Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablemedconv
LabelBought conventional medicines
Question text If you have bought medicines in the past 4 weeks, which of these kinds did you buy? Conventional medicines, eg aspirin, eyedrops, antacids, cough medicine. 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 562
1 Yes 5122
-9 No answer/refused 89
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 9914
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Health Survey, 2012
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over resident in Wales during 2012, and children aged 0 to 15 in the same private households.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study