Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024

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) 2929
2 legs or feet 2367
3 back or neck 1620
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 377
5 difficulty in hearing 405
6 a speech impediment 44
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 459
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 2086
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 3452
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 1055
11 diabetes 1359
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 2131
13 epilepsy 176
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 110
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 542
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 1006
17 other health problems or disabilities 2104
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 359
-9 Does not apply 38690
-8 No answer 29
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024
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.