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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableIdent2N
LabelPick second thing from list to describe yourself :ABC851
Question text And what would the second most important thing be?
Responses
-1 Skip,None/Dk/NA at Ident1N 42
1 Working class 267
2 Elderly 111
3 A woman / A man 415
4 Not religious 52
5 A wife / A husband / A partner 603
6 A Catholic 25
7 A country person 109
8 A city person 48
9 A Protestant 30
10 A mother / A father 552
11 Middle class 101
12 Black 14
13 Retired 140
14 Religious 65
15 A working person 372
16 Young 86
17 White 156
18 Asian 16
19 Unemployed 28
20 Other (WRITE IN) 59
21 (None of these/No further answer) 54
98 Don't know 11
99 Refusal 1
-2 Skip, D version 1129
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCARD H1 AGAIN
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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