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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2004
LabelHealth problems - 4
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) 81
2 legs or feet 156
3 back or neck 179
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 131
5 difficulty in hearing 167
6 a speech impediment 25
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 191
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 299
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 402
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 234
11 diabetes 138
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 292
13 epilepsy 12
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 48
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 122
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 97
17 other health problems or disabilities 218
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 28
-9 Does not apply 43264
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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