SINGLE MEASURE

Main meals provided

Sweep Title: 2016 Sweep
Dataset: Health Survey for England (HSE)

Question(s)

In the last month, have you regularly had your main meals provided for you?
EXPLAIN IF NECESSARY: Provided by someone who is not living here with you?
INTERVIEWER: Don’t count meals eaten elsewhere.

Who provided your meals? PROBE: Who else?
INTERVIEWER EXPLAIN IF NECESSARY: Meals on Wheels may be provided by the council or another organisation

Response scale

Part 1:
1 Yes
2 No

Part 2:
1 Meals on Wheels
2 Private frozen meal provider such as Wiltshire farm foods
3 Family/friend/neighbour brought me ready prepared meals
4 Other
5 None of these

Participant age 65 - 120
Starts January 2016
Ends January 2017
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past month
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID HSE-1052