Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, January - March and July - November, 2013

Variable Details

VariableM363_News
LabelThinking about newspapers/magazines read in last 6 weeks, in general do you think newspapers/magazines give a...
Question text Thinking about newspapers and/or magazines that you have read in the last 6 weeks, in general do you think newspapers/magazines give a... positive image of people with a disability, neutral image of people with a disability, or a negative image of people with a disability? [I have not read any articles mentioning disabled people (Spontaneous only), I do not read magazines/newspapers (Spontaneous only)]
Responses
1 ...positive image of people with a disability, 656
2 ...neutral image of people with a disability, 673
3 ...or a negative image of people with a disability? 181
4 ...I have not read any articles mentioning disabled people 545
5 ...I do not read magazines/newspapers (Spontaneous only) 508
8 Refusal 0
9 Don't Know 0
98 Refusal 21
99 Don't know 13
Sysmiss 2576
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, January - March and July - November, 2013
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.