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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC19
LabelOTHER REASON
Responses
"it's a sickness" 1
It goes against my Christian principles 1
NEVER HEARD OF 1
a lot of it is used mainly for fraud 1
cannot read or write well in English 1
computers scare me 1
did not weel that the information given was reliable 1
hadnt heard of internet till i asked this qn 1
have a lot of written material in the house 1
i don't do computers of any sort 1
i wouldn't know where to find it 1
in husbands office do not use it 1
is a lot of trouble and causes a lot of trouble just live a quiet life 1
it is the most dangerous invection mankind has ever known or seen I think it should be banned. All the sexual perverts are comming out of the woodwork and nothing will be secret they will be able to organise world wide crime 1
never get a chance to get on there everybody gets there first 1
never had the opertunity 1
provider keeps changing service 1
security concerns 1
son wouldnt let me use it - he uses it for schoolwork 1
then i dont argue with my wife she uses it 1
there is none around here. 1
to keep my daughter away from perverts in chatrooms 1
too up date for me 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE RECORD OTHER REASON
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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