HEILL*

[^Do you / Does [^name]] have any long-standing illness, disability or infirmity? By long-standing I mean

anything that has troubled [^you / [^name]] over a period of time, or that is likely to affect [^you / [^name]]

over a period of time.

1 Yes

2 No

IF whether has long-standing illness = yes [HeIll = 1]

│

│ HELIM*

│ (Does this / Do these) illness(es) or disability(ies) limit [^your / [^name’s]] activities in

│ any way?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

END OF FILTER

HELWK

Do you have any health problem or disability that limits the kind or amount of paid work you could do,

should you want to?

1 Yes

2 No

IF whether health limits paid work = yes [HeLWk = 1]

│

│ HETEMP

│ Is this a health problem or disability that you expect to last less than three months?

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

END OF FILTER

HEFINT* @

The next question asks about difficulties you may have walking a quarter of a mile because of a health

problem. By health problem we mean any long-term physical, mental or emotional problem or illness.

1 Press <1> and <Enter> to continue.

HEFUNC*

By [^yourself / himself / herself] and without using any special equipment, how much difficulty [^do you /

does [^name]] have walking for a quarter of a mile? [^Do you / Does he / Does she] have…

INTERVIEWER: READ OUT

1 ...no difficulty,

2 some difficulty,

3 much difficulty,

4 or, [^are you / is he / is she] unable to do this?

NatCen Social Research | ELSA W9 Questionnaire & Data documentation – INTERVIEWER QUESTIONNAIRE