Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variablemed
LabelBought medicine in last 4 weeks
Question text During the past 4 weeks have you bought any medicine? (Don't count anything that you got with a prescription, even if you had to pay for it). By medicines we mean anything you take or that you put on your skin, such as tablets, powders, creams, sprays and drops, to treat a medical condition. Include conventional and other medicines.
Responses
1 Yes 5143
2 No 8683
-9 No answer/refused 91
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Health Survey, 2007
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over resident in Wales during 2007, and children aged 0 to 15 in the same private households.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study