Census of Population of Ireland 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2011

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Reference ID

IRL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Dec 22, 2014

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General health (IE2011A_0427)

Data file: IRL2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 227

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. How is your health in general?

Mark one box only.

[] 1 Very good
[] 2 Good
[] 3 Fair
[] 4 Bad
[] 5 Very bad

Categories

Value	Category
1	Very good
2	Good
3	Fair
4	Bad
5	Very bad
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Question 18.Question 18 is a new question on the Census. It asks each person how their health is in general. Studies show strong links between how people view their health and the actual state of their health. The answers to this question will provide a country-wide picture of people's health and how it is related to various factors such as age, labour market position, and educational attainment.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's general health.

Universe

Present persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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