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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableTrstERe2
LabelReasons for trust\distrust in students test and exam results [2] :Q407
Question text What are your main reasons for saying that? Response 2
Responses
-3 Skip,no further reason 1988
-1 Skip,no valid answer at trstexam 332
1 DISTRUST: 0
2 don't trust figures from personal experience 58
3 Heard \ read something bad about the figures 31
4 Figures are difficult to count or measure 102
5 ONS has vested interest in results 58
6 The Government has vested interest in the results 123
7 The figures are misrepresented spun by politicians or media 166
8 Figures alone do not tell whole story 246
9 TRUST: 0
10 Trust the figures from personal experience 16
11 Heard read something good about the figures 28
12 The figures are easy to count or measure 50
13 ONS does not have vested interest in the results 22
14 The Government does not have vested interest in the results 28
15 Other (please specify) 49
16 don't understand figures or statistics 0
98 Don't know 0
99 Refusal 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD UP TO 3 MAIN REASONS. PROBE WHERE NECESSARY Multicoded (Maximum of 3 codes)
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-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 TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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