Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableCTRYPAY1
LabelWho most resp.look aftr countryside?Q508
Question text Looking after the countryside costs a great deal of money. From the groups on this card, please say which should have the most responsibility for footing the bill, and which the next most? First, the most responsibility: The general public through income tax and VAT; Everyone who lives in the countryside, through their council taxes; Visitors and holidaymakers through fees and charges; The farming community through their profits; Other businesses and industries in the countryside, through their profits.
Responses
1 The general public through income tax an 340
2 Everyone who lives in the countryside, t 94
3 Visitors and holidaymakers through fees 46
4 The farming community through their prof 53
5 Other businesses and industries in the c 214
6 None of these 21
8 Don't know 17
9 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD E2
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.