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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableBelong
LabelTo what extent do you feel like you belong to your local area?
Question text Some people feel like they belong to their local area, others do not. To what extent do you feel like you belong to your local area? Please take your answer from the card.
Responses
1 A great deal 423
2 Quite a lot 470
3 Some 239
4 Not very much 132
5 None at all 22
8 Don't know 2
9 Refusal 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCARD K1 IF RESPONDENT HAS MOVED RECENTLY AND IS NOT SURE WHICH AREA TO ANSWER IN RELATION TO, READ OUT: 'Please respond thinking about the area you currently live in.'
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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