Main survey variable: hconda03 Age told had health condition: Congestive heart failure

Age told had health condition: Congestive heart failure

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Health: Personal Health Condition

Question asked in the latest wave:

healthconditionsall_w15.hconda

Question label:

Age told had health condition

Question text:

What age were you when you were first told you had a {if HCondcode = (6|7)} were {if HCondcode = 88} had {if HCondcode (6|7|88)} [HCondcode]?

Question universe:

if [ff_ivlolw 1 and ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed
And if [HCONDCODE = 1 thru 24 or 26 thru 31 or 33 thru 35 or 37 thru 42 or 66 thru 75 or 78 thru 84 or 86 thru 89] // Health condition is not 'other'

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER AGE

Further details:
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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32768	99.75%
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	6	0.02%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
54.83	32843	33.0	70.0	13.61	6

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	35290	99.49%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	44	0.12%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
58.39	35427	5.0	86.0	18.69	44

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27893	99.62%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	1	0.0%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
87.0	27997	87.0	87.0	0	1

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	29071	99.32%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	2	0.01%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
65.0	29269	58.0	72.0	9.9	2

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31542	98.54%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
[Value >= 0]	1	2	0.01%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.5	32006	44.0	49.0	3.54	2

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33511	97.65%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	4	0.01%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
44.0	34315	1.0	85.0	34.55	4

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34962	96.96%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Valid Observations

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37608	95.71%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	3	0.01%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
50.0	39291	14.0	79.0	33.06	3

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39335	93.28%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
[Value >= 0]	1	3	0.01%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
40.33	42167	1.0	70.0	35.5	3

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	41859	92.62%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	9	0.02%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.33	45183	0	89.0	29.15	9

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	40974	91.38%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	4	0.01%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
49.5	44833	37.0	67.0	12.61	4

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	43136	91.63%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	3	0.01%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
74.67	47071	56.0	88.0	16.65	3

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45859	92.29%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	3	0.01%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.67	49689	38.0	62.0	13.32	3

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	47456	93.06%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	11	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	264	0.52%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
56.17	50730	1.0	91.0	17.19	264

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hconda03

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Question asked in the latest wave:

healthconditionsall_w15.hconda

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Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

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Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

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Wave 14 (n_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 13 (m_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 12 (l_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 11 (k_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 10 (j_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 9 (i_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 8 (h_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 7 (g_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 6 (f_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 5 (e_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 4 (d_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 3 (c_hconda03 indresp)

Wave 1 (a_hconda03 indresp)

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