Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevd7a1
LabelHOW MANY COINS TO BUY 4 ITEMS
Question text You are in a shop and are going to buy these four items. You need to add them up to make sure that you'll have enough money. You have a pocketful of pound coins and no other change; how many coins will you hand over to the shopkeeper? OK - here is the list. £1.40 and £3.86 and £7.15 and 79 pence.
Responses
0 641
1 Correct 975
2 Incorrect 0
Sysmiss 31
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsShow the list to the interviewee. They may ask to use a calculator. Say that you would prefer it if they did it without, but if they really insist, that is OK, but then please tick the box at the bottom of this page.
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