Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 1999

Variable Details

VariableSPEC5
LabelOther ways poverty affects us specified
Question text Please specify other reason [way high levels of poverty in developing countries will affect us].
Responses
AFFECT MORTGAGE IF BANKS WRITE OFF LOANS 1
Financialy 1
GOV SPENDING UK MONEY 1
Governement will have insufficient money to tackle these problems and our own problems in the UK 1
Increasing level of asylum seekers will affect the UK 1
LACK OF EDUCATION & INSTABILITY 1
Lot of probs arise domestically as a conseq of funds being diverted for overseas devel which divert funding of services in this country which should be allev social probs at home 1
We should llook after our own first, deprived in inner cities. Make sure we are OK first. 1
affect the economy globally 1
affecting cost of imports 1
affecting the ecomony of the planet 1
all these immigrants coming over 1
because money to domestic charity often goes abroad 1
because they are living on borrowed money / aids / 1
by depleting our funds 1
by non refund of third world debts 1
corrupt politicians 1
cost to the country if we have to help out 1
could affect taxes 1
damaging our economy 1
debt being owed 1
decline of wealth in this country from imbalance between reward & effort in developing vs developed world. In former people prepared to work v.hard for basic needs of living; in latter people expect to have material bens often for little effort 1
demand on economy 1
drug production 1
drugs from these countries could come over here. 1
encourages immigration 1
environmental damage 1
exploitation by british companies selling arms 1
exploited labour 1
fear of war when is conflict in other countries and economic decline because the destinies of all the countries are intertwined 1
give them ways to get out of poverty ie jobs 1
giving too much to other countries and we have not got enough to keep our own 1
greater social unrest 1
higher taxes to pay for relief and wars 1
humanitarian aspects: we are wealthy, therefore affects our consciences 1
imigration 1
immigration 1
increasing refugee problem will further discrimination against minority groups 1
indiference 1
just effect imports 1
micro economicsd 1
misery 1
money could be better spent in this country 1
money lent puts burden on our taxpayers will we ever get it back? 1
moral breakdown of western countries leading to anarchy 1
morale of people indeveloping countries hit by wealth of developedworld 1
our response affects other country's perception of us 1
preparing for the year 2000. Question of countries investing sufficiently to deal with the problem. 1
pverty goes hand in hand with illeberal regimes and sets bad example to other illiberal regimes 1
religious freedom; dictator type governmernt will emerge in Europe/world to control all the problems arising from poverty in the developing countries that emerge 1
should include the dangers of the escalating 'sale of sex' trade exploiting thousands of children and young people 1
spending money on them leaves less for the poor here 1
strong feeling that the world bank should let them off their loans 1
the loans that we've made to them that will never be repaid, it costs us every time and it's never-ending 1
the resources of the earth are finite so there is a limit to how long we can exploit two thirds of the world 1
the world is getting to be more of a neighbourhood smaller than it was so we are all much nearer to each other and affected more 1
third world debt - decisions the banks make 1
threat to international economy 1
throwing the world economy out of stasis 1
want to come live here take our jobs and want houses too not enough for us 1
we could offer to pay more income tax 1
we give poor account of ourselves to rest of the world by leaving things as they are 1
we loan them money and it takes money from out taxes and so on 1
we would have to give aid 1
world debt would effect our financal situation 1
world food supplies & effect on animal kingdom: their survival 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 1999
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), 8 cycles per year thereafter.