Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariablePriScn1
LabelMost important for schools to achieve?A2:42B2:19
Question text And here are some priorities for our schools. Which do you think it is most important for them to achieve? Make sure all children, however able they are, do the best they can, Make sure that parents have a lot of choice about the kind of school their child goes to, Get the number of children who leave school with no qualifications down as low as possible, Make sure that children from poor backgrounds do as well as those from better off backgrounds.
Responses
1 All children do best 1234
2 Lot of choice of school 79
3 Reduce number leaving with no qualifications 121
4 Make poor do as well as better off 317
8 Can't choose 47
9 Not answered 72
-2 C version 921
-1 No self-completion 506
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
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.