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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, June 1999

Variable Details

VariableM229_52
LabelFeelings while waiting to have teeth cleaned
Question text When you are in the dentist's chair to have your teeth cleaned; while you are waiting and the dentist is getting out the instruments which s/he will use to scrape your teeth around the gums, which of the items on the card best describes how you feel?
Responses
1 Relaxed 618
2 A little uneasy 606
3 Tense 282
4 Anxious 169
5 Break out in a sweat feel physically sic 94
6 Don t Know 81
9 Don't know 0
8 Refused 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, June 1999
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD C229.50
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, 8 cycles per year thereafter.
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