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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, January 1999

Variable Details

Variablem221_29
LabelContact with eldest child?
Question text I am now going to read out a list of relatives and I'd like you to tell me how often you normally see each of them or contact them. Please choose your answers from this card. And how often do you see your eldest child?
Responses
1 Live with them 479
2 See at least once a week 383
3 Contact at least once a week 160
4 See at least once a month 92
5 Contact at least once a month 62
6 See/contact less than once a month 123
9 Don't know 1
8 Refused 1
Sysmiss 515
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, January 1999
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD C221.27
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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