Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variablemedconv
LabelBought conventional medicines
Question text If you have bought medicines in the past 4 weeks, which of these kinds did you buy? Conventional medicines, eg aspirin, eye-drops, antacids, cough medicine. 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
0 No 487
1 Yes 4542
-9 No answer/refused 114
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 8774
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