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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 7919 Health Survey for England, 2014 791910.5255/UKDA-SN-7919-4 NatCen Social Research University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Information Centre for Health and Social Care UK Data Service 02 March 2016 AGEALCOHOL USEALCOHOLIC DRINKSANXIETYBEDROOMSANTHROPOMETRIC DATACHILDRENCLINICAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTSCONCENTRATIONCYCLINGDEBILITATIVE ILLNESSECONOMIC ACTIVITYEMPLOYMENTETHNIC GROUPSFRUITFURNISHED ACCOMMODATIONGENDERHAPPINESSHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDHEALTHHEALTH PROFESSIONALSHEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)HOUSEHOLDSHOUSING TENUREILL HEALTHJOB HUNTINGLANDLORDSLEGUMESMARITAL STATUSHEALTH CONSULTATIONSMEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONSMEDICINAL DRUGSMENTAL HEALTHMOTOR VEHICLESMUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMNURSESOCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSPASSIVE SMOKINGPHYSICIANSPREGNANCYPRESERVED FOODSQUALIFICATIONSRESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASESSELF-EMPLOYEDSELF-ESTEEMSMOKINGSMOKING CESSATIONSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSOCIAL SUPPORTSUPERVISORY STATUSTOBACCOUNFURNISHED ACCOMMODATIONVEGETABLESWEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)FOOD AND NUTRITIONEMOTIONAL STATESHEART DISEASESDIABETESHEALTH ADVICERENTED ACCOMMODATIONFOODSOCIAL CLASSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSVASCULAR DISEASESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEINCOMECOHABITATIONPREMATURE BIRTHSPHYSICAL MOBILITYHEARING IMPAIRMENTSVISION IMPAIRMENTSBACTERIAL AND VIRUS DISEASESDIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERSNERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASESSKIN DISEASESENDOCRINE DISORDERSMENTAL DISORDERSCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESSTATUS IN EMPLOYMENTMANAGERSWEIGHT CONTROLCEREAL PRODUCTSDEPRESSIONLUNG DISEASESJOINT DISEASESASTHMABODY CIRCUMFERENCE MEASUREMENTSEMPLOYEESFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYCARSSTATE RETIREMENT PENSIONSPENSIONSJOB SEEKER'S ALLOWANCEPENSION BENEFITSHOUSING BENEFITSFAMILY MEMBERSEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDBIRTH WEIGHTOBESITYPRESCRIPTION DRUGSCHRONIC ILLNESSCANCERMEDICAL CAREINFORMATION SOURCESFOOD SUPPLEMENTSUROLOGIC DISEASESBIRTH CONTROLCONTRACEPTIVE DEVICESSEXUAL HEALTHDENTAL HEALTHDENTAL CAREDRINKING BEHAVIOURINFLUENZAALLERGIESHOUSING CONDITIONSBRONCHIAL DISEASESRESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONSGAMBLINGPHYSICAL ACTIVITIESWELL-BEING (SOCIETY)INFORMAL CARETERMINALLY ILLCARE OF THE ELDERLYSHIFT WORKSIGHTEYESIGHT TESTSMENTAL HEALTH ATTITUDES Health behaviourHealthSocial behaviour and attitudesHealth care services and policiesGeneral health and well-being Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.<div>The Health Survey for England (HSE) is a series of surveys designed to monitor trends in the nation's health.  It was commissioned by NHS Digital and carried out by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of the National Centre for Social Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.</div><div> </div><div>The aims of the HSE series are:</div><ul><li>to provide annual data about the nation’s health;</li><li>to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions;</li><li>to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions;</li><li>to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors;</li><li>to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur;</li><li>to monitor progress towards selected health targets</li><li>since 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the National Study of Health and Growth;</li><li>since 1995, monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children.</li></ul>The survey includes a number of core questions every year but also focuses on different health issues at each wave. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change. Further information about the series may be found on the NHS Digital <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/public-health/health-survey-for-england---health-social-care-and-lifestyles#about-the-survey" title="Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles" target="_blank">Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles</a> webpage, the NatCen Social Research <a href="https://natcen.ac.uk/s/health-survey-england" title="NatCen Health Survey for England" target="_blank">NatCen Health Survey for England</a> webpage and the University College London Health and Social Surveys Research Group <a title="UCL Health Survey for England" href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/health-and-social-surveys-research-group/studies-0" target="_blank">UCL Health Survey for England</a> webpage. Changes to the HSE from 2015: Users should note that from 2015 survey onwards, only the individual data file is available under standard End User Licence (EUL). The household data file is now only included in the Special Licence (SL) version, released from 2015 onwards. In addition, the SL individual file contains all the variables included in the HSE EUL dataset, plus others, including variables removed from the EUL version after the NHS England disclosure review. The SL HSE is subject to more restrictive access conditions than the EUL version (see Access information). Users are advised to obtain the EUL version to see if it meets their needs before considering an application for the SL version.COVID-19 and the HSE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HSE 2020 survey was stopped in March 2020 and never re-started. There was no publication that year. The survey resumed in 2021, albeit with an amended methodology. The full HSE resumed in 2022, with an extended fieldwork period. Due to this, the decision was taken not to progress with the 2023 survey, to maximise the 2022 survey response and enable more robust reporting of data. See the <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/public-health/health-survey-for-england---health-social-care-and-lifestyles#about-the-survey">NHS Digital Health Survey for England - Health, social care and lifestyles</a> webpage for more details. The focus for the HSE 2014 was mental health. The survey also provided updates on core topics including smoking, drinking and general health. Additional topics covered are listed below. Latest edition information For the fourth edition (June 2023), the following changes have been made: 1) Variable MEDSNUM2G8 has been corrected and is now derived from MEDNUM2, which is the derived variable that excludes contraceptives and nicotine dependency drugs. 2) Variables SOC2010B and HRPSOC10B have had one category corrected that was incorrectly coded. 3)  Variables NATID2 and NATID3 have had their labels corrected to NatID2 "National identity: Welsh" and NatID3 "National identity: Scottish". 4)  Variables YNATSC2 and YNATSC3 have had their labels corrected to YNATSC2 "National identity: Welsh (SC)" and YNATSC3 "National identity: Scottish (SC)". 5) Some changes have been made to BMI derived variables: BMIVAL2, BMIVG8, BMIVGDR and WTVAL2 were incorrectly coded for one case, where the value '1' has been changed to '-1'; BMIVG5, BMIVG52, BMIVG53, BMI_GROUP, BMIVG3, BMIVG8 and BMIVGDR have had 3 cases recoded; BMISRG5 has had 4 cases recoded; and BMIVG8 has had one case recoded. 6) The variable label for ANTIBACTAK has been updated. 7) Fruit and Vegetable derived variables PORLGE, PORSML, POROTH, PORPUL, PORSAL, PORVEG, PORVDISH, PORJUICE, PORFRT, PORDRY,  PORFROZ,  PORFDISH,  VEGPOR, FRTPOR, PORFV, PORFTVG, VEGYN, VDISHYN, FRTYN, FDISHYN, DRYYN, FROZYN PULYN, JUICEYN, SALYN, FVYN, PORFV05, VEGTYN, VEGTYN2, FRTTYN and FRTTYN2: these questions were only asked of children but some adult respondents had been included, mistakenly coded to 0 - these cases have now been recoded to '-1'. 8) The documentation has been updated to reflect these changes. Main Topics: Data collection involved an interview, followed by a visit from a specially trained nurse for all those in the core sample who agreed. The nurse visit covered height and weight measures, blood pressure measurement, waist and hip circumferencemeasurement, taking of blood samples for cholesterol and glycated haemoglobin, and taking of adult and child saliva samples. Question modules covered general health, longstanding illness, social care, doctor-diagnosed hypertension, smoking, alcohol drinking (heaviest day in last week), consent to data linkage (NHS central register, HES), socio-economic information and prescribed medications (nurse questionnaire). Additional topics included for 2014 were mental health, hearing, physical activity (adults and children), sexual health, eyesight, average weekly alcohol consumption, well-being (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale), fruit and vegetable consumption, end of life care and use of services. January 2014 - January 201501 January 201401 January 2015 England NationalIndividuals Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2014. Numeric Repeated cross-sectional studyThe survey is conducted annually. Multi-stage stratified random sample Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)Self-administered questionnaireClinical measurementsPhysical measurements and tests The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Access is limited to users based in Higher Education/Further Education institutions, central and local government, the NHS, research companies and charities for non-commercial and teaching purposes. Commercial use is not permitted. Commercial users may apply for the data, provided it is for non-commercial purposes only; access is subject to depositor approval. Data storage and access are limited to the UK and countries that the UK deemed to have an adequate level of data protection as follows: European Economic Area countries, Andorra, Argentina, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of Man, Jersey, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay. 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