Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2014-2015

Variable Details

VariableGENHEAL5
LabelGeneral health 5 point scale
Question text How is your health in general? Would you say it was... very good, good, fair, bad, very bad?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 Very Good 995
2 Good 1339
3 Fair 638
4 Bad 261
5 Very Bad 110
-3 Refused 6
-1 Dont Know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2014-2015
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Private households in Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The CHS is based on a systematic random sample of addresses drawn each year from the Land and Property Services Agency’s (LPSA) list of domestic addresses. The LPSA addresses are sorted by district council and ward, so the sample is effectively stratified geographically. Data is collected by personal interview using CAPI, and the interviews are spread equally over the 12 months from April to March.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles