Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, March 2000

Variable Details

Variablem257_5
LabelWhat would those circumstances be?
Question text What would those circumstances be?
Responses
1 1
3 1
Any Illegal activity. 1
Benefits information 1
Computors not secure/Clerical errors. 1
Could pass on information to mortgage companies or insurance. 1
Crime possibly 1
D/K 1
D/K child support issues 1
Different areas for different ages 1
Disclosure of criminal activity 1
Don't know the reason. 1
Don't really know 1
Dont know 1
FOR RESEARCH ONLY 1
For important issues such as gene therapy. 1
Fraud. 1
Give the details to companies. The dat protectgion act is no guarantee of confidentiallity. 1
Health questions 2
I feel it's to be passed on somewhere 1
I'm just not 100% certain that nothing will get back that's all. 1
IF MY SAID CIRCUMSTANCES DIDN'T TALLY UP WITH MY LIFE-STYLE 1
IF THE GOVT NEEDED THAT INFORMATION 1
INFORMATION PASSED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1
If Crime Involved 1
If anyone want info about me 1
If criminal activites 1
If government wanted information 1
If its in our favour 1
If necessary for Govt business 1
If required by a higher authority 1
If subject matter was important enough 1
If thought fraud involved EG Tax, 1
Illegal Things. 1
In a criminal investigation 1
Income -re False Benefit claims. 1
MI5 MI6 1
NO EXAMPLES 1
No idea really 1
Not Sure 1
Not sure possibly not intentional and know that a lot of hacking into computers/databases goes on 1
Nothing is totally confidential nowadays. 1
Police etc 1
Response not provided 11
Sceptical-money making situations-selling off lists to other organisations 1
Security 1
Suppose the Police requested informatiuon or somebody hacked into the computer systems. 1
We get a lot of junk mail 1
about the goverment pensions 1
anything 1
anything criminal or anything like that 1
anytime'/how'medical side if it was helping others, new pension scheme sounds quite good 1
as above 1
as discussed 1
as long as it was in my benefit 1
check on income 1
child protection act 1
criminal activities 1
criminal activity 1
criminal tendancies 1
d k bovt does what it wants 1
d.k 1
data bases being bought by other companys for mail shots 1
depending on what needed to be known 1
diffident re Y 1
do not know 1
do not mind 1
don't know just a feeling 1
don't trust anyone not to leak information 1
don't trust govt surveys 1
don't trust them 1
dont keep promises 1
dont know 6
dont know but im sure my name will be passed on as i get so much junk mail mainly offering credit cards 1
dont think he understood question 1
follow up surveys 2
for following up answers i.e. further research 1
for mail; shots 1
form of advertising, no bigger rouges than government 1
fraud 1
fraud investigation 1
govt.information pourposes 1
hadn't got a clue 1
happy with govt discretion 1
he does not know 1
i am not too sure but i expect they do it regularily 1
i dont know but i wouldn't like it 1
i dont trust anybody especially Governments 1
i know what it's like to work to for the government 1
if I wanted some issue passed on, but not for commercial use. 1
if a response seems to be breaking a rule or regulation 1
if considered to be a criminal or a danger to the public 1
if contacted and approved by me before hand 1
if further contact required 1
if government wants info they will get it, no matter what 1
if info useful to other authorities 1
if it beneficial to determining state benefits and other benefits 1
if it helps organisations like the health service 1
if it is beneficial 1
if it was a issue important to respondent. 1
if it was to benefit others 1
if it were beneficial to a govt 1
if money was involved 1
if other depts interested they may pass on the information 1
if person was a criminal 1
if some thought that info I gave was a threatening secret 1
if someone else wants to commission A SURVEY 1
if the organisation wished to discredit itself and behave in a disreptutable manage 1
if the persons viewpoint would have any impact 1
if there was some benefit to me as individual 1
if they were doing wrong 1
if views are sought 1
illegal act being committed 1
in court of law 1
in times of national emerg or terrorism 1
income 1
information for government sources 1
information is power 1
interestred in stakeholder pension 1
it can be tied up anyway computors hold a lot of personal inf 1
it is in the ststem 1
junk mail 1
just a doubt 1
know from army that everything leaks out 1
maybe if I had committed a crime 1
maybe if some criminal investigation was necessary. 1
maybe mailing list or other research 1
mistrust of govt organisations 1
money 1
names and addresses could be sold to another organisation 1
national security 1
national security issue i would expect the information to be passed on or legal implication 1
new 1
no reason given 1
no restriction 1
non personal info 1
non profit making bodies 1
non sensitive vesp financial perhaps medical 1
none offered 1
not sure but think keep a check on who says what 1
nothing to hide 1
once again I'm a cinic and information is there to be used and it does get used I'm passed caring about that sort of thnhg 1
only an official government survey 1
other departments asking for it 1
other government departments 1
past experience 1
pensions information 1
people can tap in they get information you don't know whe4re from 1
police investigation 1
possibly for means testingr 1
possibly, not sure which circumstances just generally suspicious 1
pressure frm othr depts etc 1
pressure from the government 1
provided it would stayin government circles 1
relating to alcohol intake 1
security of nation 1
sell to junk mail companies 1
serious crime 1
some serious criminal activuty-drugs and gun running 1
sometimes leaks of information 1
subject to government legislationi 1
survey info statistics 1
the information given could be of use to other govt depts 1
they would be sold 1
to another government dept. 1
to help in decision making 1
to identify tax cheats 1
to other govt depts 1
to the police in an emergence 1
we might do it/police aqnd authorities 1
well it happens all the time - junk maildp 1
whatever suits 1
whenever it suited you 1
where non personal and anonymous 1
whn necessary info is reqd 1
with peremission 1
yes if you want the common peoples word, it doesnt bother me, Tony Blaire can ring me up and ask why I have said these things 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, March 2000
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
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.