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hconda

Age told had health condition

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Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
hconda01 Age told had health condition: Asthma indresp
hconda02 Age told had health condition: Arthritis indresp
hconda03 Age told had health condition: Congestive heart failure indresp
hconda04 Age told had health condition: Coronary heart disease indresp
hconda05 Age told had health condition: Angina indresp
hconda06 Age told had health condition: Heart attack or myocardial infarction indresp
hconda07 Age told had health condition: Stroke indresp
hconda08 Age told had health condition: Emphysema indresp
hconda09 Age told had health condition: Hyperthyroidism or an over-active thyroid indresp
hconda10 Age told had health condition: Hypothyroidism or an under-active thyroid indresp
hconda11 Age told had health condition: Chronic bronchitis indresp
hconda12 Age told had health condition: Any kind of liver condition indresp
hconda13 Age told had health condition: Cancer of malignancy indresp
hconda14 Age told had health condition: Diabetes indresp
hconda15 Age told had health condition: Epilepsy indresp
hconda16 Age told had health condition: High blood pressure indresp
hconda17 Age told had health condition: Clinical depression indresp
hconda19 Age told had health condition: Multiple sclerosis indresp
hconda20 Age told had health condition: H.I.V indresp
hconda21 Age told had health condition: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) indresp
hconda23 Age told had health condition: Osteoarthritis indresp
hconda24 Age told had health condition: Rheumatoid arthritis indresp
hconda26 Age told had health condition: Bowel/colorectal cancer indresp
hconda27 Age told had health condition: Lung cancer indresp
hconda28 Age told had health condition: Breast cancer indresp
hconda29 Age told had health condition: Prostate cancer indresp
hconda30 Age told had health condition: Liver cancer indresp
hconda31 Age told had health condition: Skin cancer or melanoma indresp
hconda33 Age told had health condition: Type 1 diabetes indresp
hconda34 Age told had health condition: Type 2 diabetes indresp
hconda35 Age told had health condition: Gestational diabetes/during pregnancy indresp
hconda37 Age told had health condition: Anxiety indresp
hconda38 Age told had health condition: Depression indresp
hconda39 Age told had health condition: Psychosis or schizophrenia indresp
hconda40 Age told had health condition: Bipolar disorder or manic depression indresp
hconda41 Age told had health condition: Eating disorder indresp
hconda42 Age told had health condition: Post-traumatic stress disorder indresp
hconda66 Age told had a phobia indresp
hconda67 Age told had panic attacks indresp
hconda68 Age told had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention defici indresp
hconda69 Age told had post-natal depression indresp
hconda70 Age told had dementia (including Alzheimer's) indresp
hconda71 Age told had nervous breakdown indresp
hconda72 Age told had a personality disorder indresp
hconda73 Age told had obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indresp
hconda74 Age told had seasonal affective disorder indresp
hconda75 Age told had alcohol or drug dependence indresp
hconda78 Age told had cystic fibrosis indresp
hconda79 Age told had blood or bone marrow cancer, such as leukaemia indresp
hconda80 Age told had chronic kidney disease indresp
hconda81 Age told had parkinson's disease indresp
hconda82 Age told had motor neurone disease indresp
hconda83 Age told had a learning disability indresp
hconda84 Age told had cerebral palsy indresp
hconda86 Age told had problems with your spleen indresp
hconda87 Age told had sickle cell disease indresp
hconda88 Age told had very overweight (a BMI of 40 or above) indresp
hconda89 Age told had generalised anxiety disorder indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

healthconditionsall_w15.hconda

Question label:

Age told had health condition

Question text:

What age were you when you were first told you had a {if HCondcode = (6|7)} were {if HCondcode = 88} had {if HCondcode (6|7|88)} [HCondcode]?

Question universe:

if [ff_ivlolw 1 and ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed
And if [HCONDCODE = 1 thru 24 or 26 thru 31 or 33 thru 35 or 37 thru 42 or 66 thru 75 or 78 thru 84 or 86 thru 89] // Health condition is not 'other'

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER AGE

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

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