Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableImmSupp
LabelScore Non-western immigrants on self-supporting/live off social benefits scale? A2.52
Question text Now there are some questions about immigrants from non-western countries. By non-western immigrants we mean asylum seekers and other immigrants from Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Answering the same way. Do immigrants from non-western countries tend to prefer to be self-supporting or do they tend to prefer to live off social benefits?
Responses
1 Self-supporting 47
2 67
3 143
4 204
5 126
6 131
7 Live off social benefits 71
8 Can't choose 149
9 Not answered 20
-2 Skip, B+C version 1984
-1 Skip, no self-completion 479
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsAsylum seekers and other immigrants from non-western countries… include immigrants from… Asia, Africa, South America, the Caribbean. Do not include immigrants from… North America, Australia/New Zealand, Western Europe, Eastern Europe - Poland, Ukraine etc.
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.