Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013

Variable Details

VariableCOMPOL
LabelCOMPOL: How important is it that there are local police officers who know and patrol in your local area?
Question text How important to you is it that there are local police officers who know and patrol in your local area?
Responses
-2 Refused 1
-1 Don't know 89
1 Very important 7633
2 Fairly important 3007
3 Not very important 665
4 Not at all important 128
Sysmiss 522
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW SCREEN
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16+ living in random-sampled private households in Scotland (victim form subsequently completed by those who had been a victim of crime in the reference period only).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey was conducted approximately once every three years until 2006. From 2007/08-2010/11 it was conducted on an annual, financial-year, basis. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved to become a biennial survey covering the financial year.