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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2008

Variable Details

Variablemedbi02
LabelNames of medicines prescribed by doctor 02
Question text Have you taken/used (name of medicine) in the last 7 days?
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 2
10102 12
10200 27
10301 17
10304 7
10305 162
10401 1
10402 9
10500 13
10601 7
10602 6
10603 1
10604 16
10605 1
10702 2
10901 1
20101 15
20201 204
20202 58
20203 4
20204 13
20302 8
20400 183
20501 1
20502 8
20503 1
20504 30
20505 322
20551 5
20601 40
20602 193
20603 5
20802 26
20900 205
21100 3
21200 343
21201 14
30101 221
30102 17
30103 8
30104 6
30105 2
30200 256
30300 2
30301 4
30302 7
30401 39
30403 4
30501 1
30700 2
30800 1
31000 2
40101 19
40102 10
40201 18
40203 2
40301 46
40302 1
40303 67
40304 21
40501 3
40502 1
40600 25
40701 154
40702 68
40703 1
40704 28
40801 36
40802 1
40901 11
40902 1
40903 3
41000 6
41001 1
41100 5
50101 15
50102 3
50103 6
50105 7
50107 3
50108 3
50111 1
50112 1
50113 1
50200 1
50301 2
50302 1
50402 1
50403 1
60101 32
60102 85
60104 2
60105 1
60106 1
60201 59
60202 5
60301 2
60302 11
60401 49
60402 8
60403 3
60501 1
60502 1
60602 30
70201 3
70202 1
70301 29
70302 20
70401 17
70402 19
70403 9
70405 2
80103 2
80105 3
80202 2
80204 1
80304 9
90101 29
90102 36
90201 2
90501 22
90602 8
90603 4
90604 22
90605 3
90607 4
100101 106
100102 7
100103 16
100104 27
100105 1
100201 1
100202 21
100302 8
110301 4
110401 5
110402 2
110500 1
110600 30
110700 1
110801 12
110802 1
120101 3
120201 19
120202 1
120203 1
120301 1
130201 27
130202 2
130400 38
130502 8
130601 7
130602 7
130802 1
130900 6
131000 1
131001 2
131002 6
131300 1
140400 1
150104 5
999996 65
-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 18530
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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