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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2013: Constitutional Change Data

Variable Details

VariablePenScUK
LabelWhere should the money to pay pensions to people in Scotland come from :Q612
Question text And what about the cost of paying the government old age pension to people in Scotland? (Regardless of what happens at present,) should the money to pay this come from the taxes collected across the UK as a whole, or from those collected in Scotland only?
Responses
-1 Not applicable 1
1 Taxes collected across the UK as a whole 946
2 Taxes collected in Scotland only 476
3 It depends 24
8 Don't know 50
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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