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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995

Variable Details

Variablenss1229
LabelReading: Understand a magazine/paper
Question text Let me ask you first about some of the problems you have with reading. Can you read and understand what is written in a magazine or newspaper?
Responses
1 Yes, easily 34
2 Yes, some difficult 13
3 No 2
Sysmiss 1665
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Interviewer InstructionsIF YES: Can you usually read this easily, or do you find some difficulty?
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of the main NCDS cohort, i.e. all those living in England and Wales born in one particular week in 1958, who had participated in an earlier NCDS follow-up and were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample.;A simple random sample of the NCDS cohort. Twenty-five sampling points were used, based on interval sampling of all postcode areas in England and Wales, with a random starting point.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort conducted between the fifth and sixth full NCDS cohort surveys.
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