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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableNewsfair
LabelDo TV/newspapers exaggerate/downplay the amount of ASB in Scotland? :Q359
Question text And would you say that in general television and newspapers exaggerate the amount of anti-social behaviour in Scotland, downplay the amount of anti-social behaviour or is their coverage about right?
Responses
-2 Skip, gaelic sample 0
1 Exaggerate a lot 139
2 Exaggerate a little 532
3 About right 649
4 Downplay a little 87
5 Downplay a lot 17
8 Don't know 57
9 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD D6. IF EXAGGERATE/DOWNPLAY: Do you think they exaggerate/downplay it a lot or just a little?
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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