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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ44a
LabelQ44 Why do you say that?
Responses
0 No other mention 0
1 Only what I've heard 293
2 See gangs with knifes 36
3 See gangs with guns 12
4 See gangs / groups of teens / groups of people hanging aroun 5640
5 There has been a few shootings 9
6 What I’ve seen or heard in the media 216
7 The vandalism 35
8 Noise 141
9 They're coming from other areas/schools 128
10 Minor problem 87
11 Crime/fights 143
12 Abusive 19
13 Try and avoid them 5
14 Intimidate people/Intimidating/Threatening/violent 434
15 Speed about on mopeds / joyriding 37
16 Just a nuisance 32
17 Have no respect 12
18 Nothing for them to do 55
19 Because of inflection of Eastern European 3
20 This is why we have police in area 18
21 Drunkenness 29
22 Can be dangerous 15
23 It's a big problem 94
24 That's why I avoid certain areas/going out at certain times 18
25 Personal experience/Experience of friend/family member 120
26 What I have seen in the local area 540
27 Police do not deal with gangs 11
28 Bullying 4
29 Anti-social Behaviour 73
30 Racial groups form gangs 33
31 Local crime has been gang related 106
32 Problem on public transport 24
33 General problem 141
34 Other 106
35 Drug dealing going on by them 74
36 Gang related murders 12
37 There are lots of gangs in todays society / gangs everywhere 145
38 Gangs have names / named themselves 2
39 See gangs less often now 40
97 Not Stated 0
996 No second response 0
997 Not Stated 3523
999 Don't know 988
Sysmiss 83832
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017
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