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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableFrlSumS
LabelFamily religion <summary> DV
Question text In what religion, if any, were you brought up?
Responses
1 Church of Scotland 452
2 Roman Catholic 211
3 Other Christian 261
4 Non-Christian 25
5 No religion 285
8 Refused/NA/DK 3
-100 error 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE IF NECESSARY: What was your family's religion? DO NOT PROMPT.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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