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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012

Variable Details

VariableY11_Q39b
LabelQ39b Other social contact (not family) / Do you spend as much time as you would like?
Question text I am going to read out some areas of daily life in which you can spend your time. Could you tell me if you spend as much time as you would like to in each area, or if you wish you could spend ‘less time’ or ‘more time’ in that activity? Other social contact (not family).
Responses
1 Spend less time 3188
2 As much as I currently do 27178
3 Spend more time 11456
98 (Don’t know) 1474
99 (Refusal) 340
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD Q39 – ONE ANSWER PER STATEMENT. For Q39 items b, c, d the ‘not applicable’ code is not shown.
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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