Mainstage Variables search
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| chcon | Frequency of other contact with child(ren) over 16 |
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| chfar | Distance to where child(ren) live(s) |
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| chmail | How often R contacts son/daughter email |
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| chsee | How often R sees son/daughter(s) |
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| chtel | How often R contacts son/daughter by tel |
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| closenum | How many close friends |
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| foodbank | Food banks usage |
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| foodbankno | Why not used food banks |
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| frna | Frequency of talking to neighbours |
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| frnb | Frequency of meeting people |
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| frnc | Spoken to someone in past week |
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| frnd | Proportion leisure associates unemployed |
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| frne | Proportion leisure associates employed |
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| nbrcoh1 | close-knit neighbourhood |
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| nbrcoh2 | people willing to help their neighbours |
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| nbrcoh3 | people in this neighbourhood can be trusted |
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| nbrcoh_dv | Neighbourhood Social Cohesion,(α= .8) |
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| nbrcohdk_dv | Neighbourhood social cohesion: Total number of don't knows |
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| nbrsnci_dv | Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument, short (α= .88) |
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| net1ag | Age of 1st closest friend |
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| net1et | Ethnicity of 1st closest friend |
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| net1jb | Employment of 1st closest friend |
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| net1kn | Time known 1st closest friend |
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| net1lv | How far away 1st closest friend lives |
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| net1ph | How often see 1st closest friend |
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| net1rl | Relationship to 1st closest friend |
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| net1wr | Whether 1st closest friend is relation |
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| net2ag | Age of 2nd closest friend |
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| net2et | Ethnicity of 2nd closest friend |
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| net2jb | Employment of 2nd closest friend |
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| net2kn | Time known 2nd closest friend |
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| net2lv | How far away 2nd closest friend lives |
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