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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableSOCBMOST
LabelMost soc.benefits are spent on what?Q647
Question text Here are some of the areas covered by social security spending. Look through the card and pick out the one area that you think has the largest amount of money spent on it at the moment.
Responses
1 Retirement pensions 891
2 Child benefits 339
3 Benefits unemployed 1368
4 Benefits disabled people 143
5 Benefits single parents 406
8 Don't know 128
9 Not answered 12
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCard G6
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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