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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Cancer Awareness Module, October and November, 2014

Variable Details

VariableCauCode
LabelCode for factor at CauTxt
Question text Can you tell me the next thing that you can think of?
Responses
1 Smoking 1197
2 Exposure to another person's cigarette smoke (passive smokin 5
3 Drinking alcohol 80
4 Diet (unspecified) 108
5 Not eating enough fruit and vegetables 2
6 Eating red or processed meat 2
7 A high fat diet 3
8 A low fibre diet 0
9 Food additives 2
10 Being overweight 29
11 Being underweight 1
12 Not doing enough exercise/physical activity 12
13 Older age 11
14 Family history/having a close relative with cancer/hereditar 64
15 Genes/genetics 70
16 Infection with viruses (unspecified, other) 2
17 Infection with HPV (human papillomavirus) 0
18 Having many sexual partners 1
19 Taking HRT/the (contraceptive) pill 0
20 Getting sunburnt/exposure to the sun 79
21 Living near power lines 1
22 Pollution 9
23 Radiation 3
24 Stress 21
25 Radon 0
26 Pesticides 1
27 Deodorants 0
28 Shift working 0
29 Mobile phones 0
30 Sunbeds 11
31 Diets high in salt 0
32 Hepatitis B 0
33 Hepatitis C 0
34 H Pylori 0
35 Other occupational exposures 15
36 Lifestyle (not elsewhere specified) 46
37 Other 21
38 Nothing 73
98 Refused 111
99 Don't know 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Cancer Awareness Module, October and November, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsOnly included from second loop onwards Enter the first thing that the respondent has thought of. Only included in first loop If the respondent cannot think of anything, enter 'nothing'. If the respondent refuses to answer the question, enter 'refused'. Code for factor given at CauTxt. Enter space bar to see codes. If code not found, change the factor given at the bottom of the lookup window to 'other' and select code for 'other'. Press enter to select code and enter again to continue. Use coding frame CFMBR5
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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