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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Social Attitudes, 2003

Variable Details

Variablepolitics
LabelHow much interest R has in politics? [BSA03 Q210]
Question text How much interest do you generally have in what is going on in politics... a great deal, quite a lot, some, not very much, or, none at all?
Responses
1 a great deal 33
2 quite a lot 131
3 some 250
4 not very much 145
5 none at all 104
8 Don't know 0
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Social Attitudes, 2003
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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