Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2009

Variable Details

Variablemed
LabelBought medicine in last 4 weeks
Question text During the past 4 weeks have you bought any medicine? (Don't count anything that you got with a prescription). By medicines we mean anything you take or that you put on your skin, such as tablets, powders, creams, sprays and drops, to treat a medical condition. Include conventional and other medicines.
Responses
1 Yes 5823
2 No 10112
-9 No answer/refused 83
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Health Survey, 2009
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over resident in Wales during 2009, and children aged 0 to 15 in the same private households.;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study