This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 1984

Variable Details

Variablemq52
LabelMost important causes of poverty 2
Responses
-3 refused 1
-2 missing 47
-1 dont know 119
1 age and loneliness 549
2 sickness,ill health 949
3 chronic unemployment 1095
4 lack of education 679
5 deprived childhood 240
6 lack of foresight 706
7 drinking 878
8 laziness 679
9 too many children 415
10 too many foreign companies 20
11 high cost of transport 0
12 high cost of petrol 0
13 unjust society 5
14 lack of incentive 0
15 low income 2
16 bad Government 12
17 other 42
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 1984
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.