Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 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) 4111
2 legs or feet 2925
3 back or neck 2113
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 555
5 difficulty in hearing 609
6 a speech impediment 42
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 637
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 3486
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 4978
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 1374
11 diabetes 2091
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 2650
13 epilepsy 255
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 121
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 574
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 1400
17 other health problems or disabilities 2665
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 281
-9 Does not apply 56993
-8 No answer 44
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 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