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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableDole
LabelBenefits for unemployed people are too low or too high?
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 465
2 or, benefits for unemployed people are too high and discoura 661
3 (Neither) 252
4 Both: Unemployment benefit causes hardship but can't be high 2
5 Both: Unemployment benefit causes hardship to some, while ot 9
6 About right / in between 8
7 (Other answer (WRITE IN)) 62
8 Don't know 42
9 Refused 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsValue labels = 1 ...benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, 2 or, benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs? 3 (Neither) 4 EDIT ONLY - BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP BUT CAN'T BE HIGHER OR THERE WOULD BE NO INCENTIVE TO WORK 5 EDIT ONLY - BOTH: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CAUSES HARDSHIP TO SOME, WHILE OTHERS DO WELL OUT OF IT 6 EDIT ONLY - ABOUT RIGHT/IN BETWEEN 7 (Other answer (WRITE IN)) 8 (Don't know) 9 (Refusal)
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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