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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevc141
LabelHOW OFTEN DO YOU READ A NEWSPAPER
Question text How often do you read a newspaper?
Responses
1 Every day, inc weekends 951
2 Every day, exc weekends 74
3 Several times a week 293
4 Once a week-weekend edition 167
5 Less than once a week 74
6 Never 49
Sysmiss 39
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
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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