Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablechmsci
LabelFather should only be required to pay enough child maintenance to ensure the child’s life is comfortable
Question text Please tick one box for each statement to show how much you agree or disagree with it. In each statement, the child is living with his mother, and his father is required to pay child maintenance to his mother. The father should only be required to pay enough child maintenance to make sure the child’s life is comfortable, even if the father has a very high income and lives much better than the child. PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ON EACH LINE
Responses
1 Agree Strongly 126
2 Agree 616
3 Neither agree nor disagree 448
4 Disagree 1273
5 Disagree strongly 305
8 Can't choose 0
9 Not answered 87
-1 skip, didn't return SC questionnaire 393
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
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;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.