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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variablepostm1
LabelMost important aim? :AB694
Question text There is a lot of talk these days about what the aims of this country should be for the next ten years. On this card are listed some of the goals to which different people would give top priority. Would you please say which one of these you, yourself, consider the most important?
Responses
1 Maintaining order in the nation 829
2 Giving people more say in important government decisions 659
3 Fighting rising prices 461
4 Protecting freedom of speech 271
8 Don't know 29
9 Refusal 1
-2 Skip, C+D version 2236
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCARD G14
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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