Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2007

Variable Details

Variablefatq
LabelWhat kind of fat or oil are food fried in
Question text When you eat fried foods, what kind of fat or oil are the foods usually cooked in? Is it... butter, ghee, lard, suet, or other solid cooking fat, hard, or soft margarine, half fat butter, vegetable oil e.g. sunflower, olive, rape, seed, mustard, peanut?
Responses
1 ...butter, ghee, lard, suet or other solid cooking fat, 153
2 Hard or soft margarine, half fat butter, 93
3 Or vegetable oil, e.g. Sunflower, olive, rape, seed, mustard 5528
4 Does not use oil or fat in cooking 1520
-9 Refusal (8) 0
-8 Don't know (9) 6
-1 Item not applicable 7086
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2007. A boost sample of children aged 2-15 was also included.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.