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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Life and Times Survey, 2005

Variable Details

VariablePRESSWGT
LabelQ30 - Have you ever felt pressurised to lose weight?
Question text Have you ever felt pressurised to do any of the following things even though you did not really want to? Lose weight.
Responses
1 Yes 164
2 No 624
3 Don't know 11
99 Not answered 20
999 N/A 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Life and Times Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsPlease tick one box in each row
UniverseNorthern Irish young people;National;Young people in Northern Ireland whose 16th birthday was in February 2005.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Some survey questions are repeated annually
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