Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variableprescmed
LabelRegular prescribed medication
Question text Are you on any regular medication prescribed by a doctor? (Regular means for a year or more). 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
1 Yes 8563
2 No 6608
-9 No answer/refused 516
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
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