Ability to: Take the right amount of medicines at the right times
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Question label:
Ability to: Take the right amount of medicines at the right times
Question text:
Do you manage to take the right amount of medicine at the right times...
Question universe:
if (HHGRID.dvage >= 65) & (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1|3) (Aged 65 or over and mode is face-to-face or web)
Question interviewer instructions:
INCLUDE PRESCRIBED MEDICINES AND MEDICINES YOU CAN BUY OVER THE COUNTER READ OUT
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 21604 | 77.16% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| refusal | -2 | 26 | 0.09% |
| don't know | -1 | 12 | 0.04% |
| On your own | 1 | 5763 | 20.58% |
| Only with help from someone else | 2 | 213 | 0.76% |
| or Not at all? | 3 | 276 | 0.99% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12 | 21746 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.44 | 6252 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 24179 | 75.54% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 26 | 0.08% |
| don't know | -1 | 13 | 0.04% |
| On your own | 1 | 6842 | 21.38% |
| Only with help from someone else | 2 | 283 | 0.88% |
| or Not at all? | 3 | 200 | 0.62% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.09 | 24683 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.37 | 7325 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 4 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 26514 | 73.53% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 26 | 0.07% |
| don't know | -1 | 13 | 0.04% |
| On your own | 1 | 7885 | 21.87% |
| Only with help from someone else | 2 | 324 | 0.9% |
| or Not at all? | 3 | 196 | 0.54% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.09 | 27653 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.35 | 8405 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 30541 | 72.42% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 15 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 39 | 0.09% |
| On your own | 1 | 8360 | 19.82% |
| Only with help from someone else | 2 | 283 | 0.67% |
| or Not at all? | 3 | 100 | 0.24% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.06 | 33427 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.27 | 8743 |
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