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: government formed by single party or coalition (gvspcdm)

Data file: ESS6e02_4

Overview

Valid: 50549

Invalid: 4124

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2512

End: 2521

Width: 10

Range: 1 - 2147483625

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

ASK ALL CARD 45 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

E41. The government in some countries is formed by a single party; in other countries by two or more parties in coalition. Which option on this card describes what you think is best for democracy in general?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Single party forms the government	10511	20.8%
2	Two or more parties form the government	35131	69.5%
5	It depends on the circumstances	4907	9.7%
2147483623	Refusal	0	0%
2147483624	Don't know	0	0%
2147483625	No answer	0	0%
11	.D	4124

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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