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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableAtTable
LabelWhether adds salt at table
Question text At the table do you... generally add salt to your food without tasting it first, taste the food, but then generally add salt, taste the food, but only occasionally add salt, rarely, or never, add salt at the table?
Responses
-9 Refusal 1
-8 Don't know 5
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 5115
-1 Item not applicable 0
1 Generally add salt to food without tasting it 518
2 Taste the food, but then generally add salt 413
3 Taste the food, but only occasionally add salt 764
4 Rarely, or never, add salt at the table 2222
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland, 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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