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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003

Variable Details

Variableident1b
LabelWhich is R's 1st self-description? Q314
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 139
2 British 66
3 Elderly 39
4 A woman / A man 141
5 Not religious 10
8 A wife / A husband 81
9 A Catholic 18
10 A country person 56
11 A city person 24
13 A Protestant 12
14 A mother / A father 377
15 Middle class 25
16 Black 0
17 Retired 50
18 Religious 21
19 Scottish 250
21 A working person 114
22 Young 33
23 White 5
26 Asian 1
27 Unemployed 5
28 Other (WRITE IN) 34
29 (None of these no further answer) 5
98 Don't know 2
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
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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