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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableIdent1N
LabelPick one thing from list to describe yourself :ABC848
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 412
2 Elderly 147
3 A woman / A man 488
4 Not religious 24
5 A wife / A husband / A partner 267
6 A Catholic 18
7 A country person 120
8 A city person 29
9 A Protestant 15
10 A mother / A father 876
11 Middle class 111
12 Black 9
13 Retired 153
14 Religious 35
15 A working person 377
16 Young 88
17 White 50
18 Asian 19
19 Unemployed 11
20 Other (WRITE IN) 66
21 (None of these) 25
98 Don't know 14
99 Refusal 3
-2 Skip, D version 1129
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCARD H1
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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