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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableIDENT1
LabelWhich is R's 1st self-description? Q209
Question text Some people say that whether they feel British or Scottish is not as important as other things about them. Other people say their national identity is the key to who they are. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself, what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 153
2 British 58
3 Elderly 52
4 A woman / A man 154
5 Not religious 19
8 A wife / A husband 69
9 A Catholic 23
10 A country person 49
11 A city person 18
13 A Protestant 26
14 A mother / A father 385
15 Middle class 17
16 Black 1
17 Retired 59
18 Religious 17
19 Scottish 272
21 A working person 140
22 Young 32
23 White 10
26 Asian 2
27 Unemployed 8
28 Other (WRITE IN) 27
29 (None of these) 13
98 Don't know 1
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCARD B12
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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