Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2004

Variable Details

Variablefatcook
LabelType of fat 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 185
2 Hard or soft margarine, half fat butter 53
3 Vegetable oil, eg Sunflower, olive, rape seed, mustard, pean 3029
4 Do not use oil or fat in cooking 111
5 Butter and marg combined 8
6 Butter and oil combined 31
7 Marg and oil combined 8
-9 No answer/refused 15
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 6674
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2004
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population and ethnic minority groups, living in private households in England.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.