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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001

Variable Details

VariableWHPAPER1
LabelQ18. Which paper do you normally read/read most frequently?
Question text Which one [newspaper] do you normally read? IF MORE THAN ONE: Which one do you read most frequently?
Responses
-1 skip, not read paper 436
1 Daily Mail 109
2 Daily Mirror 122
3 The Daily Express 23
4 Daily Star 10
5 The Sun 120
6 Daily Telegraph 33
7 Financial Times 7
8 The Guardian 30
9 The Independent 9
10 The Times 16
11 The Daily Post 41
12 South Wales Echo 26
13 Western Mail 41
14 South Wales Evening Post 33
15 South Wales Argus 12
16 Evening Leader 3
95 EDIT: More than 3 papers 0
96 Other Welsh/regional/local daily am/pm 10
97 Other (WRITE IN) 3
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in private households in Wales during 2001.;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was repeated in 2003 (see SN:5052).
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