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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ41G
LabelQ41G: Is this based on...? Can smell it
Responses
0 - 4073
1 Your personal experience 0
2 The experience of someone you know 0
3 What you have seen or heard in the media 0
4 What you have seen in the area 0
5 Other 0
6 Local Residents Committee Meeting 0
7 Can smell it 7
8 What I have heard in the area 0
9 Most crime is 0
10 Through work 0
11 The behaviour of some people 0
12 It's the same in every area/it's everywhere 0
13 People openly selling/using drugs 0
14 Some drugs and legalised and others are readily available 0
15 Found needles lying around park 0
16 What kids tell me goes on in school 0
17 People in cars in the early hours 0
18 Police raids 0
19 Resource scarcity 0
20 It goes on, but isn't a major problem 0
21 General perceptions 0
95 Not answered 0
97 Don't know 29
98 Refused 2
99 Not asked 12026
Sysmiss 19258
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017
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