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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002

Variable Details

Variablem236_19a
LabelThe proportion of people who live in extreme poverty will be 1/2 what it was in 1990
Question text Governments throughout the world have agreed a set of Millennium Development Goals which they have pledged to achieve by the year 2015. I'm going to read out each of these Millennium Goals and I'd like you to say whether you think that the Worlds Governments' will achieve the goal by 2015, make significant progress towards achieving the goal by 2015, make some progress or will make no progress at all. The proportion of people who live in extreme poverty will be half what it was in 1900.
Responses
1 Goal achieved by the year 2015 48
2 Significant progress made towards achieving goal by 2015 176
3 Some progress made towards achieving goal by 2015 1055
4 No progress made towards achieving the goal by the year 2015 445
5 Don t Know 117
8 Refused 7
9 Don't know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD C236_19
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), eight cycles per year thereafter.
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