Are benefits for unemployed people too low and cause hardship, or too high and discourage them from finding jobs?

Fieldwork dates: 7 May 1999 - 31 August 2014
Data from: Scotland
Results from: 10 polls

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Results for: Are benefits for unemployed people too low and cause hardship, or too high and discourage them from finding jobs?
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31 August 2014
Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes)
31 October 2013
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4 October 2010
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1 September 2009
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21 January 2007
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1 October 2003
Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes)
1 October 2002
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1 November 2001
Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes)
4 November 2000
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12 August 1999
Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes)
Too low and cause hardship 31% 26% 30% 31% 33% 41% 41% 45% 43% 36%
Too high and discourage finding jobs 43% 52% 43% 42% 39% 32% 31% 26% 28% 33%
Neither 17% 15% 15% 17% 18% 16% 12% 16% 17% 22%
Other 0% 0% 6% 5% 3% 5% 8% 6% 7% 3%
Don't know 2% 2% 5% 5% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 5%
Refused 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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Opinions differ about the level of benefits for unemployed people. Which of these two statements comes closest to your own view: benefits for unemployed people are too low and cause hardship, or benefits for unemployed people are too high and discourage them from finding jobs?

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