HEADLA*  
SHOW CARD C9  
Because of a health problem, [^do you /does he /does she] have difficulty doing any of  
the activities on this card? Exclude any difficulties that you expect to last less than  
three months  
INTERVIEWER: PROBE - 'What others?'  
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY.  
01 Walking 100 yards  
02 Sitting for about two hours  
03 Getting up from a chair after sitting for long periods  
04 Climbing several flights of stairs without resting  
05 Climbing one flight of stairs without resting  
06 Stooping, kneeling, or crouching  
07 Reaching or extending [^your / his / her] arms above shoulder level (either arm)  
08 Pulling or pushing large objects like a living room chair  
09 Lifting or carrying weights over 10 pounds, like a heavy bag of groceries  
10 Picking up a 5p coin from a table  
96 None of these  
[CHECK HE2] CHECK: IF None = activities has difficulties doing (set A) [None =  
HeADLa]  
CHECK: activities has difficulties doing (set A).CARDINAL = 1  
[HeADLa.CARDINAL = 1 ]  
INTERVIEWER: 'None' is an exclusive code at this question. Please change!  
[code maximum 10 out of 11 possible responses]  
Description  
Variable  
HeADLa1  
HeADLa2  
Archive  
Hemobwa  
Hemobsi  
Mobility: difficulty walking 100 yards  
Mobility: difficulty sitting 2 hours  
Mobility: difficulty getting up from chair after sitting long  
periods  
Mobility: difficulty climbing several flights stairs without  
resting  
HeADLa3  
HeADLa4  
Hemobch  
Hemobcs  
Mobility: difficulty climbing one flight stairs without  
resting  
Mobility: difficulty stooping, kneeling or crouching  
Mobility: difficulty reaching or extending arms above  
shoulder level  
Mobility: difficulty pulling or pushing large objects  
Mobility: difficulty lifting or carrying weights over 10  
pounds  
HeADLa5  
HeADLa6  
HeADLa7  
HeADLa8  
HeADLa9  
Hemobcl  
Hemobst  
Hemobre  
Hemobpu  
Hemobli  
Mobility: difficulty picking up 5p coin from table  
Mobility: whether said had none of listed difficulties  
HeADLa10 Hemobpi  
HeADLa96 Hemob96  
HEADLB*  
SHOW CARD C10  
Here are a few more everyday activities. Please tell me if [^you have / [^name] has]  
any difficulty with these because of a physical, mental, emotional or memory problem.  
Again exclude any difficulties you expect to last less than three months.  
Because of a health or memory problem, [^do you /does he /does she] have difficulty  
doing any of the activities on this card?  
INTERVIEWER: PROBE - 'What others?'  
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY.  
01 Dressing, including putting on shoes and socks  
02 Walking across a room  
03 Bathing or showering  
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