Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableNatTeeth
LabelNumber of natural teeth (including crowns)
Question text Adults can have up to 32 natural teeth but over time people lose some of them. How many natural teeth, including crowns have you got?
Responses
1 No natural teeth 944
2 Fewer than 10 natural teeth 415
3 Between 10 and 19 natural teeth 875
4 20 or more natural teeth 4209
-9 Refused 4
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedue not applicable 1750
-1 Item not applicable 18
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD K1.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland between January 2008 and March 2009
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study