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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariablePriNHSn1
LabelMost important priority for NHS to achieve? Q2 4
Question text Here are some priorities for the National Health Service. 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 Treat quickly 1034
2 Choice of treatment+care 71
3 Heart disease<50 low as possible 19
4 low incomes as healthy as high 126
8 Can't choose 41
9 Not answered 21
-1 Skip, no self-completion 196
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
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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