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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2006
Variable Details
| Variable | SChMon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Absent dad buys expensive gifts? Q399 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Still thinking about the same family, where the parents separated some time ago, and the children now live with their mother and her partner. The children's mother and her partner don't have very much money, and are worried that the children are being spoilt by their father, because he regularly buys them expensive gifts and pays for outings that the children's mother and her partner cannot afford. Which of these statements comes closest to your view about this situation... the father should be allowed to spend what he likes on his children, or, the children's mother and her partner should have the right to insist that the children's father spends money on things the children need, rather than expensive gifts? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-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 Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
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