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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableHerPars
LabelChild aged 5 has parents taking heroin. What R thinks should happen :Q409
Question text Say a child aged 5 has parents who are taking heroin. Which of the following comes closest to what you think should happen in this situation... the child should stay with the parents while the family gets regular help from socialworkers, the child should be taken away and looked after by foster parents until the parents stops taking heroin, the child should be taken away and permanently adopted by new parents, (it depends)?
Responses
-2 Skip, gaelic sample 0
1 Child stay w.parents, family get reg.help from SWs 323
2 Child taken away, with foster parents until parents stop 922
3 Child taken away, permanently adopted by new parents 117
4 (It depends) 101
8 Don't know 18
9 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD E6.
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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