Data Dictionary: Variable descriptions of the 2019 health survey

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Source: [1] (To find the original data dictionary, go to Data Offering - Standardized Datasets (SDS) > Health Survey > Sample metadata > ATHIS 2019 - complete data set).

Variable	Label	Measured
lfnr	Running number	Metric
gew_his	Calibrated weight	Metric
HS1	Subjective health	Ordinal
HS2	Chronic disease	Ordinal
HS3a	Restriction in everyday activities	Metric
HS3b	Duration of restriction in everyday activities	Metric
CD2	Tooth status	Ordinal
CD1A	Asthma, including allergic asthma	Ordinal
CD1B	Chronic bronchitis, COPD, emphysema	Ordinal
CD1C	Heart attack or chronic Symptoms from a heart attack	Ordinal
CD1D	Coronary artery disease or angina pectoris	Ordinal
CD1E	High blood pressure/hypertension	Ordinal
CD1F	Stroke or chronic Discomfort following a stroke	Ordinal
CD1G	Arthrosis	Ordinal
CD1H	Chronic low back pain or other chron. back pain	Ordinal
CD1I	Chronic neck pain or other chronic Complaints in the cervical spine	Ordinal
CD1J	Diabetes diabetes	Ordinal
CD1K	Allergies, except allergic asthma	Ordinal
CD1L	Liver cirrhosis	Ordinal
CD1M	Urinary incontinence	Ordinal
CD1N	Chronic kidney problems or kidney failure	Ordinal
CD1O	Depression	Ordinal
CD1P	Elevated cholesterol, elevated blood lipids, triglycerides	Ordinal
CD1Q	Chronic headache	Ordinal
CD1R	Chronic inflammatory bowel disease	Ordinal
CD1S	Cancer	Ordinal
CD2A	Asthma diagnosed by doctor	Ordinal
CD2G	Osteoarthritis diagnosed by the doctor	Ordinal
CD2J	Diabetes diagnosed by doctor	Ordinal
CD2K	Allergies diagnosed by the doctor	Ordinal
CD2M	Doctor diagnosed urinary incontinence	Ordinal
CD2O	Doctor diagnosed with depression	Ordinal
CD2R	Chronic inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed by a doctor	Ordinal
AC1A	Traffic accident	Metric
AC1B	Domestic accident	Metric
AC1C	Recreational accident	Metric
AC2	MedCare Accident	Metric
AW1	Sick leave	Ordinal
AW2	Sick leave duration	Metric
AW3	Presentism	Ordinal
PL1	Glasses, contact lenses	Ordinal
PL2	Trouble seeing	Ordinal
PL3	Hearing aid	Ordinal
PL4	Hearing difficulties Conversation Quiet room	Ordinal
PL5	Hearing difficulties Conversation loud room	Ordinal
PL6	Difficulty walking 500m unassisted	Ordinal
PL7	Difficulty walking up stairs	Ordinal
PL8	Difficulty remembering or concentrating	Ordinal
PL9	Difficulty biting solid food	Ordinal
PC1A	ADL Difficulty eating or drinking without help	Ordinal
PC1B	ADL Difficulty sitting down and standing up unaided	Ordinal
PC1C	ADL Difficulty dressing and undressing without assistance	Ordinal
PC1D	ADL Difficulty using the toilet without assistance	Ordinal
PC1E	ADL Difficulty bathing or showering without help	Ordinal
PC2	ADL help available for at least one activity	Ordinal
PC4A	ADL Type of assistance: technical aid	Ordinal
PC4B	ADL Type of help: from friends/family	Ordinal
PC4C	ADL Type of help: by professional nursing or support staff	Ordinal
PC3	ADL (more) help needed	Ordinal
HA1A	IADL Difficulty preparing meals without assistance	Ordinal
HA1B	IADL Difficulty using the phone without assistance	Ordinal
HA1C	IADL Difficulty doing the shopping unaided	Ordinal
HA1D	IADL Difficulty organizing unaided medication intake	Ordinal
HA1E	IADL Difficulty doing light housework without help	Ordinal
HA1F	IADL Difficulty doing heavy household chores occasionally without help	Ordinal
HA1G	IADL Difficulty completing financial and administrative matters without assistance	Ordinal
HA2	IADL help available for at least one activity	Ordinal
HA4A	IADL Type of assistance: technical aid	Ordinal
HA4B	IADL Type of help: From friends/family	Ordinal
HA4C	IADL Type of assistance: from professional nursing or caregivers	Ordinal
HA3	IADL (more) help needed	Ordinal
PN1	Severity of pain in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
PN2	Extent of disability from pain	Ordinal
MH1A	PHQ8 Affected by lack of interest in and enjoyment of activities	Ordinal
MH1B	PHQ8 Affected by depression, gloom, hopelessness	Ordinal
MH1C	PHQ8 Affected by difficulty falling asleep, excessive sleep	Ordinal
MH1D	PHQ8 Affected by fatigue, lack of energy	Ordinal
MH1E	PHQ8 Affected by too much or too little appetite	Ordinal
MH1F	PHQ8 Affected by bad opinion of self, feeling failed, disappointed	Ordinal
MH1G	PHQ8 Affected by difficulty concentrating	Ordinal
MH1H	PHQ8 Affected by slow movement or speech, fidgety, restless	Ordinal
HO1A	Stationary patient in the KH in the last 12 months	Ordinal
HO1B	Number of nights in hospital as an inpatient	Metric
HO2A	Day patient in KH in the last 12 months	Ordinal
HO2B	Number of admissions as a day patient	Metric
AM1	Last visit to the dentist	Ordinal
AM2	Last visit to the general practitioner	Ordinal
AM3	Frequency general practitioner in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM8_A	Utilization of gynecologist	Ordinal
AM8_B	Utilization of urologist	Ordinal
AM8_C	Utilization of dermatologist	Ordinal
AM8_D	Utilization of ophthalmologist	Ordinal
AM8_E	utilization of internist	Ordinal
AM8_F	Utilization neurologist	Ordinal
AM8_G	Use of an orthopaedist	Ordinal
AM8_H	Utilization of an ENT doctor	Ordinal
AM8_I	Use of other specialists	Ordinal
AM8_J	Utilization of hospital or accident ambulance	Ordinal
AM9_A	Frequency gynaecologist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_B	Frequency urologist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_C	Frequency dermatologist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_D	Frequency ophthalmologist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_E	Frequency internist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_F	Frequency neurologist in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_G	Frequency of orthopaedists in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_H	Frequency ENT doctor in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_I	Frequency of other specialists in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM9_J	Frequency of outpatient clinics in the last 4 weeks	Ordinal
AM6A	Physiotherapist	Ordinal
AM6A1	Chiropractor	Ordinal
AM6A2	Osteopath	Ordinal
AM6B	Psychologist/Psychotherapist/Psychiatrist	Ordinal
AM7	Use of home nursing care service	Ordinal
ZG1	Quality of medical care	Ordinal
ZG2	Opinion on supply	Ordinal
ZG3A	Satisfaction with outpatient clinic	Ordinal
ZG3B	Happy with hospital	Ordinal
ZG3C	Satisfied with specialist	Ordinal
ZG3D	Happy with GP	Ordinal
ZG3E	Happy with therapist	Ordinal
md1	Medication prescribed by the doctor in the last 2 weeks	Ordinal
md2	Over-the-counter medications in the last 2 weeks	Ordinal
PA1	Flu shot	Ordinal
PA1M	Month of last flu shot	Metric
PA1J	Year of last flu shot	Metric
PA1_2A	Up-to-date vaccination protection against tetanus	Ordinal
PA1_2B	Upright immunization against diphtheria	Ordinal
PA1_2C	Maintaining immunization protection against polio	Ordinal
PA1_2D	Upright vaccination protection against TBE	Ordinal
PA1_2E	Pneumococcal immunization protection	Ordinal
PA2	Last blood pressure measurement	Ordinal
PA3	Last cholesterol measurement	Ordinal
PA4	Last blood glucose measurement	Ordinal
PA5	Final test for hidden blood in the stool	Ordinal
PA6	Last colonoscopy	Ordinal
PA7	Last mammogram	Ordinal
PA8	Last cancer smear	Ordinal
UN1A	Unmet Need Examination Appointment	Ordinal
UN1B	Unmet need investigation way	Ordinal
UN2A	Unmet Need investigation costs	Ordinal
UN2B	Unmet Need Dentist Costs	Ordinal
UN2C	Unmet Need Medication Costs	Ordinal
UN2D	Unmet Need Investigation Mental Problems Costs	Ordinal
BM1	Height	Metric
BM2	Body weight	Metric
DH1	Fruit frequency	Ordinal
DH2	Fruit Number of servings	Ordinal
DH3	Vegetable frequency	Ordinal
DH4	Vegetables Number of servings	Ordinal
DH5	Fruit juice	Ordinal
DH6	Sugary drinks	Ordinal
DH7	Meat consumption	Ordinal
DH8	Fish consumption	Ordinal
SK1	Smoking tobacco products	Ordinal
SK2A	Daily smoking cigarettes	Ordinal
SK2B	Number of cigarettes per day	Ordinal
SK3	Ex smoking	Ordinal
SK3A	Ex smoke at least one year	Ordinal
SK7	Age at start of smoking	Metric
SK4	Duration of smoke periods (in years)	Metric
SK8	Try to quit smoking	Ordinal
SK5	Passive smoking	Ordinal
SK6	E cigarettes	Ordinal
AL1	Alcohol within the last 12 months	Ordinal
AL2	Alcohol Number of days Monday to Thursday	Ordinal
AL3A_st	Standard glasses of beer/must - Mon-Thurs	Metric
AL3B_st	Standard glasses of wine/champagne - Mon-Thurs	Nominal
AL3C_st	Standard glasses of small shots/strong liqueurs - Mon-Thurs	Nominal
AL3D_st	Standard glasses of weak liquor - Mon-Thurs	Nominal
AL3E_st	Standard Glasses of Alcopop - Mon-Thu	Nominal
AL4	Alcohol Number of days Friday to Sunday	Ordinal
AL5A_st	Standard glasses of beer/must - Fri-Sun	Metric
AL5B_st	Standard glasses of wine/champagne - Fri-Sun	Nominal
AL5C_st	Standard glasses of small shots/strong liqueurs - Fri-Sun	Nominal
AL5D_st	Standard glasses of weak liquor - Fri-Sun	Nominal
Al5E_st	Standard glasses of alcopops - Fri-Sun	Nominal
AL6	Binge drinking	Ordinal
SS1	Support in case of problems	Ordinal
SS2	Interest and sympathy of other people	Ordinal
SS3	Get practical help from neighbors	Ordinal
IC1	Maintenance service at least once a week	Ordinal
IC2	Care service who is being cared for	Ordinal
IC3	Hours of care per week	Ordinal
PE1	IPAQ Physical Activity CAPI	Metric
PE2	IPAQ Go CAPI days per week	Metric
PE3	IPAQ Go Duration CAPI	Metric
PE4	IPAQ cycling days per week CAPI	Metric
PE5	IPAQ Cycling Duration CAPI	Metric
PE6	IPAQ Fitness days per week CAPI	Metric
PE7_h	IPAQ Fitness duration hours CAPI	Metric
PE7_min	IPAQ Fitness Duration Minutes CAPI	Metric
PE8	IPAQ muscle building days per week CAPI	Metric
PE9_h	IPAQ sitting hours CAPI	Metric
PE9_min	IPAQ sitting minutes CAPI	Metric
LQ1	WHOQol quality of life CAPI	Metric
LQ2	WHOQol Health Satisfaction CAPI	Metric
LQ3	WHOQol CAPI hindered by pain	Metric
LQ4	WHOQol Requiring medical attention CAPI	Metric
LQ5	WHOQol How to enjoy life well CAPI	Metric
LQ6	WHOQol life makes sense CAPI	Metric
LQ7	WHOQol Concentration CAPI	Metric
LQ8	WHOQol Security CAPI	Metric
LQ9	WHOQol Healthy Environments CAPI	Metric
LQ10	WHOQol Energy for Daily Life CAPI	Metric
LQ11	WHOQol Appearance Acceptance CAPI	Metric
LQ12	WHOQol Enough money for needs CAPI	Metric
LQ13	WHOQol information access CAPI	Metric
LQ14	WHOQol Sufficient opportunities for leisure activities CAPI	Metric
LQ15	WHOQol Locomotion CAPI	Metric
LQ16	WHOQol satisfaction: sleep CAPI	Metric
LQ17	WHOQol Happiness: Ability to do everyday things CAPI	Metric
LQ18	WHOQol Satisfaction: Ability to work CAPI	Metric
LQ19	WHOQol Satisfaction: with oneself CAPI	Metric
LQ20	WHOQol satisfaction: personal relationships CAPI	Metric
LQ21	WHOQol satisfaction: sex life CAPI	Metric
LQ22	WHOQol Satisfaction: Friends support CAPI	Metric
LQ23	WHOQol satisfaction: housing conditions CAPI	Metric
LQ24	WHOQol Satisfaction: Health Services CAPI	Metric
LQ25	WHOQol satisfaction: available means of transport CAPI	Metric
LQ26	WHOQol frequency of negative feelings CAPI	Metric
WDQ	Number of standard glasses on all days of the week	Metric
WEQ	Number of standard glasses on all weekend days	Metric
TWQ	Number of standard glasses throughout the week	Metric
AQD	Average number of standard glasses per day (based on a whole week)	Metric
adv	Average content of alcohol in grams per day	Metric
HAZ	Dangerous alcohol consumption national (M>=24g, F>=16g)	Nominal
GG	Harmful consumption of alcohol	Nominal
TWQcat	Number of standard glasses throughout the week in categories	Nominal
whaleMin	Walk in minutes per week	Metric
bicMIN	Cycling in minutes per week	Metric
bicmin_d	cycling minutes per day	Metric
walmin_d	Walk minutes a day	Metric
walMET	Walking, MET minutes per week	Metric
bicMET	Cycling, MET minutes per week	Metric
totalMET	Total MET minutes per week	Metric
hepaMIN	Cycling+PE7/Sport minutes per week	Metric
aerobic PAR	Hepa </>150min	Nominal
musclePAR	Build muscle at least 2 days a week	Nominal
totalPAR	Muscle building yes, Hepa >150min	Nominal
smoking	Current smoke status (SK1 + SK3)	Nominal
oslo3_kat	Oslo Social Support Scale	Nominal
physical100	WHOQOL Physical Health 0-100	Metric
psych100	WHOQOL Psyche 0-100	Metric
social100	WHOQOL Social Relationships 0-100	Metric
environment100	WHOQOL Environment 0-100	Metric
overall100	WHOQOL Overall 0-100	Metric
Specialist_count	Number of FA visits in the last 12 months	Nominal
Specialist_12M	FA visit in the last 12 months	Nominal
BMI	BMI	Metric
BMI_new	BMI new WHO 2002	Ordinal
BMI_new_adipos	BMI obesity WHO 2002	Ordinal
A1	Self third-party information	Metric
SEX	Gender	Nominal
age_5y	5 year old age groups	Nominal
old_act	Age group for WHO physical activity recommendations	Nominal
VR	Supply region	Metric
REGION	NUTS 2 regions (federal states)	Ordinal
DEG_URB	Eurostat degree of urbanization	Nominal
BIRTHPLACE	Country of birth	Nominal
CITIZEN	Citizenship	Nominal
BIRTHPLACEFATH	Country of birth father	Nominal
BIRTHPLACEMOTH	Country of birth mother	Nominal
xmigr	Migration background (without/with)	Ordinal
Migr_His	Migration background detail	Nominal
HATLEVEL	Training according to ISCED	Nominal
xkartab	Highest completed Education (nat. representation)	Nominal
MAINSTAT	L1 - livelihood	Metric
FT_PT	Full-time or part-time	Metric
JOBSTAT	Professional position	Metric
JOBISCO	Professional activity ISCO 08	Metric
LOCNACE	Activity of the establishment NACE Rev 2	Nominal
PARTNERS	Partners in the HH	Nominal
MARSTALEGAL	Legal marital status	Ordinal
HHNBPERS	Household size	Metric
HHNBPERS_0_13	Number of people in HH <14 years	Nominal
HHTYPE	Household type	Metric
HHICOME	Household income in categories by quintiles	Nominal
epinc_kat	Share of equivalised income in the median	Nominal
epinc_kat3	Share of median equivalised income, 3 categories	Nominal