Whether has lung condition and mental health condition (COLCMHP)
Definition
This variable describes whether a person has reported having both a lung condition (including COPD and emphysema) and a mental health condition (including depression and anxiety).
Scope
All persons
Categories
Code | Category |
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1 | Has lung condition and mental health condition |
2 | Does not have lung condition and mental health condition |
& | Not stated |
V | Overseas visitor |
Number of categories: 4
See Understanding supplementary codes for more information.
Question(s) from the Census form
Has the person been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions?
How this variable is created
This variable is derived from responses to the long-term health conditions question and aims to capture people who have specific combinations of health conditions (known as comorbidity).
Where a respondent selects ‘Lung condition (including COPD and emphysema)’ and ‘Mental health condition (including depression and anxiety)’ they are coded to 1 ‘Has lung condition and mental health condition’. The respondent could also have other long-term health conditions, but those conditions are not recorded in this variable. All other combinations of responses, including ‘No long-term health condition’ are coded to 2 ‘Does not have lung condition and mental health condition’.
If a person has more than one specified combination, they will be captured in more than one comorbidity health variable.
History and changes
This is a new variable for 2021.
Data use considerations
If a person has more than one specified combination, they will be captured in more than one comorbidity health variable.
This variable does not have a non-response rate as it is created during Census processing by using responses from one or more questions on the Census form. For the item non-response rate for the health question, see CLTHP.