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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002

Variable Details

VariableEMERG2
LabelChild hi temperature how wld R deal?Q161
Question text Now suppose a child staying in your home had a very high temperature in the middle of the night. What kind of medical help do you think you would need in the first instance?
Responses
1 None - I could deal with it myself 261
2 An Ambulance 75
3 get 2 A+E Department 109
4 home visit doctor 468
5 home visit nurse 15
6 Phone advice doctor 630
7 Phone advice nurse 75
8 Other (WRITE IN) 15
9 EDIT ONLY: chemists / optician 0
98 Don't know 16
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002
Interviewer InstructionsCARD A4
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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