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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Life and Times Survey, 2017

Variable Details

VariableSELIKE5
Label53e. How much would you like or dislike doing the following with pupils from different schools: Making new friends?
Question text How much would you like or dislike doing any of the following things if pupils from different schools got together? (Please tick ONE box in EACH row) Being taught by different teachers? Travelling to a different school? Learning new things with pupils from another school? Doing classes we normally don’t get to do at our school? Making new friends Being with young people who are a different religion to me? Being with young people who are a different ethnic background to me? Being with young people who are a different social class to me? Sharing sports facilities, computers or equipment? Doing projects together? Sharing classes?
Responses
1 I would like it a lot 328
2 I would like it a little 171
3 I would not like it very much 26
4 I would not like it at all 9
5 I don't know 28
-9 Not asked 626
99 Missing 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Life and Times Survey, 2017
UniverseAll 16-year olds in Northern Ireland who received child benefit payments and had her/his birthday in January, February or March of the survey year.
SamplingSimple random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Some survey questions are repeated annually.
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