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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004

Variable Details

VariableCTHRT1
LabelS5Q7 - Greatest threat to countryside?
Question text Which, if any, of the things on this card do you think is the greatest threat to the countryside; if you think none of them is a threat, please say so.
Responses
1 Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 680
2 New housing and urban sprawl 490
3 Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 47
4 Building new roads and motorways 46
5 Industrial development (factories/quarries/power stations) 88
6 Land and air pollution 142
7 Discharges into rivers and lakes 140
8 Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland 29
9 Changes to natural appearance of the countryside 38
10 The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 6
11 The disappearance of farms and farming families 76
12 Other answer (Specify) 4
13 (None of these) 14
98 (Don't know) 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2004
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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