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Health status:[edit | edit source]

General health status (Minimum European health module):

  • Self-perceived health
  • Chronic morbidity and activity limitation
  • Disease-specific morbidity
  • Accidents and injuries
  • Health-related absenteeism from work
  • Physical and sensory functional limitations (also cognitive limitations in wave 3)
  • Difficulties in personal care activities / activities of daily living and help received/needed
  • Household activities / Instrumental activities of daily living and help received/needed
  • Pain
  • Aspect of mental health (psychological distress and mental well-being in the first wave, depressive symptoms in the second and third waves)
  • Work-related health problems (only in the first wave)


Health care:

  • Hospitalisation (in-patient and day care)
  • Consultations with doctors and dentists
  • Visits to specific health professionals
  • Use of home care services
  • Use of medicines
  • Healthcare preventive actions
  • Unmet needs for health care
  • Out-of-pocket payments for medical care (only in the first wave)
  • Satisfaction with services provided by healthcare providers (only in the first wave)
  • Visits to specific categories of alternative medicine practitioners (only in the first wave)


Health determinants:

  • Height and weight
  • Physical activity/exercise
  • Consumption of fruits, vegetables and juice
  • Drinking sugar-sweetened soft drinks (only in the third wave)
  • Tobacco smoking behaviour and exposure to tobacco smoke
  • Use of e-cigarettes or similar electronic devices (only in the third wave)
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Social support
  • Provision of informal care or assistance (only in the second and third waves)
  • Illicit drug use (only in the first wave)
  • Environment (only in the first wave)


Background variables on demography and socio-economic characteristics:

  • Age
  • Sex
  • Educational attainment level
  • Income quintile group
  • Degree of urbanization
  • Country of birth
  • Country of citizenship
  • Activity limitation