==== Adult General Health ====
Continuing from childhood, study members have been asked about accidents and hospital admissions. Visits to their GP have been recorded at some data collections, as well as days off work due to sickness in the previous year.
Early adult questionnaires did not ask a 'general' health question (with the exception of [[questionnaires:1972|1972]] (26 years)). Instead, multiple indicators of health over the life course and especially information on recurrent illness were collected. In [[questionnaires:1977|1977]] (31 years) study members were asked specifically about rheumatism and back pain and also headaches.
In [[questionnaires:1982|1982]], [[questionnaires:1989|1989]], [[questionnaires:1999|1999]] and [[questionnaires:2015|2014-16]] a more detailed list of ailments were asked about. In [[questionnaires:1989|1989]] and [[questionnaires:1999|1999]] study members were asked to recall their first and most recent experiences of the ailments. In [[questionnaires:2015|2014-16]] study members were asked to recall all experiences of the ailments since 2006.
For the [[questionnaires:2009|2006-10]] postal questionnaire study members were asked to complete the **36-Item Short Form Survey** (SF-36: Ware and Sherbourne, 1992). This survey includes health concepts of**:** physical functioning, bodily pain, role limitations due to physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or emotional problems, emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/fatigue, and general health perceptions. It also includes a single item that provides an indication of perceived change in health.
Study members were also asked whether either of their parents had suffered from these ailmentsĀ (at the [[questionnaires:1982|1982]] and [[questionnaires:1989|1989]] surveys).
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==== Ailments asked in more than one wave 1982 to 2016 ====
1982 | 1989 | 1999 | 2006-10 | 2014-16 | |
Bronchitis | x | x | x | ||
Sciatica, lumbago, recurring back pain | x | x | x | ||
Arthritis or rheumatism | x | x | x | ||
Trouble with liver | x | x | |||
Persistent skin trouble | x | x | x | x | |
Asthma | x | x | x | x | |
Hay fever | x | x | x | ||
Allergy | x | x | |||
Recurring stomach trouble | x | x | x | x | |
Gall bladder trouble | x | x | x | ||
Hernia | x | x | x | ||
Headaches or migraine | x | x | x | ||
High blood pressure | x | x | x | x | x |
Heart trouble | x | x | x | x | x |
Trouble with varicose veins | x | x | |||
Cancer | x | x | x | x | |
Nervous or emotional trouble / depression | x | x | x | ||
Diabetes | x | x | x | x | x |
Persistent trouble with gums or mouth | x | x | x | x | |
Trouble sleeping | x | ||||
Stroke | x | x | x | x | |
Epilepsy | x | x | x | x | x |
Kidney or bladder infections | x | x | x | x | |
Dizziness or unsteadiness | x | x | |||
Piles or haemorrhoids | x | ||||
Anaemia or other blood disorder | x | x | x | ||
Persistent constipation | x | x | |||
Cataracts | x | x | x | x |