Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variablefree2
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 0
2 Weight\diet\too fat\anorexic\bulimic 61
3 Bullied\slagged\teased\made fun of 66
4 Embarass\don't want mates to know\poor\charity\different\beg 85
5 Child answering is unaware of the concept of FSM 7
6 What they want costs more as FSM ticket has a certain value 10
7 Not enough time\have to eat too quickly\takes too long 39
8 Poor selection\unhealthy\greasy\unhygienic\quality 55
9 Take\prefer\given packed lunch\handier 65
10 Don't like them\not nice\they stink 120
11 Portion too small 8
12 Friends don't, no one to go\sit with 51
13 Prefer to eat junk\tuckshop 20
14 Go home\into town\outside school\eat something else 16
15 Do other activities at lunch 42
16 Not hungry\don't feel like eating\don't want it 77
17 Ashamed of what\how eat\too many around\not like eat in scho 13
18 Sell their tickets 16
19 Reason cited as to why pupil gets FSM eg poor\not working 1
20 Parents work\live together\can afford it\plenty of money 3
21 Prefer to\want to pay 4
22 Can't be bothered 21
23 Don't want to queue\length of queue\behaviour in queue 101
24 It's not fair\a trick\why should some pay & others not? 1
25 Because it's free\don't want freebies\it's free so don't car 5
26 It's their choice\up to them to decide what to do 1
27 It costs too much\too expensive 29
28 They are sick 10
29 Had big breakfast\break\it's too much\like dinner in evening 6
30 Smoke 13
31 Vegetarian\diabetic\allergies\religion 8
32 Don't like canteen\reasons to do with canteen 18
33 Parents don't allow them 6
34 Lose dinner ticket\pass 3
35 They're stupid\unaware they're entitled\think it's wrong 2
36 Other 21
99 UNANSWERED 0
Sysmiss 5293
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000