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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996

Variable Details

Variableb960445
LabelHow CM feels about weight
Question text Would you say that you were... very underweight, slightly underweight, about the right weight, slightly overweight, overweight? Please tick one box only.
Responses
-2 Does Not Apply 0
-1 Not Answered 0
1 Very underweight 74
2 Slightly underwt 894
3 About the right wt 4090
4 Slightly overweight 2789
5 Overweight 1060
6 Don't know 55
8 0
-8 Inappropriate Answer 0
Sysmiss 41
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-up, 1996
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: BCS70 cohort members who were able to be traced.
SamplingBCS70 cohort members for whom a current address was available. The BCS70 Twenty six-year Follow-up targeted all those who were members of the original BCS70 cohort sample. This included those who had been in the original birth survey, those who had been in all subsequent follow-ups, including immigrants and others traced for the first time though schools and health authorities.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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