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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey: Emergency Care Module, 2018

Variable Details

VariableHPrbDr3
LabelAction would take if you had an unexpected non-life threatening health problem that was stopping looking after family or going to work
Question text And what if this health problem was stopping you from looking after your family or going to work? Which one of these options would you be most likely to do?
Responses
1 Contact a doctor or nurse straight away 1938
2 Wait for a few days to see if it improved, and then contact 736
3 Deal with the problem myself 143
4 (SPONTANEOUS: Depends on the problem) 28
5 (SPONTANEOUS: Not applicable) 45
8 Don`t know 15
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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