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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablehowuse38
LabelMC: Computer use at work
Question text Please look at card KK and tell me in which of these ways you use your computer at work? Response 5.
Responses
1 Word processing 13
2 Internet (World Wide Web) 20
3 Email 13
4 Data analysis 38
5 Data bases 1240
6 Design packages 237
7 Games 145
8 Sending faxes 297
9 Encyclopædia/other info on CDROM 111
10 Composing music 3
11 Listening to music 34
12 Photography 23
13 Programming 97
14 Other 84
Sysmiss 8906
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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