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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey: Emergency Care Module, 2018

Variable Details

VariableHPrbDr1
LabelAction would take if you had an unexpected non-life threatening health problem that was not affecting daily activities
Question text Imagine you have an unexpected health problem that is not life threatening. It hasn't stopped you from doing your normal daily activities or from sleeping. Looking at this card, which one of these options would you be most likely to do?
Responses
1 Contact a doctor or nurse straight away 262
2 Wait for a few days to see if it improved, and then contact 1617
3 Deal with the problem myself 963
4 (SPONTANEOUS: Depends on the problem) 54
8 Don`t know 9
9 Refusal 1
-2 skip, version off route 973
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey: Emergency Care Module, 2018
Interviewer InstructionsCODE 'GO TO PHARMACY' AS CODE 3
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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