Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996

Variable Details

Variableb960666
LabelSatisfaction about how life has turned out (1-9)
Question text Here is a scale from 0 to 1O. On it, 0 means that you are completely dissatisfied and 10 means that you are completely satisfied. Please tick the box with the number above it which shows how dissatisfied or satisfied you are about the way your life has turned out so far.
Responses
-2 Does Not Apply 0
-1 Not Answered 0
0 Completely dissatisfied 65
1 43
2 115
3 277
4 402
5 809
6 902
7 1793
8 2506
9 1157
Sysmiss 934
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: BCS70 cohort members who were able to be traced.
SamplingBCS70 cohort members for whom a current address was available. The BCS70 Twenty six-year Follow-up targeted all those who were members of the original BCS70 cohort sample. This included those who had been in the original birth survey, those who had been in all subsequent follow-ups, including immigrants and others traced for the first time though schools and health authorities.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort