To explore public opinion on the role of the state in Welfare, and in particular to consider enthusiam for private and state welfare provision. Variables (1) Social imagery: perceptions of income distribution, class structure and the effects of welfare systems on these; (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; (3) Private welfare: opinions on private, fiscal and occupational welfare and its effect on society; (4) Taxation: opinions about the finance of state welfare sources, incidence and desired changes; (5) Value judgements: judgements about the impact of the welfare state on society; (6) Judgements of individual interests in relation to state welfare; (7) Classification occupation, income, tenure, age, gender, family, political support, religion, length of education.