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United Kingdom Health and Lifestyle Survey 1984-1985 - UK Data Service

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General Info
Provider 
UK Data Service
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
England, Scotland, Wales
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
09/1984 - 07/1985
Series or system 
United Kingdom - Great Britain Health and Lifestyle Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
Summary 

This is the first wave of the Great Britain Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). It covers demographics, self-reported health, physiological measures, tests of cognitive functioning, personality and psychiatric status, dietary habits, exercise and leisure, alcohol consumption, smoking, and beliefs and attitudes about disease and health. HALS1 obtained 9003 face-to-face interviews, 7414 clinical measurements, and 6572 self-completed questionnaires.

The data are available from UK Data Service after registering on the website.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Allergies, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Assets, Asthma, Birth control pills, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Body mass index, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Chronic kidney diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Contraceptives, Cough, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary fiber, Digestive diseases, Disability, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Endocrine disorders, Epilepsy, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Fatigue, Fish, Fruits and vegetables, Gout, Headache, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Household heat, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Income, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Leisure activities, Limited mobility, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Migraine, Military service, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Nurses, Occupation codes, Occupations, Pain, Parental survival, Peptic ulcer disease, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Processed foods, Respiratory function tests, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sanitation, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Sleep, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Training programs, Tuberculosis, Urinary diseases, Vision loss, Weight, Working conditions
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021