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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2016
Variable Details
| Variable | watchsex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Adult watches pornography. Not wrong/ wrong? : Version B, C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | Please read the following statement and, using the scale below, choose one number to show what you think about it. On the scale below 1 means ‘not wrong at all’, 7 means ‘always wrong’ and 2 to 6 mean something in between. The following question is about pornography that shows people having sex – not just actors pretending to do so. How wrong do you personally think it is for an adult (18 or over) to watch pornography at home, or is it not wrong at all? Please choose a number from the scale below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | British Social Attitudes Survey, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; The BSA survey is conducted annually. |
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