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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2017-2018

Variable Details

VariableQCOMSENT_01
LabelAgreement that: People should help their community as part of a community sentence rather than spend a few months in prison for a minor offence
Responses
1 Agree strongly 686
2 Agree slightly 452
3 Neither agree nor disagree 84
4 Disagree slightly 71
5 Disagree strongly 34
-2 Refused 3
-1 Don't know 19
Sysmiss 4126
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2017-2018
UniverseAdults aged 16+ living in random-sampled private households in Scotland (victim form subsequently completed by those who had been a victim of crime in the reference period only).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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