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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2015-2016

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 998
2 Good 1254
3 Fair 673
4 Bad 258
5 Very Bad 102
-3 Refused 1
-1 Don't Know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2015-2016
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT
UniversePrivate households in Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected annually
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Primary Set
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