Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableIDENT1
LabelQ126. Which is R's 1st self-description?
Question text Some people say that whether they feel British or Welsh is not as important as other things about them. Other people say their national identity is the key to who they are. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself, what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 97
2 British 95
3 Elderly 38
4 A woman / A man 81
5 Not religious 14
6 A Welsh speaker 34
8 A wife / A husband 55
9 A Catholic 11
10 A country person 42
11 A city person 6
13 A Protestant 4
14 A mother / A father 243
15 Middle class 9
16 Black 1
17 Retired 36
18 Religious 15
19 Welsh 151
21 A working person 94
22 Young 16
23 White 7
24 English 13
26 Asian 1
27 Unemployed 6
28 Other (WRITE IN) 11
29 (None of these) 4
98 Don't know 1
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Election Study (Wales Life and Times Study), 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCARD F2
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).