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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, April 2001

Variable Details

Variablem271_18a
LabelWhich illness or disability most limits your activities?
Question text Which illness or disability most limits your activities?
Responses
-herat infarcation 1
1 1
2 2
9 1
ARTHRITIS 3
ASTHMA 1
Angina 1
Aortic aneurism 1
Arthritis 2
Asthma 1
Back 1
Back problem 1
Back trouble 1
Blindness 1
Blood circulation 1
Blood pressure 1
CHRONES DISEASE 1
Cervical spondulosis 1
Crones disease 1
Damage to throat from radiotherapy for throat cancer 1
Don't know 3
Effects of prolapsed disc 1
Heart complaint 1
Heommerage behind eye 1
ME 1
Multiple sclerosis 1
OLD AGE 1
OSTEOPAROSIS 1
Osteo Arthritis 1
Osteo arthritis 1
Osteo-Arthritis 1
Osteoporosis 1
Partial sightedness 1
Poor sight 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 1
SPONDYLOSIS 1
TOES REMOVED 1
Ulcerated Colon 1
acute anxiety 1
agorophobia 1
angina 8
arhiritis 1
artheritis 2
arthirits 1
arthitis 1
arthritiis 1
arthritis 27
arthritis and internal problem which she is not prepared to talk about 1
arthritis in back 1
arthritis in feet 2
arthritis in knee 1
arthritis in legs 1
arthritis in neck 1
arthritis in the knees 1
arthritis,(back) 1
arthritus 3
artiritis 1
asthma 8
athritis 3
baack 1
back 3
back and shoulder pain 1
back injury 1
back pain 2
back problem 3
back problems 1
backtrouble, which is a result of the artificial leg 1
blindness 1
blood disorder 1
blood pressure 1
blood pressure-high 1
both about the same 1
both equally 1
breathing 1
breathing problems 1
bronchial asthma 1
c o p d 1
cataracts both eyes 1
cerebral Palsy 1
cervical disoredr 1
chrones 1
chrones disease 1
circulation problems 1
clot in the heart 1
crohns disease 1
deafness 2
depression 6
diabetes 4
dibetes 1
emphysema 3
empysema 1
endometriosis + deformed biliary tree 1
epilespsy 1
escemic heart 1
first one, ie hip replavcement 1
flat feet 1
gastectomy 1
glaucoma 2
gout 1
having only one arm 1
hearing 1
heart 3
heart beat 1
heart by pass 1
heart disease 1
heart problem 2
heart problems 2
high cholesterol 1
hip 1
hipreplacements 1
hips 1
inflammatory pelvic disease 1
irritable bowel 1
jointsd arthirits 1
knees 2
lack of sight 1
leaky heart valve 1
leg 1
leg problem 1
legs 2
legs and feet problems 1
legs and hip replacement 1
lower back spine degeneration 1
lung problem 1
m/e 1
meniers 1
migraine 1
mood swings 1
nervous disorders 1
osteoarthritis 2
osteoporosis 2
osteoporosis ( other is tinnitus) 1
ostio arthritis 1
ostse porosis 1
panic attacks 1
parkinsons 1
pnic attacks 1
polio 1
polio in leg 1
problem with leg 1
problem with legs, cartilage prob and burst blood vessel 1
prostate 1
psoriasis 1
pyschotic schitophenia 1
rheumatic 1
rheumatoid arthritis 2
same illness-back/legs 1
sciatica 4
sciatica in legs 1
sciolsis 1
sight 1
sinus problem 1
sjogrens syndrome 1
skin problems 1
slipped disc in back 1
spinabifida 2
spinal injury 1
spinal problems 1
spine problem 1
spondilitis 1
stroke - lack of movement in right hand and foot 1
strokes 1
tb 1
tendon pain 1
the back and knee problems 1
thigh bone 1
thight pain(leg) 1
unable to run and lift 1
under active thyroid gland 1
walking problems 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, April 2001
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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