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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, January 1999

Variable Details

Variablem220_6a
LabelFirst order - changing roles of family?
Question text People talk about the changing roles of husband and wife in the family. On this card are descriptions of three kinds of family. Which of them corresponds best with you ideas about the family?
Responses
1 Two partners equally demanding jobs share domestic work 406
2 Wife less demanding job does larger share of domestic work 333
3 Husband only has a job wife runs the home 145
4 None of these 14
9 Don't know 11
8 Refused 2
Sysmiss 905
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, January 1999
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD 6a
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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