Table 1.
Factors describing health perception and willingness to change. The abbreviations are written out under description.
| Perception of and willingness to change eating and drinking habits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Description | Coding | N |
| Feeleatmuch | Does Student feel (s)he eats too much? | 1 = yes | 1985 |
| Feeleatlittle | Does Student feel (s)he eats too little | 1 = yes | 1985 |
| Feeleatwrong | Does Student feel (s)he eats the wrong things? | 1 = yes | 1985 |
| Feeleatright | Does Student feel eating habits are exactly right? | 1 = yes | 1985 |
| Changeeatless | Does Student want to eat less to lose weight? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Changelessalc | Does Student want to drink less alcohol? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Changeeathlthy | Does Student want to eat healthier? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Changequitsmk | Does Student want to quit smoking? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Changemoreex | Does Student want to exercise more? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Changenothing | Does Student want to change none of these? | 1 = yes | 1993 |
| Classifications of health perception | |||
| Variable | Description | Coding | N |
| Feelgener | General feeling of his/her health and resistance | 1 = perfect, 2 = very good, | 1985 |
| 3 = good, 4 = poor, 5 = bad | |||
| Feelyrago | Feeling of health compared to a year ago | 1 = much better, 2 = better, | 1989 |
| 3 = similar, 4 = worse, | |||
| 5 = much worse | |||
| Feelrestrheavy | Does Student feel restricted at heavy exercise? | 1 = no, 2 = a little, 3 = much | 1983 |
| Feelrestrmod | Does Student feel restricted at moderate exercise? | 1 = no, 2 = a little, 3 = much | 1966 |
| Feelrestr1km | Does Student feel restr. at walking more than 1 km? | 1 = no, 2 = a little, 3 = much | 1986 |
| Feelrestr500m | Does Student feel restr. at walking more than 500 m? | 1 = no, 2 = a little, 3 = much | 1979 |
| Feelrestr100m | Does Student feel restr. at walking more than 100 m? | 1 = no, 2 = a little, 3 = much | 1980 |
| Feellessdaily | Student had less time for daily act. in past 4 weeks due to health? | 1 = yes | 1977 |
| Feellessachiev | Student achieved less in past 4 weeks due to health? | 1 = yes | 1979 |
| Feelrestrdaily | Did Student feel restr. in daily act. in past 4 weeks due to health? | 1 = yes | 1977 |
| Feelrestrstudy | Did Student feel restr. in studying in past 4 weeks due to health? | 1 = yes | 1976 |
| Feeloftenill | Student feels to be ill more often than others? | 1 = surely not, 2 = not really, | 1990 |
| 3 = don't know, 4 = a bit, | |||
| 5 = surely | |||
| Feelhealthy | Student feels as healthy as others? | 1 = surely, 2 = a bit, | 1988 |
| 3 = don't know, 4 = not really, | |||
| 5 = surely not | |||
| Feelexpworse | Student expects health to worsen in near future? | 1 = surely not, 2 = not really, | 1988 |
| 3 = don't know, 4 = a bit, | |||
| 5 = surely | |||
| Feelexcellent | Student feels health is excellent? | 1 = surely, 2 = a bit, | 1991 |
| 3 = don't know, 4 = not really, | |||
| 5 = surely not | |||