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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, July, August, September, November and December, 2012

Variable Details

VariableM363_QualDDA
LabelIllness, disability or health condition, what would make the biggest difference to your quality of life?
Question text Bearing in mind your illness, disability or health condition, what one thing would make the biggest difference to your quality of life?
Responses
1 Job Change of job More flexibility at work 5
2 Improvement to health condition 277
3 Better Housing 11
4 More choice Being able to live independently Do things for m 12
5 Family Spending more time with family 26
6 Having enough money 51
7 Having more friends Seeing friends Taking part in leisure ac 9
8 Other 55
98 Refusal 2
99 Don't Know 9
Sysmiss 1493
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, July, August, September, November and December, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsDo not prompt on response options.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.
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