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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Life and Times Survey, 2005

Variable Details

VariableWHOWGT
LabelQ31 - Source of pressure to lose weight
Question text If you answered 'yes' to Q30... Did the pressure [to lose weight] mainly come from friends, peers, the media or from some other source?
Responses
1 Friend 25
2 Peers, but not friends 25
3 The media 75
4 Other source 29
99 Not answered 10
999 N/A 0
-1 Skip 655
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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