Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 2021

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2005
LabelHealth problems - 5
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) 68
2 legs or feet 94
3 back or neck 116
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 47
5 difficulty in hearing 112
6 a speech impediment 26
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 150
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 269
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 395
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 278
11 diabetes 152
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 345
13 epilepsy 25
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 43
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 138
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 124
17 other health problems or disabilities 224
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 18
-9 Does not apply 82948
-8 No answer 0
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