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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
Variable Details
| Variable | UBJwage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Should person take unwanted job or remain on benefits while look for a different job? :Q309 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Imagine a person who is looking for work and receiving unemployment benefits. A job becomes available, which pays at least as much as they get in unemployment benefits, but it is not the kind of job they are looking for. For each of the following situations, please tell me whether you think they should take the available job, or remain on benefits while they look for a different job. First ... if the available job is paid at the minimum wage. Should they take this job, or remain on benefits while they look for a higher paid job? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | CARD B6 1 Definitely should take the minimum wage job 2 Probably should take the minimum wage job 3 Probably should remain on benefits and look for a higher paid job 4 Definitely should remain on benefits and look for a higher paid job 5 (SPONTANEOUS: It depends on circumstances) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
