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Covid-19 Variable

birthy

Year of birth

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Question asked in the latest wave:

Question label:

Respondent date of birth

Question text:

We need to make sure we are surveying the correct person. {Forename}, what is your date of birth?
Please click on the red calendar in order to select your date of birth.

Question universe:

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Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1947.56	0	1919.0	2000.0	13.98	391

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1950.92	0	1919.0	2002.0	16.98	718

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	12815	99.98%
	Total	12818	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1966.79	3	1923.0	2004.0	16.35	12815

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	12678	99.98%
	Total	12680	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1966.08	2	1923.0	2004.0	16.28	12678

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	11966	99.98%
	Total	11968	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1965.26	2	1923.0	2004.0	16.14	11966

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	12033	99.98%
	Total	12035	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1965.35	2	1923.0	2004.0	16.1	12033

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	12873	99.98%
	Total	12876	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1965.69	3	1922.0	2004.0	16.22	12873

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	13752	99.99%
	Total	13754	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1966.42	2	1922.0	2004.0	16.55	13752

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Don't know	-1	2	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	14120	99.98%
	Total	14123	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1966.47	3	1923.0	2004.0	16.49	14120

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Don't know	-1	2	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	14808	99.98%
	Total	14811	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1966.92	3	1923.0	2004.0	16.54	14808

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	17756	99.97%
	Total	17761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1968.79	5	1923.0	2004.0	17.05	17756

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1975.85	0	1932.0	1999.0	6.63	2870

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.02%
refusal	-2	7	0.02%
don't know	-1	26	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	44026	99.91%
	Total	44067	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1970.87	41	1915.0	2009.0	19.35	44026

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