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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableCTHTNEW1
LabelGreatest threat to countryside? Q502
Question text Which, if any, of the things on this card do you think is the greatest threat to the countryside; if you think none of them is a threat, please say so. Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish; New housing and urban sprawl; Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres; Building new roads and motorways; Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations; Land and air pollution, or discharges into rivers and lakes; Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland; Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife; The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside.
Responses
1 Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 206
2 New housing and urban sprawl 141
3 Superstores and out-of-town shopping cen 26
4 Building new roads and motorways 33
5 Industrial development like factories, q 70
6 Land and air pollution, or discharges in 243
7 Changes to traditional ways of farming a 21
8 Changes to the ordinary natural appearan 20
9 The number of tourists and visitors in t 5
96 OTHER ANSWER 6
97 None of these 13
98 Don't know 2
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD E1
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland.;Northern Irish adults;National;Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland. Addresses were sampled from the rating list provided by the Valuation and Land Agency. The areas in which the survey was undertaken include: Belfast (Belfast District Council area); most of the remaining district council areas east of the river Bann, excluding Moyle, Newry and Mourne; and the remaining council areas in west Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sampling frame is the rating list. Geographical stratification (into three areas) followed by simple (ie unclustered) random sample of address, and random selection of one adult at each address.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was undertaken every year from 1989 to 1996, except in 1992 when BSA core funding was devoted to the <i>British Election Study</i> series.
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