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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Life and Times Survey, 1999

Variable Details

VariableGOVMXSCH
LabelGOVT ENCOURAGE/DISCOURAGE MIXED EDUCATION
Question text Thinking now about mixed or integrated schooling, that is, schools with fairly large numbers of both Catholic and Protestant children: do you think the government should encourage more mixed schooling, discourage mixed schooling or leave things as they are?
Responses
1 ENCOURAGE MORE 253
2 DISCOURAGE IT 37
3 LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE 126
8 DONT KNOW 33
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Life and Times Survey, 1999
UniverseNorthern Irish young people;National;All young people aged 12-17 living in the household of an adult interviewed for the 1999 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Some survey questions are repeated annually
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