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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableEQ16
LabelS5 TS CMs friends ability
Question text Thinking about [child forename]’s friends in their class, are these friends... more able academically than most children in the class, of a similar academic ability to most children in the class, less able academically than most children in the class?
Responses
-9 Refused 1
1 More able academically 2000
2 Of a similar academic ability 4606
3 Less able academically 732
-8 Blank, Don't know 91
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSINGLE CODE ONLY. READ OUT. ALLOW DK AND REF BUT DO NOT READ OUT.
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; Five waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years), MCS4 (age 7 years) and MCS5 (age 11 years).
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