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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Social Attitudes, 2003

Variable Details

Variableypchngkp
LabelIs keeping extra change from store wrong? YP238
Question text A man gives a £5 note for goods he is buying in a big store. By mistake, he is given change for a £10 note. He notices but keeps the change. Please say which of the things on the card comes closest to what you think of this situation?
Responses
1 Nothing wrong 72
2 A bit wrong 203
3 Wrong 254
4 Seriously wrong 92
5 Very seriously wrong 42
8 Don't know 0
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Social Attitudes, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD Y17.
UniverseYoung people aged 12-19 living in the households of BSA respondents (SN 5235).;Young people;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. Whilst this is not a regular series, a previous YPSA survey was carried out in 1998 and 1994 (see SN 4231 and SN 3629).
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