Study on Public Sector Choice, 1980

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The purpose of this study was to provide information on how people consider increased public resources should be allocated between increases in government spending and/or reduced taxation.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Respondents were asked to distribute adhesive tokens representing increased public resources amongst marked columns on the questionnaire representing 10 expenditure categories and 8 taxing categories of government. Additional decisions on priorities within each of these categories were requested. Respondents were also asked for their preferences regarding alternative forms of financing of local authorities.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Information was obtained on respondents' sex, marital status, number of children, age, area of residence, type of residence, schooling and qualifications, occupation and household income group.

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本研究旨在探明民众对于新增公共资源如何在政府支出增长与（或）税收减免之间进行分配的考量逻辑。

核心研究主题：

态度与行为问卷题项
受访者需将代表新增公共资源的粘贴式代币，分配至问卷上标注的10项政府支出类别与8项政府税收类别的对应栏目中。此外，受访者还需就上述各类别内部的优先级作出判定，并回答关于地方政府替代性融资形式的偏好问题。

背景变量
研究收集了受访者的性别、婚姻状况、子女数量、年龄、居住区域、居住类型、受教育年限与学历资质、职业以及家庭收入组别等信息。