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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2016 -2017

Variable Details

VariableLIBSER05
LabelPublic library services aware of - 5
Question text Which, if any, of the following services offered by the public library service are you aware of?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 Borrow books 2
2 Borrow DVDs, CDs 3
3 Downloading of eBooks/ Audio books 2
4 Download online magazines 14
5 Look up information / do research (eg us 359
6 Somewhere to study / do homework 184
7 Somewhere to browse / read books, newspa 316
8 Use computers for personal use (eg inter 225
9 Access online library resources (eg libr 45
10 IT training taken by library staff (eg o 24
11 Activities / exhibitions / programme of 37
12 Photocopying / printing / scanning 97
13 Other 0
-3 Refused 0
-1 Don't Know 0
Sysmiss 1954
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2016 -2017
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected annually
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