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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, Merseyside and Cheshire, 2010

Variable Details

VariableRisk25
Label17. What things do you think affect a person's chance of getting cancer?
Responses
'not looking after yourself' 1
A fall/accident 1
A knock 3
A severe knock 1
Age 3
Age of baby 1
Anything to excess 1
Asbestos 1
Asbestos exposure 1
Asbestos in working/living environment 1
Attitude 1
BMI 1
Bad accident/knock 1
Bad knock 1
Bruises 1
Certain food groups 1
Chance 12
Chance/lottery 1
Chemicals 2
Chemicals/environment 1
Dangerous substances 1
Drug 1
Drug abuse 1
Drugs 8
Early detection and treatment 1
Eating 1
Eating habits 1
Eating red meat 1
Environment 10
Environment - living 1
Environment/location 1
Everybody has a chance of cancer 1
Everybody has a form of cancer 1
Exposure to dangerous substance 1
Falls 2
Family illness 1
Fate 1
Fitness 1
Gender 1
Gender for breast 1
General health 1
General lack of self-care 1
General lifestyle 2
General well-being 2
Generally being unhappy 1
Hard knock 1
Hazardous material (working) 1
Job/work environment 1
Keeping healthy 1
Knock - bang 1
Knock/fall 1
Lack of awareness of early symptoms 1
Lifestyle 82
Lifestyle/environment 2
Living environment 4
Living/working environment 2
Living/working standards - asbestos 1
Local area 1
Looking after yourself 1
Luck 2
Luck of the draw 1
Medication 1
Not looking after themselves 1
Obesity 1
Old injury 1
Over-eating 1
Poor diagnosis 1
Poor diet 1
Poor lifestyle 2
Poor living standards 1
Previous illness 1
Processed food 1
Quality of life 1
Sexual health 1
Social living 1
Socio-economic status 1
Tanning 1
Violence - setting off a dormant cancer 1
Weight 4
Work 1
Work conditions 1
Work environment 8
Work related 1
Working conditions 2
Working environment 14
Working environment - chemicals 1
Working with certain substances 1
Working/living environment 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, Merseyside and Cheshire, 2010
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