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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableCommGael
LabelHow much do you feel you have in common with those people in Scotland who call themselves <Scottish> Gaels? :Q560
Question text Thinking of yourself as (an English/a Scottish/a Welsh) person, how much do you feel you have in common with those people in Scotland who call themselves Gaels?
Responses
-5 Skip, Gael at newidfw 9
-4 Skip,NatIDb other/none 48
-3 Skip,British not Eng/Scot/Welsh 56
-1 Skip,not Eng/Scot/Welsh 108
1 A great deal 87
2 Quite a lot 243
3 Some 345
4 Not very much 417
5 Nothing at all 147
8 Don't know 19
9 Not answered 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD J16. IF ASKED GAELS REFERS TO SCOTTISH, NOT IRISH GAELS.
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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