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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableImpCult
LabelHow important to you are these cultural things? :ABC928
Question text The last question asked you to decide whether cultural things, like countryside, music and sport, or political issues like how (England/Scotland/Wales) runs its affairs, are more important to being (English/Scottish/Welsh). How important to you are, first, these cultural things?
Responses
-5 Skip,None of these at NatIDb 19
-4 Skip, Other at Natidb 65
-3 Skip, British not natborn 203
1 Very important 1016
2 Quite important 1326
3 Not very important 280
4 Not at all important 37
8 Don't know 19
9 Refusal 11
-2 Skip, D version 1129
-1 Skip,not Eng/Scot/Wales 381
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCARD H24 (IF NECESSARY - this includes things like a country's countryside and music, sporting teams, language and literature).
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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