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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life And Times Survey, 2009

Variable Details

Variablemwatch
LabelQ20a: most frequent sport watched on TV
Question text What sport do you watch on TV most frequently? (If you do not take watch any sport on TV, please tick the box provided below and skip to question 21). I do not watch any sport on TV.
Responses
101 American football 0
102 Baseball, softball 0
103 Basketball 1
104 Cricket 4
105 Ice hockey 0
106 Field hockey 2
107 Football, soccer 340
108 Handball 1
109 Netball 0
110 Polo, water polo 0
111 Rugby 62
112 Volleyball 0
113 Gaelic football 82
114 Hurling, camogie 7
199 Other team sport 4
201 Badminton 1
202 Squash 1
203 Table tennis 2
204 Tennis 53
299 Other racket or bat sport 5
301 Athletics, marathon 21
302 body training 7
303 Fitness 7
304 Jogging, (non-competitive) running 0
305 Walking, hiking, trekking, climbing 1
399 Other fitness sport 5
401 Adrenaline sports 1
402 Billiards, pool, snooker 3
403 Biathloon, triathon 0
404 Bowling, curling, bocce 2
405 Boat sports (eg sailing, rowing, yachting, canoing, kayaking 1
406 bullfight 0
407 Cockfighting 0
408 Cycling, mountain-biking 5
409 Dancing 8
410 Darts 2
411 Fencing 0
412 Fishing, hunting 5
413 Golf, mini-golf 28
414 Horse riding, horse racing 10
415 Ice skating 1
416 Inline skating, skateboarding, roller skating 1
417 Martial arts (eg boxing, wrestling, judo, karate) 6
418 Motor sports (motor racing, go carting) 30
419 Rodeo 0
420 Shooting (pistols, rifle, archery) 1
421 Swimming, diving, snorkelling 5
422 Surfing, water-skiing 0
423 Snow-sports (skiing, snowboarding, toboggan) 1
499 Other sport 5
-2 Skip, not answered 139
-1 Skip, no self completion 0
997 I do not watch any sport on TV 368
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life And Times Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsPlease go to question 21
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 years or over living in private households in Northern Ireland during autumn 2009
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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