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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000

Variable Details

Variablekidwor04
LabelMC: Things CM worries about bringing up kids today
Question text Please tell me which, if any, of these you worry about when bringing up children today? Response 4.
Responses
1 Pressures of schoolwork/homework 27
2 Choosing the right school 50
3 Getting child into right school 44
4 Pressures to buy things 207
5 Amount of time spent on computer 73
6 What children can see on a computer 99
7 Amount of time spent watching TV 269
8 What children can see on TV 320
9 Drugs 573
10 Danger from road traffic 646
11 Danger from strangers outside home 729
12 Bad influence of other children 533
13 Environment/pollution 164
14 Other 18
15 None of these 0
Sysmiss 7509
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD L.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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