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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004

Variable Details

VariableSEPCHLDN
LabelS2Q10 - What should happen to children after separation?
Question text When couples separate, there is often great concern about what happens to the children of the relationship. Which of these statements comes closest to your own view about what should usually happen to the children after a separation? It should be assumed that the mother will do most of the parenting - unless there is a very good reason not to, or, it should be assumed that both parents will share equally in the parenting - unless there is a very good reason not to, or, it should be assumed that the father will do most of the parenting – unless there is a very good reason not to.
Responses
1 Mother will do most of the parenting unless... 370
2 Both parents will share equally in the parenting unless... 1395
3 Father will do most of the parenting unless... 11
4 Other (specify) 9
8 Don't know 15
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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