National Child Development Study
Age 50 Survey (2008)
NCDS8 Paper Self-Completion (2008) Dataset
Variable Group
Name
110
Label
Expectations, attitudes and beliefs
Variables
[Q16A] SC: None of political parties wd do anything to benefit me- [Q16B] SC: Environment probs are not as serious as people claim
- [Q16C] SC: Having almost any job is better than being unemployed
- [Q16D] SC: I would not mind working with people from other races
- [Q16E] SC: Marriage is for life
- [Q16F] SC: People who break law should be given stiffer sentences
- [Q16G] SC: Working people do not get fair share of nation's wealth
- [Q16H] SC: Wd pack in disliked job, even if no other job to go to
- [Q16I] SC: Environmnt prbs shd be tackled even if slows econ growth
- [Q16J] SC: School should teach children to obey authority
- [Q16K] SC: Couples who have children should not separate
- [Q16L] SC: All women shd have right to choose abortion if they wish
- [Q16M] SC: I would not want a person from another race for my boss
- [Q16N] SC: Politicians more in politics for self not community ben.
- [Q16O] SC: There is one law for the rich and one for the poor
- [Q16P] SC: Important to stay in job even if don't really like
- [Q16Q] SC: Management always trys to get the better of employees
- [Q16R] SC: Wd not mind if family frm anoth race moved in next door
- [Q16S] SC: For some crimes death penalty most appropriate sentence
- [Q16T] SC: Not much diff which political party in power in Britain
- [Q16U] SC: Preserving the environ most imp political issue today
- [Q19A] SC: My age prevents me from doing the things I would like to
- [Q19B] SC: I feel what happens to me is out of my control
- [Q19C] SC: I feel left out of things
- [Q19D] SC: I can do the things I want to do
- [Q19E] SC: Family responsibil prevent me from doing what want to do
- [Q19F] SC: I feel that I can please myself what I do
- [Q19G] SC: Shortage of money stops CM doing things wants to do
- [Q19H] SC: I look forward to each day
- [Q19I] SC: I feel that my life has meaning
- [Q19J] SC: I enjoy the things that I do
- [Q19K] SC: On balance I look back on life with sense of happiness
- [Q19L] SC: I feel full of energy these days
- [Q19M] SC: I feel that life is full of opportunities
- [Q19N] SC: I feel that the future looks good for me
- [Q20A] SC: Importance of having a lot of money
- [Q20B] SC: Importance of having children
- [Q20C] SC: Importance of having a fulfilling job
- [Q20D] SC: Importance of having a good marriage or partnership
- [Q21] SC: Open question