Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002

Variable Details

Variablespec5am
LabelOther ways in which the UK might be affected.
Responses
Because they need to give more to developing countries 1
Being concerned and offering aid in various forms 1
By cancelling 3rd world debt and offering more money we can help 1
By having to protect our interests overseas 1
Causes disqiet in poorer UK people & increases racism 1
Concentrate on our own country first 1
Corruption in poorer countries effects them and us. Multnl companies have too much say and sway. 1
Drug problems 1
Drug smuggling 1
Emergence of radical miltant groups 1
Greed of politicians of developing countries affects UK 1
I think that they come here and live to their religous beliefs, instead of living to the law of the land that they go to, they want to impose their beliefs on us and this is going to cause civil unrest 1
I think we could become either more or less compassionate about it/we could become so blase that we switch off 1
If people are not happy they are going tocause trouble. Africa is the richest country in the world but people are starving there, its terrible/ they can find money for arms but can't feed the people/ a/e 1
Increase in crime and unemployment 1
Increased crime rate 1
Not selling arms to starving countries. 1
Our economy is based on gold which is found in developing countries. 1
POUND WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS IR SHOULD BE 1
Profiteering by using cheap child labour 1
Standard of living 1
THE WORLD WOULD NOT BE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IN IF THERE IS TOO MUCH POVERTY. IF THEY ARE POOR THEY WILL TRY TO SNATCH FROM OTHERS.... IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION. 1
There is a lot of waste in this country; things could be used better. 1
There is an impact on NHS resources for treating people from developing countries in this country. /ae- 1
Toomany people want to get involved in other countries' business. 1
We could benefit from dfeveloping technologies for them 1
affect our forces 1
affect the economic balance of this country 1
affects crime rate and increases poverty in this country 1
all the money we send goes to the troops over there they nick it 1
by eradicating all the radicals 1
by the production of food for the countries 1
corruption in dealing with tyhe problem eg abuse of charity when money does not reach needs intended for 1
could lead to economic sanctions against the uk 1
danger for our aid workers working in these countries 1
disregard of plight of citizens of UK 1
dissatisfaction with the government and their inability to help/visual images and how it affects us 1
drugs grown cheaper poor farmers encouraged to grow drugs rather than other crops 1
drugs grown in countries 1
employment/education 1
enough of our own problems 1
exchange rate/people earning here sending money home 1
exploitation 1
export of medical personel 1
famine 1
food shortages 1
food supplies may be limited 1
food/not having sufficient/- 1
government policies can affect us 1
governments decisions are effected and therefor we are affected\ 1
growth of fundamentalism, and religious problems 1
human rights 1
i don't think we should get involved in it 1
i think we tend to ignore the issues - we should do more bthan we do 1
if poor it would affect tourism in uk 1
if this country didnt help as much as possible we would find it hard to live with ourselves morally 1
import of illegal drugs could increase & ruin lives 1
increase movement of drugs 1
internal arguments 1
it could happen to us over a period of time a/e if it did happen we wld expect other to help us 1
it makes you think how well off we are compared to these poor people 1
its morally right to, its showing that we care and is helping our statue and by paying money out to them, we'll get money back, so itas financially right as well. we should do our bit for charity 1
lack of cultural exchange 1
lack of family planning 1
lack of food/- 1
leads to resentment but not necessarily open conflict 1
learn by mistakes that will not be repeated 1
need to do more here to make people less dissatisfied and then helpthose abroad 1
not being careful about their exports means we could have another foot and mouth attack 1
nuclear problems 1
other people when they get desperate will do desperate things/steal/murder/- 1
our society is too greedy and in the end the poverty stricken will overrun us 1
people here having relatives inthe developing countries/your family is torn apart 1
people making profits out of sweat shops 1
personal export of money 1
political and human rights issue 1
poverty leads to economic and political instability 1
racial tension 1
racial tension&crime 1
reduce size of paliament and save money or cut their wages down 1
religious fundamentalism, anti western sentiment 1
sales of arms 1
should be doing more to influence their governments 1
social thing could repercuss affecting economy and social fabrique 1
tax our medical facilities 1
the effects of how human beings are treated by others 1
the problem is how the money is distributed inside the poor countries by corrupt governments 1
the way they live, they can't afford it but they still go ahead and have children, big families 1
this country should be the main priority to the exclusion of all others/- 1
upbring of children ae/ kids been taught in school about asylum seekers 1
we become isolated from them 1
we benefit from people in poorer countries working atn a lower paid job eg M&S moved factories to poorer countries. 1
we can be insular and self sufficient and to a degree we ignore the situation it is not in our faces 1
we can be predjudiced towards the third world countries if they become a burden on our taxes 1
we cannot deal with our own problems if we deal with those abroad 1
we'e never sure if the govt's aid gets to the right people when we send aid abroad 1
weve got the drug problem for a start the developing countries produce drugs rather than foord and selling it to developed countries 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002
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.