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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, June 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC2
LabelOther reason
Responses
DEATH OF WIFE AND AFTERMATH 1
I am lazy I only read books that I have to read 1
LIBRARY NEVER OPEN WHEN I NEEED IT 1
My daughter mostly 1
NOT A FAST READER 1
ONLY READ IN BED 1
Too stressted eyes won't focus 1
WOULD RATHER DO PUZZLES 1
can't be bothered 1
can't leave husband on his own 1
daughter sharing bed 1
doesn't usually finish books - dips into them 1
girlfriend stops me reading 1
got children 1
guilt about should be doing something else 1
guilt; if reading feels she should be doing something else 1
husband is ill with cancer 1
husband's death 1
i have no educatioin and just readin koran 1
if i have visitors i am unable to read as much 1
insomniac 1
just the death of my husband 1
like taking coals to newcastle i read all day at work so the incentive isnt there 1
little six-year-old 1
mobile library comes when i am at work 1
my imagination is not good enough 1
not able to trace book 1
old age 1
only read on holiday and when I go to bed 1
only read when on holiday 1
read books slowly 1
reads at work and feels unable to digest more info in liesure time 1
serious illness of daughter 1
too drunk 1
too much work-relating 1
wife being ill 1
wife chooses books 1
wifes illhealth 1
young family 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, June 2002
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD OTHER REASON (VERBATIM)
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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