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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004

Variable Details

VariableFARMELSE
LabelS5Q17 - What other roles should farmers do?
Question text If farmers had to do something else for their subsidies other than farming, which of these do you think would be the best thing for farmers to get subsidies for? Managing the countryside, eg maintaining the beauty of their farm buildings, walls and hedges etc; Protecting the environment and wildlife habitats of the countryside; Promoting the countryside to visitors; Developing their land to help with our waste and energy problems eg with filtering our sewage or generating electricity; Using their land in other ways that would generate income; None of these.
Responses
1 Managing countryside (maintaining farm buildings/walls etc.) 422
2 Protecting environment and wildlife habitats of countryside 526
3 Promoting the countryside to visitors 170
4 Developing land to help with our waste and energy problems 294
5 Using their land in other ways that would generate income 296
6 (None of these) 16
7 (Other - specify) 2
8 (Don't know) 74
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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