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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003

Variable Details

Variableecpolicy
LabelFuture relations between UK+EC? Q279
Question text Do you think Britain's long-term policy should be to leave the European Union, to stay in the EU and try to reduce the EU's powers, to leave things as they are, to stay in the EU and try to increase the EU's powers or, to work for the formation of a single European government.
Responses
1 leave European Union 173
2 stay EU+reduce powers 446
3 leave as they are 360
4 stay in EU+inc.powers 268
5 single Euro state 121
8 Don't know 139
9 Not Answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD C17
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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