Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableSCSBeer
LabelFreq of drinking strong beer etc over last 12 months
Question text Please now think about whether you have drunk different types of alcoholic drink in the last 12 months. Please think about all types of alcoholic drinks you have had. Each type of alcoholic drink will be asked about separately. EXCLUDE NON-ALCOHOLIC OR LOW-ALCOHOL DRINKS, EXCEPT SHANDY. Now thinking about strong beer, lager, stout or cider which has 6% or more alcohol (e.g. Tennents Super, Special Brew, Diamond White). How often have you had a drink of strong beer, lager, stout or cider during the last 12 months?
Responses
1 Almost every day 0
2 Five or six days a week 0
3 Three or four days a week 3
4 Once or twice a week 10
5 Once or twice a month 35
6 Once every couple of months 31
7 Once or twice a year 37
8 Not at all in the last 12 months 104
-9 No answer/refused 29
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10731
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2013
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.