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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2021

Variable Details

VariableFoodSource
LabelSource of food
Responses
Burger, chip or kebab van / 'street food' 80
Café / coffee shop / sandwich bar / deli 1940
Canteen at work or school / university / college 479
Don't know 229
Fast food / take-away outlet 1729
Food bank (charity/community) or government food delivery scheme (food boxes/parcels) 34
Leisure centre / recreation or entertainment venue 86
N/A 3113
Other: ASDA 26
Other: Agent 6
Other: Aldi 2
Other: All vegetables were garden produce Fish was supermarket bought 9
Other: Allotment 19
Other: Amazon 12
Other: Amazon online shop 1
Other: Asda 7
Other: Asian grocery 2
Other: Asian grocery shop 2
Other: At a friend's house 9
Other: At home 3
Other: Baked it myself 5
Other: Bakery 20
Other: Bed & Breakfast hotel 13
Other: Bed and breakfast 7
Other: Beer subscription box 1
Other: Birthday cake 3
Other: Blackcurrants picked from the garden 2
Other: Boots 1
Other: Boots the Chemist 3
Other: Bought online 1
Other: Bowling club bar 2
Other: Bread home-made. Cheese from local shop. Salami from supermarket. Lettuce home-g 12
Other: Butcher 32
Other: Butcher's 8
Other: Butchers 21
Other: Cake maker 2
Other: Cambridge weight loss plan coach 2
Other: Cambridge weight plan coach 2
Other: Candy was a gift 1
Other: Caterer 12
Other: Caught from the sea 2
Other: Chappati 6
Other: Chemist 6
Other: Chemist and supermarket 3
Other: Chocolatier 2
Other: Chuckling Goat 2
Other: Coffee merchant 9
Other: Consultant 3
Other: Cook home 6
Other: Cosco 5
Other: Costco 10
Other: Cove garden centre 9
Other: Daughter 2
Other: Daughters home 2
Other: Deli 9
Other: Delivered by milk man 1
Other: Delivered by milkman 4
Other: Did not have breakfast 1
Other: Diet chef 3
Other: Dobbies 3
Other: Donald Russell online 4
Other: Door delivery by milkman 2
Other: Eggs from my chickens 8
Other: Fair Trade 1
Other: Farm 6
Other: Farm shop 29
Other: Farmers market 10
Other: Farmers' market 10
Other: Fish Market 4
Other: Fish and chip shop 8
Other: Fish merchant 10
Other: Fish shop 5
Other: Fish van 29
Other: Fish van to the door 3
Other: Fishman 9
Other: Fishman's van 3
Other: Fishmonger 15
Other: Food prep delivery company 4
Other: Food provided on aeroplane 6
Other: Food suppliee 2
Other: Food supplier 10
Other: Free from a sharing app (OLIO) 4
Other: Free issue at work 3
Other: Fresh 2
Other: Fresh Fish Van 5
Other: Fresh eggs from farmer 5
Other: Fresh fish 4
Other: Fresh fish from neighbour 4
Other: Friend 4
Other: Friend's home 6
Other: Fro. Home 2
Other: From a friend 2
Other: From a friend while out for a walk 2
Other: From filter tap at home 2
Other: From filtered tap at home 5
Other: From my garden 4
Other: From tap 6
Other: From the garden 7
Other: From the tap 7
Other: Fruit farm 2
Other: Garden 76
Other: Garden and butcher 4
Other: Gift 7
Other: Gift from friend 2
Other: Gifted 1
Other: Gluten Fred bread on prescription 4
Other: Gluten free bread on prescription 9
Other: Gluten free bread on prescription and yoghurt and banana from supermarket 6
Other: Gluten free oats on prescription 9
Other: Golf club 3
Other: Gousto 2
Other: Greggs 4
Other: Grew it myself 4
Other: Grew veg on allotment 5
Other: Grown in garden 2
Other: Grown in our garden 6
Other: Guosto 4
Other: Gusto 11
Other: Gym 1
Other: Hand picked 5
Other: Health Food Shop 2
Other: Health food shop 35
Other: Health food store 3
Other: Healthspan online 5
Other: Hedgerows 1
Other: Hello Fresh 33
Other: Hello Fresh subscription 9
Other: Hello fresh 25
Other: Hello fresh delivery 10
Other: Hello fresh- subscription 15
Other: Hiuse 1
Other: Holland & Barrett 1
Other: Holland and Barrett 6
Other: Home 53
Other: Home - tap 1
Other: Home -water 1
Other: Home Cooked 4
Other: Home Made 6
Other: Home baked 10
Other: Home baked bread 9
Other: Home baking 12
Other: Home cooked 2
Other: Home cookef 3
Other: Home delivery baked goods 3
Other: Home delivery service 5
Other: Home from tap 1
Other: Home grown 61
Other: Home grown and freshly caught 5
Other: Home grown and home made 5
Other: Home grown strawberties 2
Other: Home made 223
Other: Home made biscuit 3
Other: Home made cake slice 3
Other: Home made fruit cake 3
Other: Home made fruit smoothie 4
Other: Home made soup 5
Other: Home made sourdough bread 5
Other: Home made with goats milk 2
Other: Home made, meat from local butcher 8
Other: Home made/grown 3
Other: Home mafe 6
Other: Home produce 7
Other: Home produced on own croft 5
Other: Home reared chicken eggs 4
Other: Home tap 16
Other: Home tap water 8
Other: Home-made 2
Other: Homegrown 2
Other: Homemade 77
Other: Homemade bread and marmalade 5
Other: Homemade granola-Store bought milk 6
Other: Homemade marmalade 4
Other: Homemade salad 5
Other: Homemade soup 5
Other: Homr 1
Other: Hotel 69
Other: Hotel room 3
Other: House 3
Other: House supply 1
Other: House tap 3
Other: I baked it 4
Other: I cooked at work 2
Other: I made it 6
Other: I made it from scratch 3
Other: I made it myself 6
Other: I make my own muesuli 11
Other: I make my own pancakes, wheat meal biscuits & blackcurrant jam 7
Other: Independent Fish van 2
Other: Indian quarter in London 2
Other: Internet 3
Other: It wasn't purchased. Home made 4
Other: Jam and bread home-made. Fruit for jam home-grown. Sugar and flour from supermar 5
Other: Kitchen tap 8
Other: Kitchen tap , Kettle 1
Other: Left in office 4
Other: Leftovers from take away 4
Other: Local baker 8
Other: Local bakery 7
Other: Local butcher 12
Other: Local farm shop 2
Other: Local farmers market 7
Other: Local fish shop 5
Other: Local fishmonger and baker 8
Other: Local fruit shop delivery 2
Other: Local merchants 3
Other: Local shop 12
Other: Local vegetable delivery & online health food supplier 2
Other: Locally grown 8
Other: Made at home 14
Other: Made at hotel 2
Other: Made at my house 2
Other: Made by a friend 2
Other: Made by myself 6
Other: Made by s friend 3
Other: Made it myself 9
Other: Made my own water with sodastream 2
Other: Mail order 3
Other: Mail order supplement specialist 7
Other: Market 1
Other: Marks & Spencer 7
Other: Marks & Spencers Foodhall 3
Other: Marks and Spencers 21
Other: McDonalds 4
Other: Milk delivery 7
Other: Milk man 4
Other: Milk van 2
Other: Mix of online +supermarket 3
Other: Mix of online and supermarket 4
Other: Mix of own garden produce and supermarket bought 5
Other: Mobile fish shop 8
Other: Mobile fish van 4
Other: My garden 21
Other: My garden/fish van 4
Other: My house 2
Other: My kitchen 6
Other: Myprotein.com 5
Other: N H S prescription 1
Other: N/A 3
Other: N/a 1
Other: N?A 1
Other: Nature 6
Other: NeighbourFood delivery 16
Other: Neighbourfood delivery 7
Other: Nespresso 8
Other: Nespresso capsule - mail order 2
Other: Nespresso on line 3
Other: Nespresso online 3
Other: No cost 1
Other: No snack 2
Other: Not purchased, tap water only 1
Other: Office 3
Other: On line 12
Other: On line coffee retailer 1
Other: On line supplies 1
Other: On line zip-vit 2
Other: On prescription 2
Other: One to one Cambridge diet 3
Other: Online 170
Other: Online Sub beers provider 1
Other: Online amazon 2
Other: Online for use in coffee machine 1
Other: Online health company 9
Other: Online health food 5
Other: Online purchase 6
Other: Online shop 10
Other: Online spirits retailer 1
Other: Online store 1
Other: Online sub provider 1
Other: Online supplier 3
Other: Online trader 4
Other: Only chicken from supermarket. The vegetables were all produce from our garden 7
Other: Organic Farm Shop 3
Other: Organic fruit & veg box 4
Other: Organic mail order 9
Other: Organic market garden 4
Other: Outdoor activity shop 2
Other: Own hen eggs 3
Other: PHARMACY 4
Other: Parsley Box 2
Other: Pharmacy 22
Other: Phone orfer 1
Other: Plum tree in garden 3
Other: Potatos, green beans from our garden, the rest from local supermarket 7
Other: Precription 1
Other: Prescribed by hospital 2
Other: Prescription 14
Other: Prescription gluten free oats 7
Other: Present - pukka tea selection 1
Other: Private party 5
Other: Provided by employer 2
Other: Purchased online 3
Other: Same as be fore 4
Other: School Home Economics class 3
Other: Scottish Water 1
Other: Scottish water 1
Other: Self made 5
Other: Self service at work 2
Other: Sent by post 1
Other: Service station 2
Other: Shop 3
Other: Snack subscription 2
Other: Specialist shop 2
Other: Speciality coffee shop 2
Other: Staying in a b&b 5
Other: Subscription 1
Other: Supermarket delivery 52
Other: Sushi shop 4
Other: Take away 8
Other: Tap 137
Other: Tap Water 4
Other: Tap at home 6
Other: Tap in house 1
Other: Tap in the house 1
Other: Tap water 46
Other: Tap water /soda stream 1
Other: Tap water at home 1
Other: Tap water filled into bottle 2
Other: Tap water from my tap in my kitchen 2
Other: Tap water only 1
Other: The tap 2
Other: Veg box 3
Other: Veg box delivered to our house 1
Other: Veg for soup grown in garden. Added supermarket bought lentils, turnip, stock 3
Other: Vegetables from garden. Salmon from supermarket 11
Other: Ward facilities 5
Other: Water Board 2
Other: Water board 1
Other: Water company! 1
Other: Water cooler at work 1
Other: Water drinks cooler at work 1
Other: Water from tap 1
Other: Water from the tap, berries from the woods 2
Other: Water supply 1
Other: Water tap. 1
Other: Waterboard 1
Other: Wedding 13
Other: Weekly delivery service 2
Other: Weight coach 3
Other: Weight loss consultant 1
Other: Whole food private shop 14
Other: Whole foods shop 12
Other: Wholefood wholesaler 1
Other: Wiem 4
Other: Wiltshire farm foods 6
Other: Wine Club 2
Other: Wine delivery 3
Other: Wine merchant 1
Other: Wine retailer 2
Other: Wine supplier 1
Other: Work 19
Other: Work office 4
Other: all home grown or reared 5
Other: all made at home 10
Other: amazon 12
Other: asda 1
Other: at home 1
Other: bakers 2
Other: boots the chemist 1
Other: bread&cake homemade. other items from local shop 10
Other: butcher 9
Other: butcher and my garden 4
Other: came from a tap 1
Other: catered event for a funeral 8
Other: caterer 5
Other: chard from the garden, corn couscous from wholefood wholesaler, burger from Coop 4
Other: chemist 6
Other: chocolate shop 2
Other: cinema 3
Other: coffee machine at home 1
Other: coffee specialist 2
Other: community pharmacy 1
Other: delivered by milkman 2
Other: doctor 1
Other: domestic tap 1
Other: drunk in another persons house 1
Other: eggs from own chickens, home grown rocketrocket 3
Other: farm delivery 11
Other: fishmonger 11
Other: food delivery service 3
Other: free water offered 1
Other: fresh water tap 1
Other: friend 4
Other: from home 4
Other: from tap 2
Other: from the kitchen tap 1
Other: from the tap 6
Other: garage showroom 1
Other: garden 10
Other: garden grown 6
Other: garden, the sea 10
Other: gift from friend 1
Other: greggs bakers 4
Other: grown in allotment 7
Other: grown in garden 11
Other: health food shop 3
Other: health food store 2
Other: health food supplier 1
Other: health store 1
Other: home 15
Other: home baked 12
Other: home bru 3
Other: home cooked 3
Other: home grown 56
Other: home grown & home made 7
Other: home grown melon 3
Other: home grown peas, broad beans and tomatoes 2
Other: home grown potato and tomato 4
Other: home grown veg 13
Other: home grown, own chicken eggs 7
Other: home made 100
Other: home made banana loaf 4
Other: home made bread 23
Other: home made bread (ingredients purchased from supermarket) 5
Other: home made bread and jam 5
Other: home made seeded bread and butter, with cold meat and fresh salad. 3
Other: home made, home grown 1
Other: home maid 1
Other: home tap 2
Other: home water supply 1
Other: homebaked 4
Other: homemade 26
Other: homemade ingredients from supermarket 4
Other: homemade soup 2
Other: homemaid 3
Other: homemaid quiche 5
Other: hospital trolley 3
Other: hotel 11
Other: ice cream shop 4
Other: it was home-made 4
Other: it was supplied in a serviced office 1
Other: kettle, tap 1
Other: kitchen tap 3
Other: lobster Man van 5
Other: local pharmacy 1
Other: local shops and farm 6
Other: local supermarket and amazon online 4
Other: made it myself - baking 3
Other: made my own 4
Other: made myself 2
Other: made own 7
Other: mail order 5
Other: mail order (cheese) 8
Other: mail order and local 3
Other: make own bread - ingredients from supermarket 4
Other: mobile fishmonger 4
Other: mostly home made 3
Other: my own free range hens 2
Other: n/a 1
Other: no late snack 1
Other: not bought 1
Other: not purchased 1
Other: on line 2
Other: on line shopping 2
Other: online 21
Other: online amazon 2
Other: online from ZipVit 5
Other: online health store 3
Other: online order 2
Other: online shopping 2
Other: online store 3
Other: online supplier 1
Other: online through amazon and local supermarkets Tesco and coop 2
Other: order from merchant 8
Other: organic farm 4
Other: organic farm shop 26
Other: our own produced beef 9
Other: out of the tap 1
Other: out the tap 1
Other: own grown potataoes , fish from a home delivery 2
Other: own hens 7
Other: own shop 9
Other: pharmacy 8
Other: pharmacy (Boots) 4
Other: potatos and green beans from our garen, rest bought from supermarket 7
Other: prescribed 1
Other: prescription 9
Other: received as gift 2
Other: scottish water 1
Other: self 3
Other: sister's eggs 5
Other: some bought from denmark online 4
Other: specialist coffee shop 2
Other: specialist retailer 1
Other: specially made 1
Other: supermarket and hand caught (fish) 13
Other: tap 98
Other: tap at home 2
Other: tap filtered water 1
Other: tap water 27
Other: tap water at home 1
Other: tapwater 1
Other: tescos 3
Other: the tap 2
Other: took from home 5
Other: travelling salesperson 8
Other: vegetables grown in my gaeden 9
Other: water from home 1
Other: water from our filtered tap 1
Other: water from tap 2
Other: water from tap at home 1
Other: water not purchased 1
Other: water tap 1
Other: whisky shop 1
Other: whisky shop online 2
Other: wholefood wholesaler 37
Other: wholesalers 23
Other: wild harvest 5
Other: wine society 1
Other: work place 12
Other: wprk place 1
Restaurant or pub 1960
Supermarket / local shop / petrol station - food on the go 1288
Supermarket / local shop / petrol station - household shopping 110472
Vending machine in any location 42
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2021
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland during 2021. The 2021 individual file contains 6,157 records. The 2021 household file contains 8,290 records. The combined 2017/18/19/21 file includes 25,128 cases, the combined 2019/21 file includes 13,038 cases, and the Intake24 food-level dietary data file includes 125,182 cases.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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