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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablenss1256
LabelWriting: Difficult to spell words
Question text When you try to write something, what is it you find difficult? Do you find it difficult to... spell words correctly, make your handwriting easy to read, put down in words what it is you want to say, (never try to write)?
Responses
1 Yes 201
2 No 12
3 Don't know 0
Sysmiss 1501
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE FOR EACH.
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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