Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariablePriNHSn1
LabelMost important priority for NHS to achieve? A2-29; B2-22
Question text Here are some priorities for the National Health Service (NHS). Which one do you think it is most important for the NHS to achieve? Make sure people who are ill get treatment quickly, make sure people have a lot of choice about their treatment and care, get the number of people aged under 50 with heart disease down as low as possible, make sure that people on low incomes are as healthy as people on high incomes. PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY.
Responses
1 Ill get treatment quickly 1368
2 Choice of treatment and care 89
3 <50yr heart disease as low as possible 34
4 Low income as healthy as high incomes 130
8 Can't choose 91
9 Not answered 41
-2 Skip, versions C and D 1825
-1 No self-completion 546
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
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.