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Mainstage Variable

cgivwrd1_dv

Cognitive ability: anyone present during delayed word recall

Cognitive ability: Interviewer-recorded observation of whether anyone living in the household and/or outside the household was present during the delayed word recall test (DWR). The (DWR) is a test used to identify Alzheimer’s disease. The DWR usually involves: (a) repeated elaborate encoding of ten separate words, (b) a filled delay, and (c) delayed free recall.

See C_CGWRD1_DV

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Derived variable note:

Cognitive ability: Interviewer-recorded observation of whether anyone living in the household and/or outside the household was present during the delayed word recall test (DWR). The (DWR) is a test used to identify Alzheimer's disease. The DWR usually involves: (a) repeated elaborate encoding of ten separate words, (b) a filled delay, and (c) delayed free recall.

See C_CGWRD1_DV

Derived variable note:

Uses C_DMEMCONT11 C_DMEMCONT12 C_DMEMCONT13/

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-96351.28%
proxy-738307.71%
refusal-2140.03%
don't know-170.01%
no-one else present13732575.11%
hh member present28491.71%
non-hh member present3690213.89%
hh & non-hh member present41300.26%
Total49692100.0%

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