Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2017
LabelHealth problems - 17
Question text Do you have... 1 problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with your arms or hands? 2 ...legs or feet? 3 ...back or neck? 4 difficulty in seeing (while wearing spectacles or contact lenses)? 5 difficulty in hearing? 6 a speech impediment? 7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies? 8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis? 9 heart, blood pressure or blood circulation problems? 10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems? 11 Diabetes? 12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety? 13 Epilepsy? 14 severe or specific learning difficulties? 15 mental illness or suffer from phobias, panics or other nervous disorders? 16 progressive illness not included elsewhere (eg cancer not included elsewhere, multiple sclerosis, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson's disease, Muscular Dystrophy)? 17 other health problems or disabilities? 18 Autism (including autism spectrum condition, Asperger syndrome)
Responses
1 problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) 0
2 legs or feet 0
3 back or neck 0
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 0
5 difficulty in hearing 0
6 a speech impediment 0
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 0
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 0
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 0
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 0
11 diabetes 0
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 0
13 epilepsy 0
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 0
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 0
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 0
17 other health problems or disabilities 0
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 0
-9 Does not apply 82015
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study