Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variableoutpat
LabelOut patient in the last 3 months
Question text During the months of .. 3 MONTHS AGO .. to .. 1 MONTH AGO .., did you attend as a patient the casualty or outpatient department of a hospital (apart from straightforward ante- or post-natal visits)?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 Yes - Casualty only 126
2 Yes - Outpatient dept. only 388
3 Yes - Both casualty and outpatient 18
4 No 3526
-3 Refused 0
-1 Dont Know 4
Sysmiss 1329
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2004-2005
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.