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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015

Variable Details

Variableconsent1
LabelF13 patient consent
Question text Some people think that you should not be allowed to link data in these ways unless you have the consent of each individual patient - even if this means that the research might have to be abandoned because of difficulties contacting patients. Other people think that consent is not necessary in cases like these. Which of these three statements comes closest to your own view? It isn’t necessary to ask for consent for linking data in these ways as long as there is a guarantee that nobody will be identified. You should always have to get consent when you can but if the difficulties are too great important research should not have to be abandoned for this reason. You should always have to ask for each individual patient’s consent before linking their data with anything else and you will have to abandon the research if there are difficulties contacting people.
Responses
1 It isn't necessary to ask for consent for linking data in th 364
2 You should always have try to get consent when you can, but 393
3 You should always have to ask for each individual patient's 382
8 (Don't know) 63
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2015.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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