Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variablefree3
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 3
3 Bullied\slagged\teased\made fun of 1
4 Embarass\don't want mates to know\poor\charity\different\beg 4
5 Child answering is unaware of the concept of FSM 1
6 What they want costs more as FSM ticket has a certain value 2
7 Not enough time\have to eat too quickly\takes too long 5
8 Poor selection\unhealthy\greasy\unhygienic\quality 5
9 Take\prefer\given packed lunch\handier 4
10 Don't like them\not nice\they stink 9
11 Portion too small 1
12 Friends don't, no one to go\sit with 12
13 Prefer to eat junk\tuckshop 1
14 Go home\into town\outside school\eat something else 0
15 Do other activities at lunch 5
16 Not hungry\don't feel like eating\don't want it 7
17 Ashamed of what\how eat\too many around\not like eat in scho 1
18 Sell their tickets 3
19 Reason cited as to why pupil gets FSM eg poor\not working 0
20 Parents work\live together\can afford it\plenty of money 0
21 Prefer to\want to pay 1
22 Can't be bothered 0
23 Don't want to queue\length of queue\behaviour in queue 11
24 It's not fair\a trick\why should some pay & others not? 0
25 Because it's free\don't want freebies\it's free so don't car 0
26 It's their choice\up to them to decide what to do 0
27 It costs too much\too expensive 2
28 They are sick 3
29 Had big breakfast\break\it's too much\like dinner in evening 1
30 Smoke 1
31 Vegetarian\diabetic\allergies\religion 0
32 Don't like canteen\reasons to do with canteen 1
33 Parents don't allow them 1
34 Lose dinner ticket\pass 0
35 They're stupid\unaware they're entitled\think it's wrong 1
36 Other 5
99 UNANSWERED 0
Sysmiss 6206
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000