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pdepm

Hair cut regularly

Datafile

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Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
pdepm1 hair cut regularly: yes hhresp
pdepm2 hair cut regularly: no, no money for this hhresp
pdepm3 hair cut regularly: no, not a priority hhresp
pdepm4 hair cut regularly: no, health/disability prevents this hhresp
pdepm5 hair cut regularly: no, too much trouble/too tiring hhresp
pdepm6 hair cut regularly: no, no company/help hhresp
pdepm7 hair cut regularly: no, not wanted hhresp
pdepm8 hair cut regularly: no, not relevant hhresp
pdepm97 hair cut regularly: spontaneous: no, other hhresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_w14.pdepm

Question label:

Hair cut regularly

Question text:

(HHGRID.hhsize greater than 1Do all the people living here of pensionable ageHHGRID.hhsize = 1Do you) have your hair done or cut regularly?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.NKIDS015 = 0 & GRIDVARIABLES.NPENSIONER > 0 (No children aged 0 to 15 in the household and one or more persons of pensionable age)

Question interviewer instructions:

IF ANSWERS ‘NO’, PROBE TO FIND OUT WHY. CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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