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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Variable Details
| Variable | nss1246 |
| Label | Reading: Av hrs/wk reading books |
| Question text | In an average week, how much time do you spend reading books? Hours. |
| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. |
| Location | National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995 |
| Interviewer Instructions | USE LEADING ZEROS. DON'T KNOW = 98. rr VARIES = 97. |
| Universe | A 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 |
| Sampling | One-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 Type | Longitudinal/panel/cohort conducted between the fifth and sixth full NCDS cohort surveys. |
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