European Social Survey 2012, Round 6

ECA Region, 2012 - 2013

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ECA_2012_ESS-R6_v03_M

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Best for democracy: everyone free to express political views, even extreme (fplvdm)

Data file: ESS6e02_4

Overview

Valid: 52029

Invalid: 2644

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2412

End: 2421

Width: 10

Range: 1 - 2147483625

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

CARD 39. INTERVIEWER: CODE ONE ANSWER ONLY. IF CODE 1, 2 OR 8 NOT MENTIONED EXPLICITLY, PROBE ONCE: "PLEASE TRY TO CHOOSE AN ANSWER FROM THIS CARD THAT BEST MATCHES YOUR OPINION".

Literal question

E31. There are differing opinions on whether or not everyone should be free to express their political views openly in a democracy, even if they are extreme. Which one of the statements on this card describes what you think is best for democracy in general?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Free to express extreme political views, even extreme	37864	72.8%
2	Prevented from expressing extreme political views	8957	17.2%
5	It depends on the circumstances	5208	10%
2147483623	Refusal	0	0%
2147483624	Don't know	0	0%
2147483625	No answer	0	0%
11	.D	2644

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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