Variable Search Results

Record Type

All persons Record Type: 20 Person Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: record type Notes: None

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Survey Year

All persons Survey Year: 1997 Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: survey year Notes: None

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Household Serial Number

Sample adults 18+ Household Serial Number Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: household number Notes: Use this variable to identify individual households. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Family Serial Number

Sample adults 18+ Family Serial Number Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: family number Notes: Use this variable in combination with HHX to identify individual families. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Person Number

Sample adults 18+ Person Number Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: person number Notes: Use this variable in combination with HHX and FMX to identify individual persons. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Interview Quarter

Sample adults 18+ Interview Quarter Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: interview quarter Notes: None

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Sex

(If not apparent) Is {Person} male or female? All persons Sex Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: None Notes: Additional data on sex came from HHC.140 when the household contained more than one person. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Age

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Hispanic Ethnicity

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Hispanic subgroup detail

Please give me the number of the (national origin) group. Sample adults 18+ Hispanic subgroup detail Sources: HISPANIC Recodes: None Keywords: ethnicity; national origin; ancestry Notes: "Other-specify" responses were assigned to specific ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Race coded to a single race group

All persons Race coded to a single race group Sources: MAINRACE Recodes: None Keywords: race Notes: * Asian Pacific Islander - this category includes the following: Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Samoan, Guamanian, and other API. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Race Recode

All persons Race Recode Sources: MAINRACE; MULTRAC; RACE1; RACE2; RACE3; RACE4; RACE5; HISPANIC Recodes: None Keywords: race recode Notes: None ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

OMB groups w/multiple race

All persons OMB groups w/multiple race Sources: RACEFULL Recodes: None Keywords: race Notes: * AIAN is American Indian/Alaskan Native; API is Asian Pacific Islander. This recode contains detail for the 4 OMB race groups, "Other" race, and ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Highest level of school completed

What is the HIGHEST level of school {person} {have/has} completed or the highest degree {person} {have/has} received? Please tell me the number from the card. Enter highest level of school: All persons Highest level of school completed Sou... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Fam inc at/above vs. below $20,000

Sample adults 18+ Fam inc at/above vs. below $20,000 Sources: FAMINC; FINC20; FINCCAT Recodes: INCGRP Keywords: income; poverty Notes: The family's value for this variable is assigned to each member of the family, thus making it a person-l... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Ratio of fam inc to poverty threshold

All persons Ratio of fam inc to poverty threshold Sources: FAMINC; FINC20; FINCCAT; FM_SIZE; NUM_KIDS Recodes: INCGRP Keywords: income; poverty Notes: The family's value for this variable is assigned to each member of the family, thus maki... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Marital status

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Region

All records Region Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: united states; region Notes: Data from Unit Control File.

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Geographic Distribution - MSA size

All records Geographic Distribution - MSA size Sources: MSA_SIZE Recodes: None Keywords: msa size Notes: Data from Unit Control File. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Weight - Interim Annual

Sample adults 18+ Weight - Interim Annual Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: interim weight Notes: Format of data has an implied decimal (XXXXX.X). This weight does not include post-stratification adjustments (age, race/ethnicity, sex) ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Weight - Final Annual

Sample adults 18+ Weight - Final Annual Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: final weight; annual; person weight Notes: This weight should be used for most analyses at the person level when using a full year of data. This weight includes ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Stratum for variance estimation

All records Stratum for variance estimation Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: variance estimation Notes: Variable used in variance estimation; consult documentation on variance estimation using NHIS data for specific information. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

PSU for variance estimation

All records PSU for variance estimation Sources: None Recodes: None Keywords: variance estimation Notes: Variable used in variance estimation; consult documentation on variance estimation using NHIS data for specific information. ... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Ever been told you had hypertension

Now I am going to ask you about certain medical conditions. Have you EVER been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had ... Hypertension, also called high blood pressure. Sample adults 18+ Ever been told you had hypertens... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.

Ever told had hypertension on 2+ visits

Were you told on two or more DIFFERENT visits that you had hypertension, also called high blood pressure? Sample adults 18+ who were ever told they had hypertension Ever told had hypertension on 2+ visits Sources: None Recodes: None Keywor... (view details)

Taken from: National Health Interview Survey, 1997 - Sample Adult File.