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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, June 2002

Variable Details

VariableM314_101
LabelPersonal reading you have done in the last 7 days
Question text Using this card as a guide, I'd like you to think about personal reading you have done in the last 7 days, that is since <textfill date>. Please include all the things you have read such as magazines, newspapers, maps and the Internet as well as books or parts of books. Don't include things you have read as part of work or study. Response 1
Responses
1 Books (fiction) 592
2 Book (non fiction) 175
3 Book (reference) 112
4 Religious text 49
5 Poetry 5
6 Newspapers 547
7 Journals 5
8 Magazines 84
9 Personal letters 14
10 E books 0
11 Internet/web pages 16
12 Personal e-mails 9
13 Text messages 16
14 Other 4
15 Nothing 43
16 Can t read 14
17 Strategy for avoiding reading showcard 3
98 Refused 1
99 Don't Know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, June 2002
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD C314_1M. INCLUDE READING MATERIAL WRITTEN IN BRAILLE. INCLUDE CHILDREN'S BOOKS/READING TO CHILD. INCLUDE READING MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH A LEISURE CLASS E.G. INTERIOR DESIGN/LANGUAGE CLASSES. DO NOT INCLUDE READING IN THE COURSE OF STUDY/WORK. CODE ALL THAT APPLY
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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