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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992

Variable Details

Variablevbc1a
LabelGOOD - WRITING CLEARLY
Question text People have a variety of skills. Some they use at work, others they use elsewhere. Some they are good at, others they are less good at. Some abilities and skills they have improved with practice, others they have not. How good are you at the skills listed below? Please answer questions a) b) and c) for each skill. Would you say that your own ability is good, fair or poor or non-existent?
Responses
1 Good 815
2 Fair 659
3 Poor 89
4 Don't have skill 3
Sysmiss 81
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE TICK ONE BOX IN COLUMN A BELOW FOR EACH SKILL.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of all respondents to an earlier BCS70 follow-up, living in England and Wales during 1992, who were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample;A simple random sample of the BCS70 cohort
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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