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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Assembly Election Study, 1999

Variable Details

VariableWHPAPER1
LabelWhich papers <1st>?[If reads 3+][M/C] W91
Question text Which daily morning or evening newspapers do you read regularly? PROMPT Which others?
Responses
-1 Skp,not read regularly 257
1 Daily Mail 94
2 Daily Mirror 105
3 The Daily Express 30
4 Daily Star 13
5 The Sun 100
6 Daily Telegraph 26
7 Financial Times 1
8 The Guardian 20
9 The Independent 2
10 The Times 19
11 The Daily Post 28
12 South Wales Echo 26
13 Western Mail 36
14 South Wales Evening Post 24
15 South Wales Argus 3
16 Evening Leader 7
95 More than three papers read with equal frequency 0
96 Other Welsh/regional/local daily morning paper 3
97 Other (WRITE IN) 2
-2 Skp,Scot sample 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Assembly Election Study, 1999
Interviewer Instructions"RECORD UP TO 3. IF MORE THAN 3 GIVEN, ASK: Which (three) do you read most often?"
UniverseAdults aged 18 years and over resident in Wales during 1999;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Samples A and C; Sample B was chosen by Random Digit Dialling (RDD)
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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