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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Variable Details
| Variable | SOCDIAG1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | First, what type of society is GB today? A2.16aB2.6a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams below. First, what type of society is Britain today – which diagram comes closest? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | Type A: A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom. Type B: A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom. Type C: A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom. Type D: A society with most people in the middle. Type E: Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
