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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000

Variable Details

Variablehowuse05
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 5.
Responses
1 Word processing 17
2 Internet (World Wide Web) 7
3 Email 7
4 Data analysis 15
5 Data bases 582
6 Design packages 199
7 Games 395
8 Sending faxes 246
9 Encyclopaedia/ other info on CDROM 601
10 Composing music 16
11 Listening to music 169
12 Photography 109
13 Programming 51
14 Other 33
Sysmiss 8972
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD KK.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born in one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 41-42 at the time of NCDS6).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe);See documentation for further details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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