https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382020-09-04T12:20:58ZUnderstanding Society User SupportUnderstanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53232020-09-04T12:20:58ZAlita Nandi
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>New</i> to <i>In Progress</i></li><li><strong>Assignee</strong> changed from <i>Gundi Knies</i> to <i>Annette Pasotti</i></li><li><strong>% Done</strong> changed from <i>0</i> to <i>10</i></li><li><strong>Private</strong> changed from <i>Yes</i> to <i>No</i></li></ul><p>Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.<br />Best wishes,<br />Understanding Society User Support Team</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53252020-09-07T15:40:29ZRebecca Parsonsrparsons@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>In Progress</i> to <i>Feedback</i></li><li><strong>Assignee</strong> changed from <i>Annette Pasotti</i> to <i>Sebastian Jungkunz</i></li><li><strong>% Done</strong> changed from <i>10</i> to <i>80</i></li></ul><p>Hi Sebastian,</p>
<p>We've contacted the questionnaire development team and they caution that there can be a complicated relationship between voting intention and voting behaviour, so in selecting 'none' it can't be assumed that the respondent won't vote. The actual question is about party support, rather than voting intention. Depending on your research project it might be appropriate to interpret the responses as non-voters, but it's not a certainty, so you'd need to use your judgement depending on your research.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. <br />Best wishes,<br />Becky</p>
<p>On behalf of User Support.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53272020-09-08T07:17:30ZSebastian Jungkunz
<ul></ul><p>Hi Becky,</p>
<p>thank you very much for inquiry with the questionnaire development team. This makes things much clearer. I have one more question regarding the missing values of the variable. Could you tell me what exactly I can expect from the following values?<br />-10 <br />-9 missing <br />-8 inapplicable <br />-7 proxy <br />-2 refusal <br />-1 don't know</p>
<p>It's clear that respondents who receive a "-2" refused to answer the question. But what about the others? <br />Does "-1 don't know" imply that someone does not know which party to choose, does it indicate that someone does not know whether to vote or not, or can it be both? <br />What does "-7 proxy" mean? <br />Are "-8 inapplicable" all those respondents that indicated to support a party (vote1==1) or are close to a party (vote2==1)? Or are there others in the mix?<br />And what do "-9 missing" and "-10" mean?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your help. I appreciate it very much!</p>
<p>Best,<br />Sebastian</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53282020-09-08T09:45:41ZRebecca Parsonsrparsons@essex.ac.uk
<ul></ul><p>Hi Sebastian,</p>
<p>Information about missing values can be found in the User Guide: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/missing-values">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/missing-values</a></p>
<p>Responses are coded -1 (don't know) when the respondent doesn't know the answer.So in this case it could that they don't know which party to choose, or it could be that they don't know if they'll vote. You'll need to use your judgement on this as you do your analysis.</p>
<p>The -7 'proxy' is used when a respondent can't do their interview, so someone else in the household answers for them. This questionnaire is shorter than the normal interview, because it's asking for factual information that a proxy could give, rather than opinion-based responses, which the proxy might not know. A coding of -7 means that this question was not included in the proxy questionnaire.</p>
<p>-8 is used where a person wasn't asked this question as they're not eligible for it - in this case it would be because they've already indicated support for a party or are close to a political party.</p>
<p>-9 is where a response is missed by error or is implausible (hopefully you shouldn't find many of these) and -10 relates to questions that are not available to the Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost Sample (IEMBS) in Wave 6 only.</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br />Becky</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53292020-09-09T06:29:55ZSebastian Jungkunz
<ul></ul><p>Hi Becky,</p>
<p>thanks for clarifying this. My problem has been solved and you can close this issue.</p>
<p>Best,<br />Sebastian</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1404: Coding of vote3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1404?journal_id=53302020-09-09T09:22:06ZRebecca Parsonsrparsons@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>Feedback</i> to <i>Resolved</i></li><li><strong>Assignee</strong> deleted (<del><i>Sebastian Jungkunz</i></del>)</li><li><strong>% Done</strong> changed from <i>80</i> to <i>100</i></li></ul>