Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariableDOLE
LabelOpinion on unemployment benefit level BC219
Question text Opinions differ about the level of benefits for unemployed people. Which of these two statements comes closest to your own view.... benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, or benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs?
Responses
1 benefits too low 1086
2 benefits too high 1320
3 (Neither) 556
4 edit only:BOTH:HARDSHip needed 3
5 edit only:BOTH:HARDSHip some 18
6 edit only:ABT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN 14
7 Other answer (WRITE IN) 101
8 Don't know 173
9 Not answered 1
-2 Skp, A version 1160
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsEDIT ONLY: BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP BUT CAN'T BE HIGHER OR THERE WOULD BE NO INCENTIVE TO WORK. EDIT ONLY: BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP TO SOME, WHILE OTHERS DO WELL OUT OF IT. EDIT ONLY: ABOUT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN.
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.