Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 2010

Variable Details

VariableMBQ_16
LabelFinancial penalties HMRC impose are sufficient to deter people from regularly evading income tax.
Question text I'm going to read out a statement and I would like you to tell me whether you agree or disagree with it. The financial penalties HM Revenue and Customs can impose are sufficient to deter people from regularly evading income tax. Would you... strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly Disagree?
Responses
1 strongly agree, 149
2 agree, 619
3 neither agree nor disagree, 470
4 disagree, 521
5 or strongly disagree? 155
6 Don t know - other reason (Spontaneous only) 125
7 Don t know because don t know penalties(Spontaneous only) 465
8 Refusal 6
Sysmiss 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 2010
Interviewer InstructionsIf the respondent just states that they do not know just clarify whether they do not know because they don't know the penalties or do not know for any other reason and then code the right option.
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.