This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 1998

Variable Details

VariableSECIMP1
Label1st most useful improve secondy sch?Q713
Question text And which do you think would be the most useful thing for improving the education of children in secondary schools - aged 11 -18 years? More information available about individual schools; More links between parents and schools; More resources for buildings, books and equipment; Better quality teachers; Smaller class sizes; More emphasis on exams and tests; More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests; More training and preparation for jobs; Better leadership within individual schools.
Responses
1 More information available about individ 12
2 More links between parents and schools 60
3 More resources for buildings, books and 167
4 Better quality teachers 234
5 Smaller class sizes 208
6 More emphasis on exams and tests 81
7 More emphasis on developing the child s 99
8 More training and preparation for jobs 121
9 Better leadership within individual scho 23
10 Other (WRITE IN) 3
98 Don't know 24
99 Not answered 3
-2 Skp,B+C versions 2111
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD F3 (VERSION A)
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2024 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.