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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableDole
LabelBenefits for unemployed people are too low or too high? Q392
Question text Opinions differ about the level of benefits for unemployed people. Which of these two statements comes closest to your own view... benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, or, benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs?
Responses
1 ...benefits for unemployed people are *too low* and cause 410
2 benefits for unemployed people are *too high* and disc 664
3 (Neither) 247
4 BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP BUT CAN T BE HIGH 0
5 BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP TO SOME, WHILE OT 10
6 ABOUT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN 9
7 (Other answer (WRITE IN)) 70
8 Don't know 85
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsValue labels should read: 1 ...benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, 2 or, benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs? 3 (Neither) 4 EDIT ONLY - BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP BUT CAN'T BE HIGHER OR THERE WOULD BE NO INCENTIVE TO WORK 5 EDIT ONLY - BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIPTO SOME, WHILE OTHERS DO WELL OUT
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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