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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1999

Variable Details

Variableactbx
LabelOther physical activity (2nd)
Responses
1 Swimming 0
2 Cycling 0
3 Workout/Exercise Bike/Weight training 0
4 Aerobics/Keep Fit/Gymnastics 0
5 Dancing 0
6 Running/Jogging 0
7 Football/Rugby 2
8 Tennis/Badminton 0
9 Squash 0
10 Exercise 0
11 Abseiling/ Paraseiling 0
12 Adventure playground 0
13 Aquarobics 1
14 American football 0
15 Archery 3
16 Assault course 0
17 Back packing 0
18 Baseball/softball 0
19 Basketball 2
20 Battle re-enactment 0
21 Bowls - indoor, outdoor, crown, green, Petanque 3
22 Boxing 0
23 Canal cruising (if responsible for working locks) 0
24 Canoeing 1
25 Circuit training 0
26 Climbing 0
27 Cricket 5
28 Croquet 0
29 Curling 0
30 Darts 0
31 Diving 0
32 Dog training 1
33 Drumming (in a group) 0
34 Fell walking 0
35 Fencing 0
36 Field athletics 1
37 Fishing/ Fly fishing 1
38 Fives 0
39 Golf 5
41 Hang gliding/parachuting 1
42 Hiking 0
43 Hitting punch sack 0
44 Hockey 3
45 Horse riding 4
46 Ice skating/ Ice dancing 0
47 Juggling 0
48 Kabadi 0
49 Kick boxing 0
50 Lacrosse 0
51 Marathon running 0
52 Martial arts (Karate, Tai Chi etc.) 1
53 Motor sports (Motor-cross, go-karting, jet-skiing) 0
54 Netball/handball 0
55 Orienteering 0
56 Polo 0
57 Post natal exercise 0
58 Power boat 0
59 Racketball 0
60 Rambling 1
61 Riding 0
62 Roller skating 0
63 Rounders 1
64 Rowing (inc machine) 2
65 Sailing (inc dingy) 4
66 Scuba/subaqua diving 0
67 Shooting 0
68 Skateboarding 2
69 Skiing/dry slope skiing/snowboarding 2
70 Skipping 0
71 Skirmishing (war games) 0
72 Skittles 1
73 Snooker 6
74 Snorkelling 0
75 Sumo wrestling 0
76 Surfing 0
77 Swing ball 0
78 Table tennis 3
79 Tenpin bowling 1
80 Territorial Army 0
81 Toning table/bed 0
82 Trampolining 1
83 Volley ball 0
84 Walking on a jogging machine/treadmill 1
85 Water skiing 1
86 Weight lifting 0
87 Wind surfing 0
88 Wrestling 0
89 Yoga 1
90 Other light exercise 0
91 Other moderate exercise 2
92 Other vigorous exercise 1
98 Other - Unknown energy level 0
99 Irrelevant answer 0
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 9576
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE FOR NAME OF SPORT OR EXERCISE. WRITE IN 2nd
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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