Record Number
Grouped Age Cohorts
Respondent's sex
Current marital status - grouped
Dwelling owned by a member of the househ
Number of bedrooms in dwelling
Is there a pet in this household ?
What kind of pet ? - grouped
Pet(s) live(s) mainly indoors?
Size of household - grouped
Derived type of household
Are there persons in the household aged
During the past 2 weeks, did you stay in
How many days did you stay in bed for al
Were there any days that you cut down on
How many days did you cut down on things
Do you have a regular medical doctor?
Derived disability days
In the past 12 months, have you been a p
For how many nights in the past 12 month
How many times have you consulted with a
Where did the most recent consultation t
How many times have you consulted an eye
How many times have you consulted anothe
Where did the most recent contact take p
How many times have you seen a nurse for
How many times have you consulted a chir
How many times have you consulted a phys
How many times have you consulted a soci
How many times have you consulted with s
Have you consulted with an alternative h
Did you consult with a massage therapist
Did you consult with an acupuncturist in
Did you consult with a homeopath or natu
Did you see or talk to any other alterna
During the past 12 months, did you ever
Thinking of the most recent time, why di
Was treatment of a physical health probl
Was treatment of emotional mental health
Was a regular check-up the type of care
Was the care of an injury the type of ca
Was there any other type of care that wa
Have you received any home care services
Received nursing care services (includin
Received housework services (including h
Received personal care services
Received meal preparation services
Received shopping services
Received other home care services
Consultations with any health profession
Derived number of consultations with med
Restriction of activity flag
Cause of health problem - grouped
Do you need the help of another person i
Do you need help of another person in no
Main condition or health problem which c
Do you have any food allergies diagnosed
Do you have other allergies diagnosed by
Do you have asthma diagnosed by a health
Do you have arthritis or rheumatism diag
Do you have back problems (excluding art
Do you have high blood pressure diagnose
Do you have migraine headaches diagnosed
Do you have chronic bronchitis or emphys
Do you have sinusitis diagnosed by a hea
Do you have diabetes diagnosed by a heal
Do you have epilepsy diagnosed by a heal
Do you have heart disease diagnosed by a
Do you have cancer diagnosed by a health
Do you have stomach or intestinal ulcers
Do you have the effects of a stroke diag
Do you have urinary incontinence diagnos
Do you have acne requiring medication pr
Do you have Alzheimer's disease diagnose
Do you have cataracts diagnosed by a hea
Do you have glaucoma diagnosed by a heal
Do you have any other long term conditio
No long-term conditions diagnosed by a h
Have you had an attack of asthma in the
Have you had wheezing or whistling in th
Derived flag indicating that the respond
Derived length of time in Canada since i
Derived respondent's place of birth - gr
Derived language in which respondent is
Are you currently attending a school, co
Are you enrolled as a full-time or part-
Derived highest level of education obtai
What do you consider to be your current
Derived Pineo socio-economic classificat
Occupation codes grouped in 21 codes for
Derived Industry Codes grouped in 13 cod
Derived variable for working status
Derived duration of continuous work with
Derived working hours pattern based on a
Derived reasons for not currently workin
Derived number of jobs
Combination of number of jobs and the fa
Number of gaps of 30 days (1 month) or m
Derived variable for labour force activi
Derived variable for whether or not main
Derived variable for main job work durat
Derived variable for main job working ho
Derived variable for type of working hou
Derived variable for work duration of fi
Derived variable of work duration of sec
Derived variable for work duration of th
Derived variable for working hours for t
Derived variable for the type of working
Main source of household income - groupe
Derived total household income from all
Derived income adequacy in 5 discrete ca
Province at the time of the interview
Derived Urban and Rural Area
Derived Health Regions in Ontario and Br
Derived 1991 Census Metropolitan Area
In general, how would you describe your
Are you pregnant?
Derived health description index
How tall are you without shoes on?
How much do you weigh?
Derived Body Mass Index (1 decimal place
Derived standard weight - based on Body
When did you last have your blood pressu
Have you ever had a mammogram, that is,
When was the last time?
Why did you have your last mammogram?
Have you ever had a pap smear test?
Does anyone in this household smoke regu
At the present time do you smoke cigaret
At what age did you begin to smoke cigar
How many cigarettes do you smoke each da
Have you ever smoked cigarettes at all?
Have you ever smoked cigarettes daily?
At what age did you begin to smoke (ciga
How many cigarettes did you usually smok
At what age did you stop smoking (cigare
Derived type of smoker - See Appendix F
Derived number of years smoked - See App
During the past 12 months, did you have
During the past 12 months, how often did
How many times in past 12 months did you
In past 12 months, what is the highest n
Thinking back over the past week, did yo
How many drinks did you have on Monday?
How many drinks did you have on Tuesday?
How many drinks did you have on Wednesda
How many drinks did you have on Thursday
How many drinks did you have on Friday?
How many drinks did you have on Saturday
How many drinks did you have on Sunday?
Did you ever have a drink?
Did you ever regularly drink more than 1
Did you reduce or quit drinking because
Did you reduce or quit drinking for any
Derived type of drinker
Derived weekly total of alcohol consumed
Derived average daily consumption
In the past 3 months, did you walk for e
In the past 3 months, did you garden or
In the past 3 months, did you swim?
In the past 3 months, did you bicycle?
In the past 3 months, did you do popular
In the past 3 months, did you do home ex
In the past 3 months, did you play ice h
In the past 3 months, did you go skating
In the past 3 months, did you go downhil
In the past 3 months, did you go jogging
In the past 3 months, did you go golfing
In the past 3 months, did you go to exer
In the past 3 months, did you go cross-c
In the past 3 months, did you go bowling
In the past 3 months, did you play baseb
In the past 3 months, did you play tenni
In the past 3 months, did you do weight-
In the past 3 months, did you go fishing
In the past 3 months, did you play volle
In the past 3 months, did you do yoga or
In the past three months did you do any
In the past 3 months, did you do none of
In the past 3 months did you do any othe
In the past 3 months how many times did
About how much time did you spend on eac
In the past 3 months, how many times did
In a typical week in past 3 months, how
In a typical week, how much time did you
When riding a bicycle how often did you
Over the past 3 months, which best descr
Derived variable to indicate any partici
Derived monthly frequency of physical ac
Derived frequency of physical activities
Participation in daily physical activiti
Derived energy expenditure (1 decimal po
Derived variable for physical activity i
In past 12 months, did you have injuries
How many times were you injured?
Thinking about the most serious injury,
What part of your body was injured?
Where did the injury happen?
What happened? (eg: a fall, a motor vehi
Was this a work-related injury?
Derived type of injury by body site
Cause of injury by place of occurrence
To prevent re-injury, have you given up
To prevent re-injury, are you being more
To prevent re-injury, have you taken saf
To prevent re-injury, are you using prot
To prevent re-injury, have you changed y
To prevent re-injury, have you taken any
To prevent re-injury, are you taking no
Derived general chronic stress index - S
Derived specific chronic stress index (m
Derived adjusted specific chronic stress
Derived personal stress index - See Appe
Derived financial stress index- See Appe
Derived relationship stress index (with
Derived relationship stress index (no ma
Derived child stress index - See Appendi
Derived environmental stress index - Se
Derived family health stress index - Se
Derived recent life events score - items
Derived recent life events score - sum o
Derived adjusted recent life events
Derived childhood and adult stress score
How satisfied are you with your job?
Derived work stress - sum of all items
Derived Work Stress Scale: Decision lati
Derived Work Stress Scale: Job Insecurit
Derived Work Stress Scale: Physical Exer
Derived Work Stress Scale: Social Suppor
Derived Self Esteem Scale - sum of all i
Dervied Mastery Scale - sum of all items
Derived Sense of Coherence Scale
Derived Vision Attribute - grouped - Bas
Derived Hearing Attribute - grouped - Ba
Derived Speech Attribute - grouped - Bas
Derived Mobility Attribute - grouped - B
Derived Dexterity Attribute - grouped -
Derived Emotion Attribute - Based on HST
Derived Cognition Code - Based on HSTA
Derived Pain and Discomfort code - Base
Severity of Pain Code - Based on HSTAT
Derived Health Status Index (3 decimal p
In the past month, did you take pain rel
In the past month, did you take tranquil
In the past month, did you take diet pil
In the past month, did you take anti-dep
In the past month, did you take Codeine,
In the past month, did you take allergy
In the past month, did you take asthma m
In the past month, did you take cough or
In the past month, did you take penicill
In the past month, did you take medicine
In the past month, did you take diuretic
In the past month, did you take steroids
In the past month, did you take insulin?
In the past month, did you take pills to
In the past month, did you take sleeping
In the past month, did you take stomach
In the past month, did you take laxative
In the past month, did you take hormones
In the past month, did you take birth co
In the past month, did you take any othe
Didn't take any drugs in past month
In the last two days, how many different
Code for drug # 1 - grouped
Code for drug # 2 - grouped
Code for drug # 3 - grouped
Code for drug # 4 - grouped
Code for drug # 5 - grouped
Code for drug # 6 - grouped
Code for drug # 7 - grouped
Code for drug # 8 - grouped
Code for drug # 9 - grouped
Code for drug # 10 - grouped
Code for drug # 11 - grouped
Code for drug # 12 - grouped
Do you use other health products such as
Code for other health product # 1 - grou
Code for other health product # 2 - grou
Code for other health product # 3 - grou
Code for other health product # 4 - grou
Code for other health product # 5 - grou
Code for other health product # 6 - grou
Code for other health product # 7 - grou
Code for other health product # 8 - grou
Code for other health product # 9 - grou
Code for other health product # 10 - gro
Code for other health product # 11 - gro
Code for other health product # 12 - gro
Derived Mental Health - Distress Scale
Derived Mental Health - Chronicity of Di
How much do these experiences interfere
In past 12 months, have you seen talked
How many times (in the past 12 months)?
Derived Depression Scale - Short Form Sc
Derived Depression - Predicted Probabili
Derived number of weeks feeling depresse
Derived specific months when felt depres
Are you a member of any voluntary organi
How often did you participate in meeting
How often did you attend religious servi
Do you have someone you can confide in t
Do you have someone you can really count
Do you have someone who makes you feel l
How often did you have contact with your
How often did you have contact with othe
Derived Social Support Index - See Appe
Derived Social Involvment Score - See
Derived average frequency of contacts -
Derived variable of the family arrangeme
Do you always try to do what is reasonab
Do you try to understand people & behavi
When dealing with other people do you al
Do you try to overcome conflicts by inte
If someone deeply hurts your feelings, d
Do you succeed in avoiding most conflict
If someone acts against your needs and d
Do you behave so rationally that your be
Do your emotions frequently influence yo
Do you try to understand others even if
Does your rationality prevent you from v
To overcome fears of the dentist, would
To overcome fear of the dentist, would y
If layoffs are rumoured, would you find
If layoffs are rumoured, would you evalu
If layoffs are rumoured, would you watch
If layoffs are rumoured, would you try t
If layoffs are rumoured, would you push
If layoffs are rumoured, would you rathe
If layoff are rumoured, would you try to
If layoff are rumoured, would you contin
If layoff are rumoured, would you do som
How would you rate your ability to handl
If daily demands were stressful, would y
If an unexpected problem caused stress,
If unexpected problem caused stress, wou
If unexpected problem caused stress,woul
MOST IMP SOURCES FOR NUTRITION INFO
MOST IMP SOURCES FOR SMOKING INFO
IMP SOURCES FOR BREAST-FEEDING INFO
IMP SOURCES FOR ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY
IMP SOURCES FOR FINDING HEALTH SERVICES
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN
LOOKED FOR INFO ON HOW USE CAR SEAT
SATISFIED?
LOOKED FOINFO ON TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR KIDS
INFO ABOUT SAFETY IN THE HOME?
INFO ON CHOKING?
INFO ON SWIMMING SAFETY?
INFO ON BIKE SAFETY?
INFO ON SPORTS INJURIES?
INFO ON PREVENT TREAT CHILD INJURIES?
GENERAL EATING HABITS
FOOD IN PAST 12 MTHS
CONCERN FOR STARCH AND FIBRE
STEPS TO INCREASE STARCH AND FIBER
TAKING FOLLOWING STEPS?
INCREASE OF STARCH AND FIBRE
TRUE\FALSE STARCH FIBRE STATEMENTS
CONCERN FOR FAT IN FOODS?
STEPS TO REDUCE FAT?
EASY TO REDUCE FAT?
TRUE\FALSE FAT STATEMENTS
TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT?
How much would you like to weigh ... POU
How much would you like to weigh ... KIL
HEALTH WARNING MESSAGES
WHAT ONES?
AGREE\DISAGREE PACKAGING WARNINGS
READ MESSAGES HOW OFTEN?
AGE WHEN BEGAN SMOKING
WHY BEGIN SMOKING
MOST IMPORTANT REASON
AGE QUIT SMOKING
WHY QUIT
METHOD USED
Number of years respondent smoked cigare
Number of years since respondent quit sm
TRIED QUITTTING PAST 12 MTHS?
SMOKE LESS PAST 12 MTHS?
WHY LESS?
RESTRICTIONS ON SMOKING
OCCASIONS THAT ONE SMOKES
SAME BRAND OF CIGAREETES?
REASON
SWITCHED BRANDS PAST 12 MNTHS?
TAR CONTENT IN CIGAREETES
AMOUNT OF NICOTINE
AMOUNT OF CARBON MONOXIDE
INFORMATION ON PACKAGE
USE OF HELMET
SEAT BELT USE
WHY NO SEATBELT
Number of children age < 13 who ride a b
Number of children age < 13 who ride in
BICYCLE
HELMET USE
REASON WHY
SAFETY SEAT\SEAT BELT
MAIN REASON
Number of birth children age < 5 who wer
Did you breast-feed or try to breast-fee
LENGTH TIME
REASON STOPPED
BREAST FEED
REASON NOT TO BREAST FEED
WHO DECIDED
HELP DECIDING
ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY
AMOUNT
STAGE OF PREGNANCY
TRUE\FALSE
PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS DRUGS
MEDICATION WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION
OTHER DRUGS
DRUGS
STAGE PREGNANCY
SEXUAL PARTNERS
USE OF CONDOMS
OCCASION
REASONING
SEXUALLY TREANSMITTED DISEASES
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
HIV
MOST RECENT TEST
ALONE?
ANSWERS AFFECTED?
INFO TO STAY HEALTHY
INFO ON COMMON ILLNESSES
INFO ON SERIOUS ILLNESSES
REFERRAL TO SPECIALIST
VISIT OUTPATIENT CLINIC\HOSPITAL
STAY IN HOSPITAL
SURGERY
RELATIONSHIP WITH DOCTOR
SAY IN TREATMENT
MOST RECENT TIME
FAMILY DOCTOR
PHARMACY
PRESCRIBED MEDICATION
WHAT MEDICATION IS FOR
WHAT MEDICATION SHLD DO
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
HOW MUCH\WHEN TO TAKE
EAT, DRINK ETC MEDICATION
ACTIVITIES
PRESCRIPTION
WHAT IT SHLD DO
SIDE EFFECTS
HOW MUCH\WHEN TO TAKE IT
EAT,DRINK,TAKE WITH IT
ACTIVITIES TO AVOID
HOW TO STORE
WHAT TO TAKE WITH IT
LIST OF MEDICATIONS
HEALTH CARE CLINIC
NURSE
BIRTHING CENTRE
NURSE\MIDWIFE
HLTH CARE CLINIC\SPORTS CENTRE
ADVICE ON HEALTH
HEALTH CARE COSTS
INDIVIDUAL SERVICES
AWARENESS OF COSTS
RATING HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF CARE
MAIN STRENGTHS
MAIN WEAKNESSES
MISUSE
WHICH AREAS
WHO RESPONSIBLE
Any children less than 12 years of age (
Any children less than 6 years of age (b
Number of birth children less than 5 yea
Number of children less than 13 years of
Sampling weight for selected person - (2