Document British Social Attitudes Survey Spring,1989 SPSS-X setup deck
This setup was written
by John Curtice and Ann Mair,
Social Statistics Laboratory, Strathclyde University.
Telephone 041-552-4400 ext 4223
E-Mail J.Curtice@UK.AC.STRATH.VAXA
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This setup deck can be used to read both the 1989 British Social
Attitudes Survey and the 1989 Northern Irish Social Attitudes Survey.
In order to use the deck to read the Northern Irish survey users
simply need to declare the name of the Northern Irish dataset,
instead of the name of the British dataset in the File Handle statement. They may also wish to change the text of the title and file label
commands.
The deck can also be used to read the British and Northern Ireland
surveys together as a single file. To do this users need simply to
append the Northern Irish raw data file to the British one and read the resulting combined file with this deck. It should be noted however,
that the weights included in the datasets are designed to ensure that
they are representative of the British and Northern Irish populations
separately. There are no weights included in the datasets which would
make a combined dataset representative of the U.K. population.
Some of the questions in the British survey were only administered
to one or other of two separate sub-samples, labelled A and B. On
both the British and Northern Ireland surveys, respondents were
invited to complete a self-completion questionnaire as well as the
main questionnaire.
The variable labels in this deck incorporate the question number
which forms the basis of each variable.
Questions asked of both the A and B British samples are given the
prefix "Q".
Questions asked only of the A sample are given the prefix "A"(not AQ)
Questions asked only of the B sample are given the prefix "B"(not BQ)
Questions asked of the Northern Ireland sample are indicated by the
prefix "NI". Where a question was only asked in Northern Ireland,
the details of the Northern Ireland question number appear within
the 40 column limit of the Variable Labels command. Where a question
was asked both in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, details of the
Northern Ireland question numbering start at column 41 of the
relevant variable label.
Those using this deck to read the Northern Ireland data, who want
details of the Northern Ireland question numbering to appear in their
statistical output for all questions
will need to edit the variable labels so that all
of the Northern Ireland question numbers appear within the first 40
columns.
Where a question has appeared in a previous social attitudes survey
it has been assigned the same variable name as in earlier social
attitudes set-up decks.
In constructing the variable names and labels certain standard
abbreviations have been used wherever possible.
O=other, own
Pj=predudice
Prot=protestant,protest
Py=pay
S=self,self-employed or spouse(see context)
s-c=self contained
R=respondent
RC=catholic
RLG=religion
notatall=not at all
(Entered 1-JUL-91)