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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevba11
LabelTRAINING SCHEMES BETTER THAN DOLE
Question text People have very different opinions about many things. Below is a list of statements on different topics. You will agree with some of the statements and disagree with others. Read each statement and tick the relevant box to show how much you agree or disagree with the opinion. How much do you agree or disagree with the statements below? Training schemes are better than the dole.
Responses
1 Strongly agree 294
2 Agree 860
3 Uncertain 255
4 Disagree 95
5 Strongly disagree 20
6 Don't know 39
Sysmiss 84
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE TICK ONE BOX FOR EACH STATEMENT.
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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