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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012

Variable Details

VariableY11_Q33a
LabelQ33a Any of your children / How often do you have direct face-to-face contact with (living outside household)
Question text On average, thinking of people living outside your household how often do you have direct face-to-face contact with... Any of your children?
Responses
1 Every day or almost every day 12329
2 At least once a week 6581
3 One to three times a month 3006
4 Less often 2383
5 Never 592
6 (Don’t have such relatives) 6860
98 (DK) 148
99 (Ref) 266
Sysmiss 11471
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD Q33 (answer codes) – ONE ANSWER PER STATEMENT. IF SEVERAL CHILDREN, THEN ANSWER FOR THE ONE WITH WHICH THE RESPONDENT HAS THE MOST CONTACT. Code 6 is not shown for Q33d. IF Q33a = 6, OMIT Q34a; IF Q33b = 6, OMIT Q34b; IF Q33c = 6, OMIT Q34c; IF Q33 a, b, AND c = 6, GO TO Q33d, THEN TO Q34d.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: Residents aged 18 and over in 27 EU countries (as of 2011) as well as Croatia, Iceland, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, in 2011-2012
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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