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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Quality of Life Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variableq33_2
LabelQ33_2 Your mother or father
Question text And on average, how often do you have contact with friends or family living outside your household by phone, e-mail or by post? Any of your children, Your mother or father, Any brother, sister or other relative, Any of your friends, or neighbours.
Responses
1 More than once a day 1398
2 Every day of almost every day 5077
3 At least once a week 6577
4 Once or twice a month 2311
5 Several time a year 667
6 Less often 1743
7 [Don't have such relatives/ No such relatives live 16693
8 [Don't know] 1168
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Quality of Life Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD Q33 IF E.G. SEVERAL CHILDREN THEN ANSWER FOR THE ONE WITH WHICH THE RESPONDENT HAS THE MOST CONTACT.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: Adults (aged 18 years and over) resident in the 27 European Union countries, plus Croatia, Macedonia, Norway and Turkey, in 2007
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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