Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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) 4211
2 legs or feet 3104
3 back or neck 2198
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 593
5 difficulty in hearing 627
6 a speech impediment 39
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 662
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 3505
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 5039
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 1431
11 diabetes 2137
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 2694
13 epilepsy 260
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 124
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 587
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 1452
17 other health problems or disabilities 2772
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 300
-9 Does not apply 58666
-8 No answer 52
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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