FSD1088 Finnish National Election Study 1991
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Question text
(IF DID NOT VOTE) Could you describe, in your own words, why you did not vote this time?
Frequencies
| Category labels | Value | n |
|---|---|---|
| Not interested in politics | 1 | 29 |
| Did not find a suitable candidate | 2 | 28 |
| Voting is of no use/has no significance | 3 | 11 |
| Dissatisfaction with or distrust of politics and politicians | 4 | 15 |
| Was travelling (not for work) | 5 | 14 |
| Did not find suitable party | 7 | 6 |
| Illness, old age | 8 | 12 |
| Other obstacle kept from voting | 9 | 7 |
| Moving house made voting difficult | 12 | 13 |
| Did not bother, laziness | 13 | 11 |
| A political protest | 14 | 11 |
| Did not remember to vote | 15 | 6 |
| Can't say, no specific reason | 18 | 10 |
| Some other reason | 19 | 9 |
| SYSMISS | 1290 | |
| Displayed frequencies are not weighted | ||
Summary statistics
| Number of valid cases | 182 |
| Maximum | 19 |
| Minimum | 1 |
| Mean | 7.38 |
| Standard deviation | 5.888 |
Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format
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