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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variabledinoth1
LabelWhat is this other reason?
Responses
1 Not hungry/don't want anything 37
2 Friends don't/do other things (packed lunch/who to sit with) 51
3 Prefer/get packed lunch/handier/use up food at home 108
4 I go home 14
5 Poor selection/not healthy/fatty/unhygenic 52
6 Vegetarian/diabetic/allergies/religion 5
7 No/not enough money/not like asking for money/cheaper not to 14
8 Can't be bothered 9
9 Smoke 4
10 No seats left 3
11 Can't trust people not to take your food/no food left 2
12 Didn't book them at start of year 1
13 Embarrassed eating in front of others/any other embarassment 9
14 Bullying/fighting in queue 4
15 Don't like the supervisors 2
16 Go into town/shops/outside of school 10
17 Have only one dinner a day/like dinner in evening 6
18 Not allowed 5
19 Save money 9
20 Just/because/no reason/never thought about it 7
21 Sell tickets 1
22 They make me sick 5
23 Too fat/weight/on diet 27
24 Dinner is too much/not hungry enough for dinner 2
25 Easier/quicker 4
26 Tuckshop 1
99 UNANSWERED 16
Sysmiss 5889
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000
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