Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

VariableHealthyr
LabelSelf assessed health over past year
Question text Please think back over the last 12 months about how your health has been. Compared to people of your own age, would you say that your health has on the whole been... excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor?
Responses
1 Excellent 320
2 Good 456
3 Fair 274
4 Poor 128
5 Very Poor 35
8 Don't know 0
9 Refused/not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The teaching dataset was created as part of a single project.