Study of Opinions on the Role of the State in Welfare, 1980-1981

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To explore public opinion on the role of the state in Welfare, and in particular to consider enthusiam for private and state welfare provision.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
(1) Social imagery: perceptions of income distribution, class structure and the effects of welfare systems on these;<br>
(2) State welfare: opinions about whether a wide range of possible services should be provided, how they should be financed, and whether people are prepared to pay tax for them;<br>
(3) Private welfare: opinions on private, fiscal and occupational welfare and its effect on society;<br>
(4) Taxation: opinions about the finance of state welfare sources, incidence and desired changes;<br>
(5) Value judgements: judgements about the impact of the welfare state on society;<br>
(6) Judgements of individual interests in relation to state welfare;<br>
(7) Classification occupation, income, tenure, age, gender, family, political support, religion, length of education.