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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2008

Variable Details

Variablemedbi01
LabelNames of medicines prescribed by doctor 01
Question text Have you taken/used (name of medicine) in the last 7 days?
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 2
10102 11
10200 24
10201 1
10301 31
10302 1
10304 19
10305 227
10400 1
10401 1
10402 7
10500 32
10601 8
10602 9
10604 20
10605 1
20101 21
20201 209
20202 46
20203 7
20204 9
20302 10
20400 214
20501 6
20502 3
20504 22
20505 367
20506 1
20551 9
20552 3
20601 38
20602 236
20603 8
20604 2
20701 1
20801 2
20802 62
20900 297
21001 2
21100 8
21200 338
21201 6
30101 447
30102 14
30103 2
30104 2
30105 1
30200 149
30201 2
30203 1
30300 1
30301 9
30302 9
30401 89
30403 3
30901 1
31000 2
40101 30
40102 11
40201 25
40202 4
40203 10
40301 82
40302 7
40303 216
40304 48
40400 20
40501 4
40600 36
40602 1
40700 1
40701 201
40702 63
40703 7
40704 44
40801 87
40802 3
40803 2
40901 13
40903 6
41000 6
41002 2
41100 4
50101 47
50102 3
50103 23
50105 16
50108 9
50110 1
50111 6
50112 1
50113 1
50200 6
50301 1
50302 3
50401 6
50402 1
60101 57
60102 124
60122 2
60201 231
60202 15
60301 1
60302 9
60401 94
60402 12
60403 2
60411 1
60501 1
60502 7
60600 2
60601 3
60602 45
70201 1
70202 5
70301 290
70302 138
70305 1
70401 19
70402 32
70403 9
70405 1
80101 1
80104 1
80105 1
80201 6
80202 2
80204 2
80304 33
90101 46
90102 32
90201 4
90202 3
90501 23
90502 1
90503 1
90504 1
90511 1
90601 1
90602 11
90604 26
90606 1
90607 7
90801 1
100101 165
100102 12
100103 31
100104 44
100105 1
100113 1
100201 2
100202 14
100302 5
110301 4
110401 4
110402 3
110500 1
110600 35
110801 7
110802 3
120101 8
120201 36
120202 3
120203 3
120301 3
120303 1
120305 1
122020 1
130201 48
130202 2
130400 72
130502 10
130503 2
130601 14
130602 34
130900 3
131001 9
131002 3
131004 1
140500 1
150104 11
999996 82
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 16525
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsNURSE: ENTER NAME OF DRUG NO. (1,2,3..etc.). ASK IF YOU CAN SEE THE CONTAINERS FOR ALL PRESCRIBED MEDICINES CURRENTLY BEING TAKEN.IF ASPIRIN, RECORD DOSAGE AS WELL AS NAME. Text: Maximum 30 characters
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2008.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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