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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
Variable Details
| Variable | GENGAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | What decides a person is gay/lesbian? Q800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Some things about a person are caused by their genes, which they inherit from their parents. Others may be to do with the way they are brought up, or the way they live. Some may happen just by chance. Using this card, please say what you think decides each of the things that I am going to read out. And what do you think decides a person's chance of being gay or lesbian? (If you don't know, please just say so). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | CARD H8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
