Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 2021

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2001
LabelHealth problems - 1
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) 4016
2 legs or feet 2828
3 back or neck 2020
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 535
5 difficulty in hearing 591
6 a speech impediment 35
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 602
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 3435
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 4805
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 1329
11 diabetes 2026
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 2564
13 epilepsy 258
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 114
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 539
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 1372
17 other health problems or disabilities 2598
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 267
-9 Does not apply 55590
-8 No answer 48
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 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