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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2017

Variable Details

VariableNoWtBC
LabelReason for not obtaining weight measurement
Responses
1 Child 0-13: away from home during fieldwork period (specify 15
2 Respondent is unsteady on feet 92
3 Respondent cannot stand upright 19
4 Respondent is unable to get out of a chair/in a wheelchair 37
5 Confined to bed 11
6 Respondent unable to remove shoes 2
7 Respondent weighs more than 200 kg 5
8 Ill or in pain/has disability (physical or mental) 101
9 Scales not working/not available/couldn't be used 149
10 Parent unable to hold child 8
11 Child 0-13 asleep 74
12 Not in/not available 216
13 Proxy refusal 86
95 Other - specify 58
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Not applicable 9109
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2017
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