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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableHoDecWho
LabelMore patients than hospital places: how decide? Q2 7
Question text And what about a hospital which has more patients needing heart surgery than the hospital can operate on. Which of these options do you think would be the best way of deciding who should be given an operation? PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY
Responses
1 Wait longest 370
2 Doctor choose 866
3 Ballot at Random 3
8 Can't choose 56
9 Not answered 17
-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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