Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2011

Variable Details

VariableSCNBeer
LabelFreq of drinking normal beer etc over last 12 months
Question text Please now think about whether you have drunk different types of alcoholic drink in the last 12 months. Please think about all types of alcoholic drinks you have had. Each type of alcoholic drink will be asked about separately. EXCLUDE NON-ALCOHOLIC OR LOW-ALCOHOL DRINKS, EXCEPT SHANDY. Thinking about normal strength beer, lager, stout, cider or shandy which has less than 6% alcohol. How often have you had a drink of normal strength beer, lager, stout, cider or shandy (excluding cans and bottles of shandy) during the last 12 months?
Responses
1 Almost every day 1
2 Five or six days a week 1
3 Three or four days a week 5
4 Once or twice a week 55
5 Once or twice a month 62
6 Once every couple of months 29
7 Once or twice a year 20
8 Not at all in the last 12 months 48
-9 Refusal 65
-8 Don't Know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10331
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2011
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2011.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.