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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Social Attitudes, 2003

Variable Details

Variableypambit1
LabelYP's main ambition in life? YP247
Question text Which, if any, of the things on this card would you say is your main ambition in life? Please read through the whole list before deciding.
Responses
1 To be happy 331
2 To be well off 17
3 To have good health 48
4 To have a good job 65
5 To be successful at work 63
6 To have my own home 13
7 To have a family 82
8 To travel and see the world 31
9 Something else (WRITE IN) 8
10 (None of these/ No (other) ambition) 4
98 Don't know 1
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Social Attitudes, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD Y19.
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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