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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableIdent3N
LabelWhat would the third most important thing to describe yourself be? :Q508
Question text And what would the third most important thing be?
Responses
1 Working class 113
2 Elderly 44
3 A woman / A man 151
4 Not religious 60
5 A wife / A husband / A partner 127
6 A Catholic 21
7 A country person 89
8 A city person 29
9 A Protestant 32
10 A mother / A father 177
11 Middle class 52
12 Black 3
13 Retired 84
14 Religious 38
15 A working person 172
16 Young 40
17 White 74
18 Asian 4
19 Unemployed 21
20 Other (WRITE IN) 30
21 (None of these/no further identity) 119
98 Don't know 2
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD J1 AGAIN.
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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