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Mainstage Variable

ncs

National Citizen Service participation

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

nationalcitizenservice_w14.ncs

Question label:

National Citizen Service participation

Question text:

National Citizen Service (NCS) is a programme designed for young people aged 16-17 to build skills for work and life. It involves residential courses, skills workshops, team-building activities, local volunteering projects and so on. Have you ever taken part in a National Citizen Service programme?

Question universe:

if HHGRID.region = 1|4 & DEMOGRAPHICS.Pbirthy > 1994 (Lives in England or Northern Ireland and born after 1994)

Question interviewer instructions:

READ OUT

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9220.06%
inapplicable-83099787.39%
proxy-71340.38%
refusal-2200.06%
don't know-1240.07%
Yes - I have taken part in a NCS summer programme14221.19%
Yes - I have taken part in a NCS programme at some other time of year2840.24%
No3376810.62%
Total35471100.0%

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