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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1999

Variable Details

Variableactax
LabelOther physical activity (1st)
Responses
1 Swimming 0
2 Cycling 1
3 Workout/Exercise Bike/Weight training 6
4 Aerobics/Keep Fit/Gymnastics 1
5 Dancing 2
6 Running/Jogging 0
7 Football/Rugby 6
8 Tennis/Badminton 2
9 Squash 0
10 Exercise 18
11 Abseiling/ Paraseiling 0
12 Adventure playground 0
13 Aquarobics 5
14 American football 0
15 Archery 3
16 Assault course 0
17 Back packing 1
18 Baseball/softball 1
19 Basketball 16
20 Battle re-enactment 0
21 Bowls - indoor, outdoor, crown, green, Petanque 45
22 Boxing 6
23 Canal cruising (if responsible for working locks) 0
24 Canoeing 7
25 Circuit training 1
26 Climbing 15
27 Cricket 27
28 Croquet 0
29 Curling 0
30 Darts 3
31 Diving 2
32 Dog training 0
33 Drumming (in a group) 0
34 Fell walking 7
35 Fencing 0
36 Field athletics 0
37 Fishing/ Fly fishing 16
38 Fives 0
39 Golf 198
41 Hang gliding/parachuting 2
42 Hiking 2
43 Hitting punch sack 0
44 Hockey 19
45 Horse riding 35
46 Ice skating/ Ice dancing 4
47 Juggling 0
48 Kabadi 0
49 Kick boxing 9
50 Lacrosse 3
51 Marathon running 0
52 Martial arts (Karate, Tai Chi etc.) 20
53 Motor sports (Motor-cross, go-karting, jet-skiing) 8
54 Netball/handball 16
55 Orienteering 2
56 Polo 0
57 Post natal exercise 0
58 Power boat 0
59 Racketball 0
60 Rambling 0
61 Riding 1
62 Roller skating 8
63 Rounders 4
64 Rowing (inc machine) 5
65 Sailing (inc dingy) 24
66 Scuba/subaqua diving 2
67 Shooting 8
68 Skateboarding 2
69 Skiing/dry slope skiing/snowboarding 19
70 Skipping 1
71 Skirmishing (war games) 0
72 Skittles 4
73 Snooker 12
74 Snorkelling 0
75 Sumo wrestling 0
76 Surfing 7
77 Swing ball 0
78 Table tennis 18
79 Tenpin bowling 38
80 Territorial Army 0
81 Toning table/bed 1
82 Trampolining 1
83 Volley ball 9
84 Walking on a jogging machine/treadmill 0
85 Water skiing 1
86 Weight lifting 1
87 Wind surfing 1
88 Wrestling 0
89 Yoga 40
90 Other light exercise 5
91 Other moderate exercise 5
92 Other vigorous exercise 3
98 Other - Unknown energy level 17
99 Irrelevant answer 0
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 7
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 8887
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE FOR NAME OF SPORT OR EXERCISE. WRITE IN 1st
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households in England;Adults;Children;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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