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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableDrugSMHm
LabelWhich drug fro the following causes the most problems for Scotland as a whole?
Question text This card shows a list of some legal and illegal drugs. Please can you read through the whole list and pick the drug you think causes the most problems for Scotland as a whole?
Responses
1 Alcohol 696
2 Cannabis 38
3 Cocaine (coke) 55
4 Crack cocaine 44
5 Ecstasy 27
6 Heroin 226
7 Tobacco 109
8 (All equally harmful) 47
9 (None of these are harmful) 1
10 (Other - WRITE IN) 5
98 Don't know 40
99 Refusal 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCARD H6 PLEASE CHECK THE RESPONDENT IS REFERRING TO THE CORRECT CARD
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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