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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999

Variable Details

VariableDOLE
LabelOpinion on unemployment benefit level S499
Question text Opinions differ about the level of benefits for unemployed people. Which of the following two statements comes closest to your own view: benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, or benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs?
Responses
1 too low and cause hardship 554
2 too high and discourage job seeking 477
3 (Neither) 319
4 low but must be hardship else no incentive 1
5 hardshipto some while others do well 7
6 ABOUT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN 3
7 Other answer (WRITE IN) 35
8 Don't know 85
9 Not answered 1
-2 Skp,Welsh sample 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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