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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableReDistrb
LabelGovernment should redistribute income from the better-off to less well-off
Question text Please choose an answer for each of the following statements to show how much you agree or disagree with it. 'Government should redistribute income from the better-off to those who are less well off'
Responses
1 Agree strongly 225
2 Agree 389
3 Neither agree nor disagree 276
4 Disagree 238
5 Disagree strongly 79
8 Don't Know 4
9 Refusal 3
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 23
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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