Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS)

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Health status:

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