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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Variable Listing for Module: Health and Lifestyle

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RHEALTHY: For your age, do you lead a healthy life?

FOODHLTH: Does the sort of food a person eats affect their health?

RFOODHTH: Is your diet healthy?

RFOODFUT: Will you change to a more healthy diet within the next two years?

FREQMEAT: How often do you eat red meat?

FREQPOUL: How often do you eat poultry?

FREQFISH: How often do you eat fish?

FREQEGGS: How often do you eat eggs?

FREQCAKE: How often do you eat biscuits, pastries or cakes?

FREQFRUT: How often do you eat fresh fruit?

SPREADS: Compared with two or three years ago do you use more low fat spreads or margarine?

GRILFOOD: Compared with two or three years ago do you eat more grilled food?

FISHPOUL: Compared with two or three years ago do you eat more fish and poultry instead of red meat?

SKIMMILK: Compared with two or three years ago do you use more semi-skimmed or skimmed milk?

BREAD: Compared with two or three years ago do you eat more wholemeal bread?

BAKEDPOT: Compared with two or three years ago do you eat more boiled or baked potatoes?

HIFIBRE: Compared with two or three years ago do you eat more high fibre foods?

SALTFOOD: Compared with two or three years ago are you cutting down on salty food?

XERCISE: Compared with two or three years ago do you take more exercise?

FAGSNOW: Do you smoke cigarettes at all nowadays?

PIPCGNOW: Do you smoke a pipe or cigars at all nowadays?

SMOKDAY: How many cigarettes a day do you usually smoke?

SMOKMUCH: Are you a light or heavy smoker?

SMOKMORE: Do you smoke more or less compared with two or three years ago?

TRYSTPSM: Are you likely to give up smoking within the next two years or so?

DRINKNOW: How often do you drink alcohol?

DRINKMCH: Are you a light or heavy drinker?

DRINKMOR: Do you drink more or less compared with two or three years ago?

DRINKFUT: Are you likely to be drinking more or less within the next two years or so?

EXERHLTH: Does the amount of exercise a person takes affect their health?

RACTIVE: How physically active are are, compared with people of your age?

EXERCISE: Agree or disagree: as long as you take enough exercise you can eat whatever foods you want.

HEARTDIS: Agree or disagree: if heart disease is in your family, there is little you can do to reduce your chances of getting it.

FOODEXPT: Agree or disagree: the experts contradict each other over what makes a healthy diet.

WEIGHT: Agree or disagree: people worry too much about their weight.

HLTHLUCK: Agree or disagree: good health is just a matter of good luck.




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