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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCBEN1
Label1st priority spending social benefitQ223
Question text Thinking now only of the government's spending on social benefits like those on the card. Which, if any, of these would be your highest priority for extra spending? Retirement pensions, child benefits, benefits for the unemployed, benefits for disabled people, benefits for single parents or none of these.
Responses
1 Retirement pensions 361
2 Child benefits 110
3 unemployed benefits 71
4 disabled Benefits 180
5 single parents benefits 59
6 None of these 3
8 Don't know 2
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD A2. ENTER ONE CODE ONLY FOR HIGHEST PRIORITY
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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