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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2022

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2010
LabelHealth problems - 10
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) 1
2 legs or feet 1
3 back or neck 0
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 2
5 difficulty in hearing 0
6 a speech impediment 0
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 5
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 1
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 5
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 11
11 diabetes 2
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 23
13 epilepsy 5
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 7
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 33
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 19
17 other health problems or disabilities 30
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 2
-9 Does not apply 82102
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2022
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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