Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariableHEARTOP
LabelS3Q27 - Treat older/younger man
Question text Suppose a young man with three children and an older man of 70 are both on the waiting list for a heart by-pass opration. They are both equally in need and have been on the waiting list for exactly the same time. If you were the surgeon and had a choice, which man would you prefer to treat first?
Responses
1 Younger man first 1319
2 Older man first 115
3 (It depends) 250
4 Other (Please Specify) 33
8 (Don't know) 83
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2003
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study