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Contains the description of variables found in “Social Values Survey data”
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Descriptionofvariables.csv (120 rows, 10 KB)
Var name
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Var label
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uid
UID. Unique respondent ID
sample
Sample. Sample type
gender
Gender. Gender
age_2
Age_2. Age groups
dwelling
Dwelling. Dwelling type
industry
Industry. Current industry
social_involve_1
Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Sports related groups (e.g. soccer, running, badminton etc)
social_involve_2
Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Arts and Cultural groups (e.g. dance groups, book club, band etc)
social_involve_3
Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Community groups (e.g. resident community etc)
social_involve_4
Social_involve. Participation in any social groups - Welfare & Self-Help groups (e.g. non-profit organisations)
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Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Var name
var_name
Text
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Var label
var_label
Text
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Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. (2023). Description of variables (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6b8a71d993dec5e5096cf1dd9befc1a2/view