importance of being british
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Variable note:
Please note that the Universe for this question, that is those who were eligible for this question, was not the same in the different waves that it was asked. In Wave 1, this question was asked of all respondents in 1-6 monthly samples living in England, Wales and Scotland. For 7-24 monthly samples, this question was asked only of the "extra five minute sample" respondents in England, Wales and Scotland. The "extra five minute sample" includes the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample, the General Population Comparison Sample and ethnic minorities in the General Population Sample living in low ethnic minority concentration areas. In Wave 3, this was asked of the "extra five minutes" sample and new immigrants living in England, Wales and Scotland. In Wave 6, it was asked of everyone who was interviewed by telephone or who was interviewed face-to-face and agreed to complete the self-completion questionnaire.
Question asked in the latest wave:
scabritishness_w6.britid
Question label:
Importance of being British
Question text:
Most people who live in the UK may think of themselves as being British in some way. On a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 means 'not at all important' and 10 means 'extremely important', how important is being British to you?
Question universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1 thru 3)|GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 2 (Mode is face-to-face and has agreed to self-completion OR mode is telephone)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| missing | -9 | 4 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1659 | 3.67% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 19 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 33 | 0.07% |
| not at all important | 0 | 2760 | 6.11% |
| 1 | 558 | 1.23% | |
| 2 | 884 | 1.96% | |
| 3 | 928 | 2.05% | |
| 4 | 756 | 1.67% | |
| 5 | 4356 | 9.64% | |
| 6 | 1959 | 4.33% | |
| 7 | 3816 | 8.44% | |
| 8 | 5406 | 11.96% | |
| 9 | 3147 | 6.96% | |
| extremely important | 10 | 11134 | 24.64% |
| not British - spontaneous | 11 | 29 | 0.06% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 39989 | 80.47% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 40 | 0.08% |
| not at all important | 0 | 314 | 0.63% |
| 1 | 96 | 0.19% | |
| 2 | 138 | 0.28% | |
| 3 | 179 | 0.36% | |
| 4 | 177 | 0.36% | |
| 5 | 878 | 1.77% | |
| 6 | 449 | 0.9% | |
| 7 | 797 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | 948 | 1.91% | |
| 9 | 509 | 1.02% | |
| extremely important | 10 | 1279 | 2.57% |
| not British - spontaneous | 11 | 66 | 0.13% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 193 | 0.38% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 29859 | 58.55% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 80 | 0.16% |
| don't know | -1 | 117 | 0.23% |
| not at all important | 0 | 969 | 1.9% |
| 1 | 245 | 0.48% | |
| 2 | 389 | 0.76% | |
| 3 | 440 | 0.86% | |
| 4 | 434 | 0.85% | |
| 5 | 2374 | 4.66% | |
| 6 | 1079 | 2.12% | |
| 7 | 1826 | 3.58% | |
| 8 | 2689 | 5.27% | |
| 9 | 1408 | 2.76% | |
| extremely important | 10 | 5436 | 10.66% |
| not British - spontaneous | 11 | 194 | 0.38% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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