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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2013: Constitutional Change Data

Variable Details

VariableDole
LabelBenefits for unemployed people are too low or too high? Q260
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 Not applicable 0
1 ...benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hard 390
2 or, benefits for unemployed people are too high and discoura 756
3 (Neither) 242
4 BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP BUT CAN T BE HIGH 0
5 BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP TO SOME, WHILE OT 9
6 ABOUT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN 5
7 (Other answer (WRITE IN)) 55
8 Don't know 40
9 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2013: Constitutional Change Data
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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