Taken medicine to help sleep
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sleep_w13.med_slp
Question label:
Taken medicine to help sleep
Question text:
During the past month, how often have you taken medicine (prescribed or "over the counter") to help you sleep?
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| refusal | -2 | 150 | 0.54% |
| don't know | -1 | 70 | 0.25% |
| Not during the past month | 1 | 24399 | 87.15% |
| Less than once a week | 2 | 1000 | 3.57% |
| Once or twice a week | 3 | 597 | 2.13% |
| Three or more times a week | 4 | 1678 | 5.99% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 103 | 0.3% |
| don't know | -1 | 67 | 0.2% |
| Not during the past month | 1 | 29303 | 85.38% |
| Less than once a week | 2 | 1137 | 3.31% |
| Once or twice a week | 3 | 720 | 2.1% |
| Three or more times a week | 4 | 2185 | 6.37% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 38 | 0.09% |
| don't know | -1 | 25 | 0.06% |
| Not during the past month | 1 | 35990 | 85.35% |
| Less than once a week | 2 | 897 | 2.13% |
| Once or twice a week | 3 | 641 | 1.52% |
| Three or more times a week | 4 | 1747 | 4.14% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 14 | 0.03% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.01% |
| not during the past month | 1 | 39579 | 84.08% |
| less than once a week | 2 | 883 | 1.88% |
| once or twice a week | 3 | 716 | 1.52% |
| three or more times a week | 4 | 1938 | 4.12% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
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