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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2008-2009; Adult and Child Data

Variable Details

Variableapfreq23
LabelHow often in the last 12 months have you done - Buying a novel, or book of stories, poetry or plays for yourself
Responses
-2 Refused 0
-1 Don't Know 6
1 At least once a week 585
2 Less often than once a week but at least once a month 2031
3 Less often than once a month but at least 3-4 times a year 2263
4 Twice in the last 12 months 770
5 Once in the last 12 months 311
-5 Not in questionnaire at this time 0
-4 Excluded due to questionnaire error 0
-3 Excluded from filter 8486
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationTaking Part: the National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, 2008-2009; Adult and Child Data
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