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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableIdent1N
LabelIf you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself what would it be? :Q502
Question text People differ in how they think of or describe themselves. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is important to you when you think of yourself - what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 223
2 Elderly 70
3 A woman / A man 167
4 Not religious 26
5 A wife / A husband / A partner 139
6 A Catholic 13
7 A country person 53
8 A city person 12
9 A Protestant 8
10 A mother / A father 392
11 Middle class 36
12 Black 0
13 Retired 80
14 Religious 21
15 A working person 133
16 Young 31
17 White 14
18 Asian 4
19 Unemployed 10
20 Other (WRITE IN) 32
21 (None of these/no further) 13
98 Don't know 4
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD J1.
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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