Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2013

Variable Details

Variablemedvit
LabelBought mineral or vitamin supplements
Question text If you have bought medicines in the past 4 weeks, which of these kinds did you buy? Mineral or vitamin supplements. 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 3642
1 Yes 1613
-9 No answer/refused 87
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 9665
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Health Survey, 2013
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over resident in Wales during 2013, and children aged 0 to 15 in the same private households.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study