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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Fifth Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableEQ17A
LabelS5 TS CM hurt or picked on by others
Question text During this school year how often, if at all... have other children hurt or picked on [child forename] on purpose?
Responses
1 Most days 24
2 About once a week 109
3 About once a month 258
4 Every few months 467
5 Less often 2021
6 Never 4488
-8 Blank, Don't know 63
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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