Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2009

Variable Details

Variablemedvit
LabelBought mineral or vitamin supplements
Question text If you have bought medicines in the past 4 weeks, which of these kinds did you buy? Mineral or vitamin supplements. 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
0 No 3932
1 Yes 1775
-9 No answer/refused 116
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10195
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