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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

heightandweight_ip4

Height and weight module

Questions 11

heightandweight_ip4.hlht

Height: unit of measurement

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT ACCEPT ESTIMATE IF RESPONDENT NOT SURE

Text: I would like to ask you about your height and weight. How tall are you without shoes?

OptionLabel
1Feet and inches
2Metres and centimetres
3Cannot give estimate

heightandweight_ip4.hlwt

Weight: unit of measurement

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT ACCEPT ESTIMATE IF RESPONDENT NOT SURE

Text: What is your current weight without clothes?

OptionLabel
1Stones and pounds
2Kilograms
3Cannot give estimate

heightandweight_ip4.hlwte

Accuracy of weight

Type: choice

Text: Are you fairly sure of your weight or is that an estimate?

OptionLabel
1Fairly sure
2Estimate

Universe:
if HLWT < 3 (Weight estimate provided)

heightandweight_ip4.hlwtk

Weight: Kilos

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLWT = 2 (Weight estimate given in kilograms)

heightandweight_ip4.hlwtl

When last weighed

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: When was the last time you were weighed using scales, either by yourself or someone else? Was it...

OptionLabel
1Within last week
21-4 weeks ago
31-3 months ago
43-6 months ago
56 months to a year ago
6More than a year ago
7or More than 5 years ago

heightandweight_ip4.hlhtf

Height without shoes: feet

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLHT = 1 (Height estimate given in feet and inches)

heightandweight_ip4.hlhti

Height without shoes: inches

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLHT = 1 (Height estimate given in feet and inches)
and if HLHT = 1 AND HLHTF = RESPONSE (Height estimate given in feet)

heightandweight_ip4.hlhtc

Height without shoes: cms

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLHT = 2 (Height estimate given in metres and centimetres)

heightandweight_ip4.hlwts

Weight: Stones

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLWT = 1 (Weight estimate given in stones and pounds)

heightandweight_ip4.hlwtp

Weight: Pounds

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Universe:
if HLWT = 1 (Weight estimate given in stones and pounds)
and if HLWT = 1 AND HLWTS = RESPONSE (Weight estimate given in stones)

heightandweight_ip4.hlpreg

Currently pregnant

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: I need to check because it affects weight, are you pregnant at present?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (ff_ivlolw <> 1 & ff_everint <> 1) & sex = 2 & age < 50 (New entrant never interviewed and female and age is less than 50)

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