Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2008-2009

Variable Details

Variablewhynot4
LabelWhat were your reasons for not attending an appointment?
Question text Thinking of the most recent occasion when you didn’t attend an appointment. What were your reasons for not attending? Response 4
Responses
1 I forgot that I had an appointment 0
2 I felt better / no longer needed appointment 0
3 The appointment wasn’t with my doctor of choice 0
4 The appointment was at an inconvenient time 0
5 I was unable to get the time off work 0
6 I was too ill to attend 0
7 I was in hospital at the time 0
8 Mix up over date/time of the appointment 0
98 Refusal 0
99 Don't Know 0
Sysmiss 4733
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2008-2009
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.