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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010

Variable Details

Variablea_scwemwba
Labelfeeling optimistic about the future
Responses
-9 missing 8383
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 0
-1 don't know 0
1 none of the time 1760
2 rarely 4932
3 some of the time 15965
4 often 12868
5 all of the time 3824
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010
UniverseAround 50,000 16-43 year olds living in the UK who participated in adult interviews during the first wave of Understanding Society, 2009-10.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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