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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Variable Details
| Variable | CARECHOS | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Care elderly in own home>govt cost?Q2.15 | |||||||||||||||
| Question text | Imagine an elderly person who needs regular help and wants to stay in their own house. The help would be paid for by the government and would cost more than caring for them in a residential or nursing home. Which of these options comes closest to your view? The person should be cared for in their own house because that is what they want. They should be cared for in a residential or nursing home because that costs government less. | |||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY | |||||||||||||||
| Universe | Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National | |||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | |||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually |
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