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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variableident1n
LabelWhich is Respondents 1st self-description? Q408
Question text People differ in how they think of or describe themselves. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is important to you when you think of yourself - what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 276
2 Elderly 59
3 A woman / A man 197
4 Not religious 12
5 A wife / A husband / A partner 130
6 A Catholic 17
7 A country person 84
8 A city person 17
9 A Protestant 16
10 A mother / A father 403
11 Middle class 30
12 Black 4
13 Retired 70
14 Religious 18
15 A working person 160
16 Young 39
17 White 8
18 Asian 3
19 Unemployed 11
20 Other (WRITE IN) 22
21 (None of thesenofurth) 14
98 Don't know 4
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsCARD K6
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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