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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004

Variable Details

VariableWTRQUAL
LabelS5Q12 - Who should pay extra costs for ensuring water supply not affected by farming practices?
Question text The EU has recently introduced new rules on water quality which farmers will have to comply with. When farmers are working the land they will now have to make sure that they do not affect the water supply in any way. Which of these three statements comes closest to your own view about who should pay the extra costs for making sure that our water supply is not affected by farming practices? The farmers on their own, the farmers with financial support from the government or the government on its own.
Responses
1 The farmers on their own 206
2 The farmers with financial support from the government 1037
3 The government on its own 494
8 (Don't know) 63
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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