Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999

Variable Details

VariableTAXSPEND
LabelReduce tax + spend less on health+education+social benefits Q265
Question text Suppose the government had to choose between this three options on this card. Which do you think it should choose? Reduce taxes and spend less on health, education and social benefits; keep taxes and spending on these services at the same level as now; increase taxes and spend more on health, education and social benefits; none of these.
Responses
1 Reduce tax+spend 40
2 Same tax+spend 572
3 Inc.tax+spend 809
4 (None of these) 34
8 Don't know 26
9 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsCARD
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