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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableagegap
LabelIdeal age gap betw.first+last child?Q314
Question text Thinking in general and regardless of your present circumstances, what would be the ideal age gap between your first and last child? Please choose a phrase from the card.
Responses
-4 Skp,wants0 or 1 chld/DK 114
-3 Not M 18-49/F 18-45 852
-1 Skp,not asked distress 17
1 Three years or less 306
2 Four or five years 116
3 Six or seven years 77
4 Eight to ten years 47
5 More than ten years 17
8 Don't know 3
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD C6.
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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