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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variablec_scrx_code
Labelother reason sc refused
Responses
-9 missing 17
-8 inapplicable 45603
-7 proxy 3836
-2 refused 0
-1 don't know 0
1 didn't like computer 26
2 child crying/needed attention etc. 4
3 worried about confidentiality 0
4 concerned because someone else was present 6
5 couldn't be bothered 3
6 interview taking too long/ran out of time 42
7 illness, not mentally or physically capable, too old 78
8 too anxious 12
9 too busy 10
10 other distraction (telephone call etc) 6
11 language problems 30
12 literacy problem 27
13 doesn't want to, questions too intrusive 25
14 prefers paper questionnaire 3
97 not elsewhere codable 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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