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This research consisted of a post-election survey of a random sample of 1,100 Scottish adults aged 18 and over following the 2003 Scottish parliamentary and local elections. The main purpose of this study was to investigate general attitudes towards elections in Scotland, reasons for voting/non-voting, and impressions of the 2003 campaign.

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This dataset contains responses to 48 survey questions relating to the 2003 Scottish parliamentary and local elections, voting and non-voting and respondent impressions of the election campaigns. In addition, it also includes socio-demograhic information pertaining to each respondent including: age, gender, religion, social class, house tenure and working status. Standard Measures Some Likert scales, in most cases with five response categories.

Quasi-random quota sampling

Telephone interview