Drinking
The diet diaries collected in 1982, 1989, 1999 and 2006-10 gathered specific information on the quantities of alcohol consumed.
In addition to the diet diaries, in 1989, 1999, 2006-10 and 2014-16, the number of measures of alcohol drunk in the last seven days were self-reported in terms of spirits, wine and beers.
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Variable |
1989 |
1999 |
2006-10 |
2014 |
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Have you drunk alcohol in the last year? |
dralc99 |
dra09 |
DRA14x |
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|
In the last 7 days have you had any spirits or liqueurs? |
drsp99 |
drs09 |
DRS14x |
|
|
How many measures of spirits or liqueurs have you had in the last 7 days? |
drspt89 |
drspt99 |
ndrs09 |
NDRS14x |
|
In the last 7 days have you had any wine, sherry, martini or port? |
drwn99 |
drw09 |
DRW14x |
|
|
How many measures of wine, sherry, martini or port have you had in the last 7 days |
drwin89 |
drwin99 |
ndrw09 |
NDRW14x |
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In the last 7 days have you had any beer, lager, cider, or stout? |
drbe99 |
drb09 |
DRB14x |
|
|
How many half pints of beer, lager, cider, or stout have you had in the last 7 days |
drbee89 |
drbee99 |
ndrb09 |
NDRB14x |
The CAGE questionnaire, a tool for detecting alcoholism, was also asked in the first three of these sweeps1), with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test2), a ten-question screening tool to pick up the early signs of hazardous and harmful drinking and identify mild dependence, being used in the most recent collection.
The Present State Examination asked in 1982 also contains a question about drinking.
Obtaining the standard drinking variables
- You can obtain a list of the standard topic variables to use in an NSHD data sharing request by selecting the link at the end of this page.