Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1987; Cross-Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableV40C
LabelWelfare: Lab view
Question text Please look at this card. Some people feel that the poor in Britain are entitled to more help from government. These people would put themselves in Box A. Other people feel that the poor in Britain should get less help from government and do more to help themselves. These people would put themselves in Box K. And other people have views somewhere in-between, along here (POINT LEFT A-F) or along here (POINT RIGHT K-F). Now in the next row please tick whichever box you think comes closest to the views of the Labour Party.
Responses
1 MORE HELP FROM GOVT 1411
2 790
3 618
4 320
5 141
6 187
7 41
8 32
9 23
10 20
11 POOR HELP THEMSELVES 51
95 LEFT OF 01 0
96 RIGHT OF 11 1
97 REFUSED/NOT ASKED 11
98 DONT KNOW 114
99 NOT ANSWERED 66
Sysmiss 2174
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1987; Cross-Section Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSCALE CARD 7
UniverseElectors in Great Britain;National
SamplingNationally representative probability sample drawn from the Electoral Registers of England, Wales and Scotland (south of the Caledonian Canal)
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study