Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variablefree1
LabelWhy do you think some children do not take a free school meal when they are allowed to take one?
Responses
1 I don't know 440
2 Weight\diet\too fat\anorexic\bulimic 163
3 Bullied\slagged\teased\made fun of 322
4 Embarass\don't want mates to know\poor\charity\different\beg 1069
5 Child answering is unaware of the concept of FSM 64
6 What they want costs more as FSM ticket has a certain value 55
7 Not enough time\have to eat too quickly\takes too long 45
8 Poor selection\unhealthy\greasy\unhygienic\quality 165
9 Take\prefer\given packed lunch\handier 134
10 Don't like them\not nice\they stink 1500
11 Portion too small 10
12 Friends don't, no one to go\sit with 119
13 Prefer to eat junk\tuckshop 45
14 Go home\into town\outside school\eat something else 47
15 Do other activities at lunch 54
16 Not hungry\don't feel like eating\don't want it 372
17 Ashamed of what\how eat\too many around\not like eat in scho 28
18 Sell their tickets 66
19 Reason cited as to why pupil gets FSM eg poor\not working 51
20 Parents work\live together\can afford it\plenty of money 58
21 Prefer to\want to pay 39
22 Can't be bothered 36
23 Don't want to queue\length of queue\behaviour in queue 248
24 It's not fair\a trick\why should some pay & others not? 12
25 Because it's free\don't want freebies\it's free so don't car 26
26 It's their choice\up to them to decide what to do 12
27 It costs too much\too expensive 29
28 They are sick 15
29 Had big breakfast\break\it's too much\like dinner in evening 30
30 Smoke 16
31 Vegetarian\diabetic\allergies\religion 19
32 Don't like canteen\reasons to do with canteen 15
33 Parents don't allow them 23
34 Lose dinner ticket\pass 7
35 They're stupid\unaware they're entitled\think it's wrong 43
36 Other 152
99 UNANSWERED 768
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000