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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000

Variable Details

Variablem236_16
LabelMost important way of reducing poverty
Question text On this card is a list of ways in which the UK Government could contribute to reducing poverty in developing countries. I'd like you to tell me in which three ways, if any, you think they should be contributing to reducing poverty, starting with the most important and then the next most important and so on. (1) Providing financial support and other types of aid such as training and/or expertise (2) Working to increase trade and investment (3) Reducing conflict and war (4) Working to improve the effectiveness of international organisations like the World Bank, the UN and the European Union (5) Working to cancel the debts owed by developing countries (6) Other (please specify) (7) None of these
Responses
1 Financial support and other types of aid 453
2 Working to increase trade and investment 169
3 Reducing conflict and war 559
4 Improve effectiveness of international organisations 92
5 Cancel the debts owed 385
6 Other 18
7 None of these 82
8 Refused 4
9 Don't know 12
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD C236.16 ENTER MOST IMPORTANT
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.
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