FSD1088 Finnish National Election Study 1991

[q22b] (IF VOTED) What was the most important reason why you voted in these elections?

Question text

(IF VOTED) What was the most important reason why you voted in these elections?

Frequencies

Category labels	Value	n
Principle/civic duty	1	32
Right to vote, democracy	2	1
Have always voted	3	10
Only way to influence	4	12
Desire to influence in general	5	18
Desire to vote for a particular party	6	17
Voting gives the right to criticise	7	7
Desire to vote for a particular candidate	8	16
First time voting	9	0
Own interest or interest of own group	10	8
Wanted a change/change in who has power	11	8
Duty and right to criticise	12	1
Was persuaded to vote	13	2
Wanted to have an influence on a specific issue	14	26
Being involved in the survey had an impact	16	1
Can't say	18	0
Other	19	7
	SYSMISS	1306
Displayed frequencies are not weighted

Summary statistics

Number of valid cases	166
Maximum	19
Minimum	1
Mean	7.23
Standard deviation	5.046