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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableMOVEDIST
LabelApproximately how far away last homeQ273
Question text Approximately how far away from here is the home where you were living before? Please choose an answer from this card.
Responses
-1 Skp,home 11+years 732
1 About half a mile (10 minutes walk) 278
2 About 1 mile (20 minutes walk) 119
3 About 2 miles 107
4 Up to 5 miles 100
5 6-10 miles 66
6 11-30 miles 71
7 31-100 miles 49
8 More than 100 miles 82
98 Don't know 0
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCARD C5. ROUND UP OR DOWN TO THE NEAREST MILE. PROBE FOR BEST ESTIMATE.
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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