The Health Survey for England 2011: Teaching Dataset is based on the Health Survey for England, 2011 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 7260) and constitutes real data which are used by the government and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset contains fewer variables and has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. The main differences are: the number of variables has been reducedweighting has been simplifieda reduced codebook is providedFurther information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide. The main topics covered are:socio-demographic variablesbody, weight and blood pressure measurements illnessescigarette smoking