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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 1998

Variable Details

Variableactax
LabelCODE PREVIOUS ANSWER NAME OF SPORT/ACTIVITY
Responses
1 Swimming 3
2 Cycling 0
3 Workout/Exercise Bike/Weight training 0
4 Aerobics/Keep Fit/Gymnastics 0
5 Dancing 3
6 Running/Jogging 0
7 Football/Rugby 1
8 Tennis/Badminton 2
9 Squash 0
10 Exercise 2
11 Abseiling/ Paraseiling 0
12 Adventure playground 0
13 Aquarobics 5
14 American football 0
15 Archery 0
16 Assault course 0
17 Back packing 0
18 Baseball/softball 2
19 Basketball 15
20 Battle re-enactment 0
21 Bowls - indoor, outdoor, crown, green, Petanque 166
22 Boxing 3
23 Canal cruising (if responsible for working locks) 0
24 Canoeing 6
25 Circuit training 1
26 Climbing 16
27 Cricket 8
28 Croquet 0
29 Curling 13
30 Darts 4
31 Diving 0
32 Dog training 1
33 Drumming (in a group) 1
34 Fell walking 50
35 Fencing 0
36 Field athletics 0
37 Fishing/ Fly fishing 23
38 Fives 0
39 Golf 386
41 Hang gliding/parachuting 1
42 Hiking 17
43 Hitting punch sack 0
44 Hockey 12
45 Horse riding 38
46 Ice skating/ Ice dancing 17
47 Juggling 0
48 Kabadi 0
49 Kick boxing 5
50 Lacrosse 0
51 Marathon running 1
52 Martial arts (Karate, Tai Chi etc.) 26
53 Motor sports (Motor-cross, go-karting, jet-skiing) 3
54 Netball/handball 6
55 Orienteering 1
56 Polo 0
57 Post natal exercise 0
58 Power boat 0
59 Racketball 0
60 Rambling 0
61 Riding 4
62 Roller skating 4
63 Rounders 0
64 Rowing (inc machine) 8
65 Sailing (inc dingy) 12
66 Scuba/subaqua diving 5
67 Shooting 8
68 Skateboarding 2
69 Skiing/dry slope skiing 27
70 Skipping 2
71 Skirmishing (war games) 0
72 Skittles 0
73 Snooker 5
74 Snorkelling 0
75 Sumo wrestling 0
76 Surfing 0
77 Swing ball 0
78 Table tennis 5
79 Tenpin bowling 8
80 Territorial Army 1
81 Toning table/bed 0
82 Trampolining 0
83 Volley ball 8
84 Walking on a jogging machine/treadmill 1
85 Water skiing 4
86 Weight lifting 3
87 Wind surfing 4
88 Wrestling 0
89 Yoga 25
90 Other light exercise 7
91 Other moderate exercise 3
92 Other vigorous exercise 8
98 Other - Unknown energy level 14
99 Irrelevant answer 0
-9 Not answered/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-6 schedule not obtained 0
-1 not applicable 11933
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 1998
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