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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 1985

Variable Details

Variablemq61
LabelMost important reason for poverty
Responses
-3 refused 0
-2 missing 7
-1 dont know 143
1 age and loneliness 466
2 Bad luck 233
3 chronic unemployment 2581
4 lack of education 465
5 deprived childhood 98
6 injustice in society 279
7 drinking 942
8 laziness 773
9 too many children 211
10 accident of birth 87
11 high cost of transport 0
12 high cost of petrol 0
13 lack of foresight 15
14 lack of incentive 1
15 low income 15
16 bad Government 4
17 Other 50
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 1985
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