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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Social Attitudes, 2003

Variable Details

Variableypahd1
LabelAhead1: Getting ahead: important to come from wealthy family YP242
Question text And now some questions about doing well in life. First, how important is... coming from a wealthy family?
Responses
1 Essential 17
2 Very important 80
3 Fairly important 160
4 Not very important 285
5 Not at all important 115
8 Don't know 6
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Social Attitudes, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD Y18.
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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