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¹⁰ Each item in the scale was coded as a dummy variable: value 1 for possession of the attribute, value o in its absence.

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¹³ The regions are made up of the following Parliamentary constituencies: North East and Mid Wales: Flint East, Flint West, Denbigh, Wrexham, Montgomery, Brecon and Radnor; North West and West Wales: Anglesey, Caernarvon, Conway, Merioneth, Cardigan, Pembroke, Carmarthen, Llanelli; Upper South Wales: Gower, Neath, Rhondda, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Bedwellty, Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Pontypool; Lower South Wales: Swansea West, Swansea East, Aberavon, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Barry, Cardiff West, Cardiff South East, Cardiff North West, Cardiff North, Newport, Monmouth.

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