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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009

Variable Details

Variableendsmoke
Labelhow long ago did you stop smoking cigarettes
Responses
-9 no answer/refused 15786
-8 don't know 151
-7 refused/not obtained 781
-6 schedule not obtained 0
-2 schedule not applicable 0
-1 item not applicable 114089
0 3779
1 2076
2 2302
3 2149
4 1810
5 2226
6 1590
7 1452
8 1528
9 907
10 3255
11 838
12 1702
13 899
14 1097
15 2663
16 1044
17 955
18 1098
19 746
20 4411
21 630
22 952
23 817
24 693
25 2305
26 699
27 657
28 622
29 406
30 3398
31 367
32 494
33 511
34 413
35 1157
36 351
37 312
38 335
39 171
40 1808
41 157
42 251
43 191
44 205
45 484
46 181
47 141
48 166
49 83
50 912
51 91
52 111
53 91
54 87
55 159
56 53
57 45
58 64
59 32
60 233
61 13
62 29
63 31
64 13
65 33
66 9
67 8
68 7
69 3
70 32
71 1
72 3
73 3
74 4
75 3
76 2
78 1
80 1
84 1
Sysmiss 16203
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009
UniverseGeneral population of England 1991-2009 aged 16 years and over;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified and clustered sample. Sample design varies between years
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; 1991-2009, combined into a time-series dataset
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