Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariableAtTable
LabelWhether adds salt at table
Question text At the table do you... generally add salt to your food without tasting it first, taste the food, but then generally add salt, taste the food, but only occasionally add salt, rarely, or never, add salt at the table?
Responses
1 ...generally add salt to hisher[PNo] food without tasting it 2172
2 taste the food, but then generally add salt, 1270
3 taste the food, but only occasionally add salt, 2300
4 rarely, or never, add salt at the table? 5301
-9 No answer/refused 1
-8 Don't know 3
-2 Schedule not applicable 391
-1 Item not applicable 34
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland between June 2003 and December 2004;Adults;Children;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study