Questionnaires
Since the first wave of Whitehall II data collection, self-completion questionnaires and clinical data have been collected from the cohort every two to five years.
Whitehall II questionnaires are listed below. For more information, please check our Excel data dictionary
On request, we can supply other documentation, such as copies of other WII questionnaires and syntax of derived variables.
Health Survey Questionnaires (HSQ)
See below a summary of the self-reported information collected in the HSQs between waves 1 and 13:
- Family: health characeristics
- Family: socioeconomic characteristics
- ADL
- Birth weight
- CHD
- Diabetes
- General health
- Hospital admissions
- Longstanding illness
- Medication
- Stroke
- Women's health
- Diet
- Drinking
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- Diet
- Drinking
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- CASP
- CESD
- GHQ
- Life events
- Psychological states
- Satisfaction
- SF-36 Traits
- Education
- Employment status (grade)
- Retirement
- Sickness absence
- Social activities
- Social support
- Socio-economic characteristics
- Work