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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Drinking Module, April 2008 and April and May 2009

Variable Details

VariableNmbrew
LabelFreq of normal beer drunk in last 12 mth
Question text How often have you had a drink of normal strength beer, lager, stout, cider and shandy (exclude cans and bottles of shandy) during the last 12 months, that is since ^qSetUP.THISMTH ^qSetUP.YEAR1? By normal strength, I mean beer/lager/stout/cider/shandy which has less than 6% alcohol by volume.
Responses
1 Almost every day 35
2 5 or 6 days a week 8
3 3 or 4 days a week 46
4 Once or twice a week 211
5 Once or twice a month 120
6 Once every couple of months 83
7 Once or twice a year 69
8 Not at all in last 12 months 378
98 Refused 1
99 Don't know 2
Sysmiss 185
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Drinking Module, April 2008 and April and May 2009
Interviewer InstructionsExclude any non-alcoholic drinks.
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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