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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Sixth Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableFCSOME00
LabelHours per week spent on social networking sites
Responses
1 None 921
2 Less than half an hour 1430
3 Half an hour to less than 1 hour 1635
4 1 hour to less than 2 hours 1951
5 2 hours to less than 3 hours 1769
6 3 hours to less than 5 hours 1602
7 5 hours to less than 7 hours 1106
8 7 hours or more 1097
-9 Don't want to answer 4
-8 Don't know 9
-1 Not applicable 348
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: Sixth Survey, 2015
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; Six 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) and MCS5 (age 14 years)
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