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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variableunsafea
LabelWhat else makes the area in which you live unsafe?
Responses
1 Being followed 1
2 Attacks on barracks 1
3 Murders 1
4 Police slow to react/can't carry out job properly/don't care 2
5 Being eaten by a dog 1
6 Being mugged 1
7 Being hit by fireworks/bangers 3
8 Being kidnapped/held hostage 3
9 Being shot/shootings 6
10 Being stabbed/stabbings 2
11 Taunts (nature not specified) 1
12 Bullies 1
13 Drunks 2
14 Fights using weapons 1
15 Football club rivals 1
16 Punishment attacks by paramilitaries 2
17 Police raiding house 1
18 Being assaulted by police 1
19 House being burnt down 1
20 Isolated area/no one there to help you if in trouble 2
21 Close to area/estate of opposite religion 3
22 Hoods 1
23 Petrol bombs 1
24 People out to get you 1
25 Paeophiles 1
26 People throwing objects at house 1
27 Police (no reason) 2
28 Police causing trouble 1
29 Police bias 1
30 Traffic 1
31 Mainly an area of the opposite religion 1
88 Not saying 2
99 UNANSWERED 17
Sysmiss 6230
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000
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