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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variabletrnplumb
Label16 or 50 year old get a plumbing apprenticeship
Question text Suppose there was just one place left on an apprenticeship course to train plumbers. One applicant is a 16 year old boy who has just left school and the other is a 50 year old man who has just been made redundant and wants to retrain. If you were in charge of the course, which one would you prefer to offer the place to?
Responses
1 Younger man 572
2 Older man 392
3 (It depends) 245
4 (Other) 1
8 Don't know 5
9 Refused/not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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