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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004

Variable Details

Variablehrlonger
LabelPub and bar longer opening hours result?Q500
Question text Some people say that if you allow pubs and bars to stay open for longer people will simply drink more, others say that longer opening hours will mean that people will pace their drinking more sensibly. Which of the phrases on this card comes closest to your view about this?
Responses
1 Ppl will drink more 870
2 pace more sensibly 579
3 no difference/both/neither 162
8 Don't know 25
9 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsCARD F8
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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