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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles II, 2000-2001

Variable Details

Variableattscale
Labelsexual attraction
Question text Now please read this card carefully as it is important that you understand it and are as honest as you can be in your answer. When you've finished reading, tell me which letter represents your answer. I have felt sexually attracted... Only to (females/males), never to (males/females), More often to (females/males), and at least once to a (male/female), About equally often to (females/males) and to (males/females), More often to (males/females), and at least once to a (female/male), Only ever to (males/females), never to (females/males), I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all?
Responses
1 opposite sex only 10711
2 more often opposite sex, and at least once same sex 1003
3 about equally often to opposite sex and same sex 107
4 more often same sex, and at least once opposite sex 94
5 same sex only 70
6 never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all 79
7 refused 40
9 not answered 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles II, 2000-2001
Interviewer InstructionsCARD L WAIT TILL RESPONDENT HAS READ CARD, THEN CODE ANSWER. CARD SAYS (DO NOT READ OUT):
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Men and women aged 16-44 living in private households in Great Britain in 2000-2001.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Second wave: the first survey was conducted in 1990-1991.
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