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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableNBeer
LabelFreq of drinking normal beer etc over last 12 months
Question text I'd like to ask you first about normal strength beer, lager, stout, cider or shandy which has less than 6% alcohol. How often have you had a drink of normal strength beer, lager, stout, cider or shandy (excluding cans and bottles of shandy) during the last 12 months?
Responses
1 Almost every day 218
2 Five or six days a week 109
3 Three or four days a week 453
4 Once or twice a week 1445
5 Once or twice a month 1117
6 Once every couple of months 747
7 Once or twice a year 744
8 Not at all in the last 12 months 2150
-9 No answer/refused 1
-8 Don't know 4
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 3992
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD J1. (NORMAL = LESS THAN 6% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME.)
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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