Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2003

Variable Details

Variablefatcook
LabelSort of fat usually used for cooking
Question text Please read this carefully. We would now like to ask you about some foods which you may eat. Please answer ALL the questions by ticking the box which you think most applies to you. What sort of fat or oil do you usually use for cooking or frying food?
Responses
1 Butter, ghee, lard, suet, solid cooking fat 633
2 Hard or soft margarine, half fat butter 169
3 Vegetable oil, eg Sunflower, olive, rape seed, mustard, pean 9643
4 Do not use oil or fat in cooking 713
5 Butter and marg combined 9
6 Butter and oil combined 66
7 Marg and oil combined 24
-9 No answer/refused 36
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 7260
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2003
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) living in private households in England in the year 2003.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.