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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variableldisaqqu
LabelR know someone with learning disability :acquaintence? Q2.11
Question text Do you personally know anyone who has a learning disability? (A person with a learning disability needs help to learn new things and may need support with everyday living. They will have had this disability since childhood. Once known as ‘mental handicap’, the best known type is ‘Downs syndrome’. It is different from a learning difficulty such as dyslexia.)
Responses
-1 No self-completion 129
1 Yes 188
2 No 1178
8 Don't know 0
9 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE TICK AS MANY BOXES AS APPLY TO YOU
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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