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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variablehsebfr
LabelShould offer house to homeless before other people? M516
Question text Councils find homes both for homeless people and for other local people who need housing, but are on a waiting list. How often, if ever, should homeless people get homes before other local people on the waiting list? (Please choose a phrase from this card.)
Responses
1 Always 97
2 Most of the time 247
3 Sometimes 918
4 Hardly ever 145
5 Never 116
8 Don't know 68
9 Not answered 3
-2 NA-Gaelic boost/SPA sample 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsCARD R5
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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