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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

Variableprhours4
LabelHours helped 3rd person in the last week
Question text Thinking only about the types of tasks and activities I showed you on Showcard J, how many hours did you spend helping (name of person respondent helps) in the last week?
Responses
1 No help in the last week 11
2 Less than one hour 10
3 1-4 hours 30
4 5-9 hours 9
5 10-19 hours 3
6 20-34 hours 2
7 35-49 hours 0
8 50-99 hours 3
9 100 hours or more 1
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10911
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD F23. EXPLAIN IF NECESSARY: not help over the phone or by internet, or doing occasional errands or odd jobs without the respondent. IF YOU THINK THE ANSWER MAY BE A DAILY AMOUNT, CHECK ‘So that is xx hours in the last week?’, CHANGE ANSWER IF NECESSARY. ROUND DOWN IF NECESSARY, e.g. IF 4.5 HOURS, CODE 1-4 hours’.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2013.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.
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