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Q2 2002

PERM

Can I ask you some questions about health and disability?

1. Yes/o.k.
2. No/Refusal

What people can do at work is often dependent on their health. Some people may have physical health problems or disabilities such as heart problems, respiratory problems, or difficulties in walking; others may have sight or hearing problems even wearing glasses or hearing aids, whereas others may have psychological or emotional problems. Health problems also include such illnesses as diabetes, dyslexia, epilepsy, problems with digestion as well as skin complaints’.

PERM2

Can I ask you some questions about health and disability for ^name?

1. Yes/o.k.
2. No/Refusal

DISABLE

Do you have any longstanding health problem or disability?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Refusal

Note: By longstanding we mean anything that has affected respondent over the past 6 months, or that is likely to affect respondent for at least 6 months.

WHATDIS

Which of the following categories would best describe your health condition?

1. Problems with arms or hands (which include arthritis or rheumatism)
2. Problems with legs or feet (which include arthritis or rheumatism)
3. Problems with back or neck (which include arthritis or rheumatism)
4. Difficulty with seeing
5. Difficulty with hearing
6. Speech impediment
7. Skin conditions (including disfigurement or allergies)
8. Chest or breathing problems (including asthma or bronchitis)
9. Heart, blood pressure or circulation problems
10. Stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems
11. Diabetes
12. Epilepsy
13. Mental, nervous or emotional problems
14. Other progressive illnesses (including cancers, MS, HIV, Parkinsons disease etc.)
15. Other longstanding health problems
16. Refusal

Note: Multiple responses are not allowed
Note: Which of these limits your work capacity the most?

Note: If more than one condition exists, then code the “main” one – whichever the respondent feels to be the most important or troublesome.

TIMEDIS

How long have you had this health condition?

1. Since birth
2. Less than 6 months
3. Between 6 months and a year
4. Between 1 and 2 years
5. Between 2 and 3 years
6. Between 3 and 5 years
7. Between 5 and 10 years
8. 10 years or more
9. Don’t know
10. Refusal

Note: If time of onset uncertain: take the moment respondents first sought medical help for this problem, or when the problem first had an effect on respondents day to day life

WHYDIS

What was the cause of your health condition or disability?

1. Born with it or birth injury
2. Work-related accident or injury (including traffic accidents at work)
3. Non work-related traffic accident or injury
4. Household, leisure or sports accident or injury (non work-related)
5. Work-related disease
6. Non work-related disease
7. Don’t know
8. Refusal

KINDWORK

Does (would) your health condition or disability restrict the kind of work that you can (could) do?

1. Yes, considerably
2. Yes, to some extent
3. No

Note: By “work” we mean paid work or employment rather than house work.

MUCHWORK

Does (would) your health condition or disability restrict the amount of work that you can (could) do?

1. Yes, considerably
2. Yes, to some extent
3. No

Note: By “work” we mean paid work or employment rather than house work.

TOWORK

Does (would) your health condition cause any difficulty getting to and from work that you can (could) do?

1. Yes, considerably
2. Yes, to some extent
3. No

Note: By “work” we mean paid work or employment rather than house work.

ASSISTP

Is any form of assistance provided to facilitate you work?

1. Yes, considerably
2. Yes, to some extent
3. No

ASSIST1

What type of assistance is provided at you work?

1. Assistance with kind of work
2. Assistance with amount of work
3. Assistance with mobility to get to and from work
4. Assistance with mobility at work
5. Support and understanding by superiors and colleagues
6. Other
7. Don’t know

Note: Multiple responses are allowed

WORKDIS

Do you work in sheltered or supported employment?

1. Yes
2. No

ASSISTR

Is there any form of assistance that you would need in order to work?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t know

ASSIST2

What type of assistance would enable you to work?

1. Assistance with kind of work
2. Assistance with amount of work
3. Assistance with mobility to get to and from work
4. Assistance with mobility at work
5. Support and understanding by superiors and colleagues
6. Other
7. Don’t know

Note: Multiple responses are allowed