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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

VariableHEARTOP
LabelYoung father or man of 70 get heart by-pass
Question text Suppose a young man with three children and an older man of 70 are both on the waiting list for a heart by-pass operation. They are both equally in need and have been on the waiting list for exactly the same time. If you were the surgeon and had a choice, which man would you prefer to treat first?
Responses
1 Younger man first 921
2 Older man first 80
3 (It depends) 180
4 (Other) 6
5 (Both/equallly) 5
8 Don't know 21
9 Refused/not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The teaching dataset was created as part of a single project.
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