intention (recalled vote in post-election waves)
- partyIdStrength
Strength of party identification
- partyId
Party identification
- partyIdSqueeze
Party ID if no party to first ID question
- mii
Most Important Issue
- mii_cat
MII manual coding
- small_mii_cat
MII (manually-coded-collapsed)
- LRAL_mii_cat
Dimension of MII
- bestOnMII
Best party on most important issue
- polAttention
Attention to Politics
- pidWeThey
When I speak about this party, I usually say "we" instead of "they".
- pidInterestedOthers
I am interested in what other people think about this party.
- pidCriticiseParty
When people criticize this party, it feels like a personal insult.
- pidCommonParty
I have a lot in common with other supporters of this party.
- pidConnected
When I meet someone who supports this party, I feel connected with this person.
- pidPraiseGood
When people praise this party, it makes me feel good.
- pidWeTheyb
When I speak about this party, I usually say "we" instead of "they".
- pidInterestedOthersb
I am interested in what other people think about this party.
- pidCriticisePartyb
When people criticize this party, it feels like a personal insult.
- pidCommonPartyb
I have a lot in common with other supporters of this party.
- pidConnectedb
When I meet someone who supports this party, I feel connected with this person.
- pidPraiseGoodb
When people praise this party, it makes me feel good.
- likeSunak
Like-dislike: Rishi Sunak
- likeStarmer
Like-dislike: Keir Starmer
- likeCon
Like-dislike: Conservatives
- likeLab
Like-dislike: Labour
- likeLD
Like-dislike: Liberal Democrats
- likeSNP
Like-dislike: Scottish National Party
- likePC
Like-dislike: Plaid Cymru
- likeBrexitParty
Like-dislike: Brexit Party
- likeGrn
Like-dislike: Green Party
- country
Country
- gender
Gender
- age
Age
- ageGroup
Age group
- pcon
Parliamentary Constituency
- p_education
Education qualification (highest attained)
- p_work_stat
Which of these applies to you?
- p_hh_children
How many of the people in your household are under 18?
- p_housing
Do you own or rent the home in which you live?
- p_gross_household
Gross household income
- p_gross_personal
Gross personal income
- p_hh_size
How many people, including yourself, are there in your household? Please includ
- p_socgrade
Social Grade
- p_disability
Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disabilit
- p_sexuality
Which of the following best describes your sexuality?
- p_job_sector
What kind of organisation do you work for?
- p_education_age
Age completed formal education
- p_marital
What is your current marital or relationship status?
- p_paper_read
Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
- p_religion
Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion, and if so, to w
- p_parent
Are you a parent or guardian?
- p_country_birth
Country of birth
- p_ethnicity
To which of these groups do you consider you belong?
- p_past_vote_2010
2010 GE vote choice
- p_past_vote_2005
2005 GE vote choice
- p_past_vote_2015
2015 GE vote choice
- p_past_vote_2017
2017 GE vote choice
- p_past_vote_2019
2019 GE vote choice
- p_eurefvote
EU referendum vote (earliest recorded)
- p_edlevel
Education level
- p_eurefturnout
EU referendum turnout (earliest recorded)
Source
This dataset was sourced from the British Electoral Study website (Wave 25). The raw data are available from https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/data-object/wave-25-of-the-2014-2023-british-election-study-internet-panel/.
Details
A full description of themethodology and questionnaire can be found here: https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Bes_wave25Documentation.pdf