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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableUBJwage
LabelShould claimant take a job which pays only unemployment benefits level wage? BCD270
Question text Imagine a person who is looking for work and receiving unemployment benefits. A job becomes available, which pays at least as much as they get in unemployment benefits, but it is not the kind of job they are looking for. For each of the following situations, please tell me whether you think they should take the available job, or remain on benefits while they look for a different job. First... if the available job is paid at the minimum wage. Should they take this job, or remain on benefits while they look for a higher paid job?
Responses
1 Definitely should take the minimum wage job 1987
2 Probably should take the minimum wage job 639
3 Probably should remain on benefits and look for a high 250
4 Definitely should remain on benefits and look for a hi 109
5 (SPONTANEOUS:depends on circumstances) 91
8 Don't know 18
9 Not answered 0
-2 Skip, version A 1030
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsCARD B11
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.
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