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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ44b
LabelQ44 Why do you say that?
Responses
0 No other mention 7616
1 Only what I've heard 2
2 See gangs with knifes 1
3 See gangs with guns 4
4 See gangs / groups of teens / groups of people hanging aroun 18
5 There has been a few shootings 4
6 What I’ve seen or heard in the media 33
7 The vandalism 31
8 Noise 145
9 They're coming from other areas/schools 28
10 Minor problem 12
11 Crime/fights 149
12 Abusive 5
13 Try and avoid them 3
14 Intimidate people/Intimidating/Threatening/violent 228
15 Speed about on mopeds / joyriding 26
16 Just a nuisance 38
17 Have no respect 4
18 Nothing for them to do 42
19 Because of inflection of Eastern European 1
20 This is why we have police in area 3
21 Drunkenness 50
22 Can be dangerous 7
23 It's a big problem 54
24 That's why I avoid certain areas/going out at certain times 10
25 Personal experience/Experience of friend/family member 28
26 What I have seen in the local area 65
27 Police do not deal with gangs 20
28 Bullying 1
29 Anti-social Behaviour 117
30 Racial groups form gangs 8
31 Local crime has been gang related 17
32 Problem on public transport 10
33 General problem 8
34 Other 31
35 Drug dealing going on by them 87
36 Gang related murders 7
37 There are lots of gangs in todays society / gangs everywhere 23
38 Gangs have names / named themselves 2
39 See gangs less often now 3
97 Not Stated 0
996 No second response 0
997 Not Stated 1
999 Don't know 0
Sysmiss 88343
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017
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