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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2017

Variable Details

VariableNoHtBC
LabelReason for not obtaining height measurement
Responses
1 Child 2-13: away from home during fieldwork period (specify 12
2 Respondent is unsteady on feet 92
3 Respondent cannot stand upright/too stooped 33
4 Respondent is unable to get out of a chair/in a wheelchair 38
5 Respondent is unable to get out of bed 9
6 Respondent unable to remove shoes 0
7 Child: subject would not stand still 29
8 Ill or in pain/has disability (physical or mental) 104
9 Stadiometer faulty/not available/couldn't be used 109
10 Child 2-13 asleep 28
11 Not in/not available 219
12 Proxy refusal 85
95 Other - specify 42
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Not applicable 9182
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2017
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