Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ31a
LabelQ31 What do you do differently now
Responses
0 No 2nd mention 0
1 Very seldom use a handbag 0
2 Hide purse/bag in pockets / belongings 2
3 More aware of people around me 7
4 Go and collect daughter/wife/son from tube/station 1
5 Walk a different way home 0
6 Don’t go out at night/alone/Kids 29
7 Hold on to bag at all times 1
8 Avoid places/people that aren’t safe 7
9 Always lock my door/windows / double locks 0
10 Take safer routes 2
11 Use transport more 0
12 Avoid carrying credit cards 1
13 Avoid carrying lots of cash 1
14 Always use the main entrance 0
15 Don’t use mobile phone in public 2
16 Get in the house quickly 0
17 Avoid taking out things of value 0
18 Just be more careful/Cautious/alert 14
19 Don’t walk alone 5
20 Do self defence 0
21 Take the dog with me 0
22 Wear a big coat and look mean 0
23 Carry a personal alarm/stick/deo 0
24 Time I go jogging 0
25 Kids/myself in earlier 0
26 Don’t report for fear of reprisals 0
27 Moving home 3
28 Don’t wear jewellery 0
29 Take the car / get public transport 0
30 Park my car outside 0
31 Help police / community police 0
32 Don’t stay out late 0
33 Mind my own business 0
34 Keep to well lit streets / main roads 0
35 Use common sense 0
36 I keep looking behind me 0
37 I’d fight back / tackle with them 0
38 Keep close to home 0
39 My kids have a mobile 0
40 Don’t dress up in good clothes 0
41 Got police to install CCTV 0
42 Got a curfew for kids 1
43 I worry more for my kids 0
44 I walk briskly 1
45 Wear flat shoes incase I need to run 0
46 Take pepper spray 0
47 Call police 0
48 Educate kids 0
49 Had porch fitted 0
50 Do banking inside bank rather than outside at cashpoints 0
51 Always carry my phone 1
52 Keep car doors locked 0
997 Don’t Know 0
998 None 0
999 Missing 0
Sysmiss 17202
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017