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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablehowuse01
LabelMC:How use computer at home
Question text Please can you look at this card and tell me which, if any, of these types of things you use your computer for? Response 1.
Responses
1 Word processing 3520
2 Internet (World Wide Web) 766
3 Email 111
4 Data analysis 25
5 Data bases 29
6 Design packages 32
7 Games 326
8 Sending faxes 3
9 Encyclopaedia/ other info on CDROM 40
10 Composing music 7
11 Listening to music 12
12 Photography 9
13 Programming 9
14 Other 39
98 Dont know 0
99 Not answered 2
Sysmiss 6331
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD KK.
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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