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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variableselsch
LabelQSC.44 Best way of deciding which school children attend?
Question text Now please think about a school where more parents have asked for a place for their children than there are places available. Which of these options do you think would be the best way of deciding which children should go to that school? Give priority to those children who live closest to the school, allow the school to choose which children to admit, hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit.
Responses
1 Give priority to those children who live closest to the sc 572
2 Allow the school to choose which children to admit 227
3 Hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit 77
4 Can t choose 0
8 Can't choose 169
-3 Skip, no self completion 124
-2 Skip 0
9 Not answered 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2007
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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