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hlwt

weight: unit of measurement

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

health_w1.hlwt

Question label:

Weight: unit of measurement

Question text:

What is your current weight without clothes?

Question interviewer instructions:

CODE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
ACCEPT ESTIMATE IF RESPONDENT NOT SURE

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9610.12%
proxy-732626.4%
refusal-22050.4%
don't know-12640.52%
stones and pounds13727373.09%
kilograms2791915.53%
cannot give estimate320103.94%
Total50994100.0%

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