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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Food and You Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableEatOut7
LabelHave you done any of the following in the last month?: Bought food or drink from a café, coffee shop or sandwich bar to take away
Question text I'm now going to move on to talk about eating out. Have you done any of the following things in the last month)? 1 Eaten in a restaurant 2 Eaten takeaway food from a restaurant or takeaway outlet 3 Eaten in a fast food restaurant 4 Got food to take away from a fast food restaurant 5 Eaten in a pub/ bar/ nightclub 6 Eaten in a café or coffee shop 7 Bought food or drink from a café, coffee shop or sandwich bar to take away 8 Eaten food from a canteen (e.g. at work, school, university, or hospital) 9 Eaten in a hotel, B&B or guesthouse 10 Eaten food from a mobile food van or stall 11 None of these
Responses
0 Not mentioned 2289
1 Mentioned 829
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFood and You Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD B10 CODE ALL THAT APPLY
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 years and over, resident in the UK.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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