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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Wales Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2003

Variable Details

VariableIDENT1B
LabelWhich is R's 1st self-description? Q212
Question text People differ in how they think of or describe themselves. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself - what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 85
2 British 63
3 Elderly 26
4 A woman / A man 64
5 Not religious 5
6 A Welsh speaker 28
8 A wife / A husband 51
9 A Catholic 7
10 A country person 40
11 A city person 6
13 A Protestant 4
14 A mother / A father 258
15 Middle class 9
16 Black 0
17 Retired 25
18 Religious 27
19 Welsh 144
21 A working person 78
22 Young 12
23 White 7
24 English 18
26 Asian 5
27 Unemployed 3
28 Other (WRITE IN) 16
29 (None of these) 4
98 Don't know 3
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWales Life and Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2003
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in private households in Wales during 2003.;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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