Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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Reference ID

IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Sep 03, 2025

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General health (IE2016A_HEALTH)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 207

End: 207

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. How is your health in general?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark one box only<br /><br />[] 1. Very good <br />[] 2. Good <br />[] 3. Fair <br />[] 4. Bad <br />[] 5. Very bad</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Very good
2	Good
3	Fair
4	Bad
5	Very bad
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's general health.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 2.3%]

concept

Concept

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