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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMetSx
LabelMan and woman meet at party. He forces her to have sex. Not wrong/ wrong?
Question text On the scale below 1 means ‘not wrong at all’, 7 means ‘very seriously wrong’ and 2 to 6 mean something in between. Imagine a man and a woman who have just met at a party. They get on well. They go back to the woman’s flat and when they get there he kisses her and tries to have sex with her. She pushes him away but he has sexual intercourse with her anyway. Please choose the number which best describes what you think about the man’s behaviour.
Responses
-1 Not applicable 813
1 1 - Not wrong at all 1
2 6
3 4
4 8
5 16
6 44
7 7 - Very seriously wrong 590
8 Don't know 4
9 Refused 15
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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