PARENT1:
Are
you the parent/guardian of a child at school? 1999
PARENT2:
Are you the parent of a pre-school child? 1999
Q11PLUS1:
Does the 11+ put too much pressure on 10 and 11 year olds?
1999
2001
2003
Q11PLUS2:
Does selection have to happen at some time in a child's education?
1999 2001
2003
Q11PLUS3:
Is a system of separate secondary and grammar schools unfair?
1999 2001
2003
Q11PLUS4:
Do grammar schools provide the best standard of education?
1999 2001
2003
Q11PLUS5:
Does the 11+ system mean that most children feel that they
are failures? 1999
2001
2003
Q11PLUS6:
Is the 11+ a good measure of ability? 1999
2001
2003
Q11PLUS7:
Are children aged 10 or 11 too young for selection tests?
1999 2001
2003
Q11PLUS8:
Do children not at grammar school still get a first class
education? 1999
2001
2003
CHANGE11:
Does the 11+ and then secondary/grammar school system work?
1999 2001
2003
GRAMOR11:
Change 11+ test, the secondary/grammar school system, or
both 1999
2001
2003
CHG111:
Have 11+ test at end of Primary 7? 1999
CHG112:
Have selection test at age 14? 1999
CHG113:
Have selection test at age 16? 1999
CHG114:
Have children assessed by teachers? 1999
CHG115:
Have a different kind of test? 1999
CHGGRAM1:
Same school until 14, and then secondary/grammar school?
1999
CHGGRAM2:
Same school until 16 and then 'A' levels or vocational training?
1999
CHGGRAM3:
Secondary schools select a third of pupils for 'grammar stream'?
1999
PASS11:
Did you pass 11+? 1999
GOVMXSCH:
Should the government encourage more mixed schooling?
1999 2001
CHLEVINT:
Have your children ever attended an integrated school? 1999
INTRES1:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: No integrated
school nearby 1999
INTRES2:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Want to
learn own culture and religion 1999
INTRES3:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Brother
or sister was at another school 1999
INTRES4:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Wanted
child to go to a grammar school 1999
INTRES5:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Integrated
school not as good academically 1999
INTRES6:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Facilities
at other schools better 1999
INTRES7:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Other
reason 1999
INTRES8:
Reason for not sending child to integrated school: Don't
know 1999
INTOPTNS:
Options related to integrated schools 1999
IRSHLANG:
Should all secondary level pupils study Irish language and
culture? 1999
ULSTLANG:
Should all secondary level pupils study Ulster-Scots language
and culture? 1999
PROTRELG:
Should all secondary level pupils study Protestant religious
beliefs? 1999
CATHRELG:
Should all secondary level pupils study Catholic religious beliefs?
1999
NONDRELG:
Should all secondary level pupils study religious beliefs
in general? 1999
CITIZN1:
Is it the job of schools to teach about politics and human
rights? 1999
CITIZN2:
Is it about time schools started to openly tackle such difficult
issues? 1999
CITIZN3:
Is teaching children about politics and human rights just
trying to brainwash them 1999
CITIZN4:
Do you doubt that the people teaching this kind of thing
would do it fairly? 1999
CITIZN5:
Will children never be effective members of society unless
they learn about human rights and politics when they are young?
1999
CITIZN6:
Should schools should be a place where children can get away
from political problems? 1999
CITIZN7:
Will teaching about human rights and politics help young
people become active members of their own communities? 1999
CITIZN8:
Will teaching about human rights and politics risk encouraging
children towards extreme political views? 1999
CITIZN9:
Will discussions about politics and human rights help children
understand why other traditions feel hard done by? 1999
CITIZN10:
Will discussions about politics and human rights be too painful
for children who have suffered during the Troubles? 1999
CITIZNGD:
Is it a good idea to teach about politics and human rights
in schools? 1999
SEPDIV:
Do separate schools for Protestants and Catholics fuel community
divisions? 1999
INTDKCLT:
Do children at integrated schools learn enough about their
own culture and traditions?
1999
GVNOFUND:
Should the government fund schools taking only Catholic or
only Protestant pupils? 1999
PLURAL1:
Should children at school learn about the religious festivals
of all religions and ethnic groups? 1999
PLURAL2:
Should religious education be left to parents and their churches?
1999
PLURAL3:
Should Catholic schools offer cricket and rugby? 1999
PLURAL4:
Should Protestant schools offer gaelic football, hurling
and camogie? 1999
EDGAIN1:
Schools aim towards skills and knowledge which will help
get a good job? 1999
EDGAIN2:
Schools aim towards good exam results? 1999
EDGAIN3:
Schools aim towards self-confidence? 1999
EDGAIN4:
Schools aim towards knowledge that equips them for life in
general? 1999
EDGAIN5:
Schools aim towards an ability to live among people from
different backgrounds? 1999
EDGAIN6:
Schools aim towards skills that allow them to adapt to the
changing needs of the world of work? 1999
EDGAIN7:
Schools aim towards an ability to speak and write clearly?
1999
EDGAIN8:
Schools aim towards a readiness to challenge other people's
ideas? 1999
OPPGOHE:
Should opportunities for higher education be increased? 2001
TUITION1:
Should students pay tuition costs while they are studying?
2001
TUITION2:
Should students pay tuition costs after they have finished
studying? 2001
UGRANT:
Should students get grants to cover living costs? 2001
STUDLOAN:
Should students take out loans to cover living costs? 2001
LLEARN1:
Does learning in later life open up a whole new world? 2001
LLEARN2:
Is doing a course only worth it if it leads to something
useful? 2001
LLEARN3:
Does training necessarily lead to a better job or promotion?
2001
LLEARN4:
Does continuing to learn make people better citizens? 2001
LLEARN5:
Do employers value experience more than qualifications? 2001
LLEARN6:
Workers need to take responsibility for learning skills to
keep them up to date? 2001
LLEARN7:
Is it possible to keep up with all the new technology at
work? 2001
LLEARN8:
Should the government spend much more on life-long learning?
2001
PAYFEE1:
Who should pay for a computer skills course useful to work?
2001
PAYFEE2:
Who should support someone doing A levels or an Access course?
2001
PAYFEE3:
Should art lessons be free for retired people? 2001
HEARDILA:
Have you heard of Individual Learning Accounts or ILAs? 2001
APPLYILA:
Have you applied to get your ILA card? 2001
USEDILA:
Have you used any of your own account yet? 2001
FREETRN1:
Should lone mothers be given free training to get them back
to work? 2001
FREETRN2:
Should ex-prisoners be given free training to get them back
to work? 2001
FREETRN3:
Should people in their 50s be given free training to get
them back to work? 2001
FREETRN4:
Should people in their 20s be given free training to get
them back to work? 2001
FAMSUPP:
Would your family be supportive if you wanted to do an evening
class? 2001
EXPSCHL1:
Were you bored at school? 2001
EXPSCHL2:
Did some teachers at school inspire you? 2001
EXPSCHL3:
Is school all 'listening' and very little 'doing'? 2001
EXPSCHL4:
Did school teach you the skills you needed later in life?
2001
EXPSCHL5:
Did school teach you to think for yourself? 2001
EXPSCHL6:
Did school open your mind and make you want to learn? 2001
EXPSCHL7:
Did you enjoy learning at school? 2001
EXPSCHL8:
Did any of the supplied statements apply to the respondent?
2001
EDPRIOR1:
Which of these groups would be your highest priority for
extra government spending on education? 2003
EDPRIOR2:
Which of these groups would be your second highest priority
for extra government spending on education? 2003
IMPPRIM1:
What is the most useful thing for improving education in
primary schools? 2003
IMPPRIM2:
What is the next most useful thing for improving education in
primary schools? 2003
IMPSEC1:
What is the most useful thing for improving education in secondary/grammar
schools? 2003
IMPSEC2:
What is the next most useful thing for improving education in
secondary/grammr schools? 2003
SEXEDUC:
What role shoulds schools have in sex education? 2003
SEXED1 -
SEXED15: What topics should school sex education classes
cover? 2003
PRIORNUR:
Should disadvantaged children be given priority when there
is a shortage of nursery school places? 2003
FUNDIMP:
If schools were better funded, would the educational standard
of children improve? 2003
NURSCH3:
Should all 3 year olds in Northern Ireland automatically
get a place at nursery school? 2003
PROBRESP:
Should parents of children who cause problems at school be
held responsible? 2003
SEMARRLF:
Does sex education help young people prepare for married
life? 2003
SEDECSNS:
Does sex education help young people make informed decisions
about their lives? 2003
SEPROM:
Does sex education encourages experimentation and promiscuity?
2003
TEENPRG1:
Agree that teenage girls who want to get on in life don't
usually become teenage mothers? 2003
TEENPRG2:
Agree that many teenage mothers simply have babies because
they want someone to love? 2003
TEENPRG3:
Agree that one of the main causes of teenage pregnancy is
the lack of morals among young people? 2003
TEENPRG4:
Agree that people in Northern Ireland are far too tolerant
of teenage pregnancies? 2003
TEENPRG5:
Agree that teenage girls living in run down areas are more
likely to become teenage mothers? 2003
TEENPRG6:
Agree that if a teenage couple aged 17 or older are in a
stable relationship, there's nothing wrong with them having
a child? 2003
TEENPRG7:
Agree that teenage pregnancy isn't really that much of a
problem in N Ireland? 2003
TEENPRG8:
Agree that a teenager can be just as good a parent as someone
who is older? 2003
TEENPRG9:
Agree that there would be fewer teenage pregnancies if sex
education at school gave more advice about sex, relationships
and contraception? 2003
