Analysis variable | Survey question | Original response categories | Re-coded response categories | |
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Sex | Indicate sex of respondent. | Male | Male | |
Female | Female | |||
Race and Ethnicity | Which one of these groups would you say best represents your race? | Race responses were combined with Hispanic variable to create the second column categories | ||
White | White, non-Hispanic | Caucasian | ||
Black or African American | Black non-Hispanic | African American | ||
Asian | Asian non-Hispanic | Other/multiracial | ||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic | |||
American Indian, Alaska Native | American Indian, Alaska Native non-Hispanic | |||
Other | Other non-Hispanic | |||
Multiracial but preferred race not asked | Multiracial non-Hispanic | |||
Don’t know/Not sure, Refused | Don’t know/Not sure, Refused | Missing | ||
Are you Hispanic or Latino? | Yes | Hispanic | Hispanic | |
No | Non-Hispanic | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure, Refused | Don’t know/Not Sure, Refused | Missing | ||
Age Range | What is your age? | _ _ age in years | 18 – 29 | |
30 – 44 | ||||
45 - 64 | ||||
65 and older | ||||
Education | What is the highest grade or year of school you completed? | Never attended school or only kindergarten | <High School | |
Grades 1 through 8 (Elementary) | ||||
Grades 9 through 11 (Some high school) | ||||
Grade 12 or GED (High school graduate) | Completed High School | |||
College 1 year to 3 years (Some college or technical school) | Educated Beyond High School | |||
College 4 years or more (College graduate) | ||||
Refused, Not asked or Missing | Missing | |||
Marital Status | Are you: (marital status) | Married | Married or Living with Partner | |
A member of an unmarried couple | ||||
Divorced | Unmarried and Not Living With a Partner | |||
Widowed | ||||
Separated | ||||
Never married | ||||
Refused, Not asked or Missing | Missing | |||
Household Income | Is your annual household income from all sources: | Less than $10,000 | Less than $25,000 | |
Less than $15,000 ($10,000 to less than $15,000) | ||||
Less than $20,000 ($15,000 to less than $20,000) | ||||
Less than $25,000 ($20,000 to less than $25,000) | ||||
Less than $35,000 ($25,000 to less than $35,000) | $25,000 to less than $50,000 | |||
Less than $50,000 ($35,000 to less than $50,000) | ||||
Less than $75,000 ($50,000 to less than $75,000) | ≥ $50,000 | |||
$75,000 or more | ||||
Don’t know/Not sure, Refused and Not asked or Missing | Missing | |||
Have Health Insurance | Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare? | Yes | Yes | |
No | No | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure, Refused | Missing | |||
Have a Personal Physician | Do you have one person you think of as your personal doctor or health care provider? (If “No” ask “Is there more than one or is there no person who you think of as your personal doctor or health care provider?”.) | Yes, only one | Yes | |
More than one | ||||
No | No | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure, Refused, Not asked or Missing | Missing | |||
Timing of Last Routine Medical Check-up | About how long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup? [A routine checkup is a general physical exam, not an exam for a specific injury, illness, or condition.] | Within past year (anytime less than 12 months ago) | Within the Past 12 Months | |
Within past 2 years (1 year but less than 2 years ago) | More than 12 Months Ago | |||
Within past 5 years (2 years but less than 5 years ago) | ||||
5 or more years ago | ||||
Never | ||||
Don’t know/Not sure or Refused | Missing | |||
Deferment of Medical Care Because of Cost | Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because of cost? | Yes | Yes | |
No | No | |||
Don’t know/Not sure, Refused | Missing | |||
Self-Defined Health Status | Would you say that in general your health is: | Excellent | Good to Excellent | |
Very good | ||||
Good | ||||
Fair | Fair to Poor | |||
Poor | ||||
Don’t know/Not Sure, Refused, Not asked or Missing | Missing | |||
Residency by Geographic Locale | Metropolitan Status Code | In the center city of an MSA | Non-rural | |
Outside the center city of an MSA but inside the county containing the center city | ||||
Inside a suburban county of the MSA | ||||
In an MSA that has no center city | Rural | |||
Not in an MSA | ||||
Asthma Lifetime | Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma? | Yes | Yes | |
No | No | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure | Missing | |||
Refused | ||||
Not asked or Missing | ||||
Diabetes | Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes? | Yes | Have Diabetes | |
Yes, but female told only during pregnancy | Do not Have Diabetes | |||
No | ||||
No, pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes | ||||
Don’t know/Not Sure | System Missing | |||
Refused | ||||
Not asked or Missing | ||||
CVD | Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following? Angina or coronary heart disease. | Yes | Have CVD | |
No | Do Not Have CVD | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure | System Missing | |||
Refused | ||||
Activity Limitation Due to Health Problems | Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems? | Yes | Have Limitations B/C Health | |
No | Do not Have Health Related Limitations | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure | System Missing | |||
Refused | ||||
Children < =18 in Household | How many children less than 18 years of age live in your household? | Number of childrenNotes: _ _ = Number of children | At Least One Child | |
None | No Children | |||
Don’t know/Not Sure | System Missing | |||
Refused | ||||
Leisure Time Physical Activity | Adults that report doing physical activity or exercise during the past 30 days other than their regular job | Had physical activity or exercise | Participated in leisure time PA | |
No physical activity or exercise in last 30 days | Inactive | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Employment Status | Are you currently: | Employed for wages | Employed | |
Self-employed | ||||
Out of work for more than 1 year | Unemployed | |||
Out of work for less than 1 year | ||||
A homemaker | Not Working By Choice | |||
A student | ||||
Retired | ||||
Unable to work | Unable to Work | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System missing | |||
Get Needed Emotional Support | How often do you get the social and emotional support you need? | Always | Sometimes to Always | |
Usually | ||||
Sometimes | ||||
Rarely | Rarely to Never | |||
Never | ||||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Satisfaction with life | In general, how satisfied are you with your life? | Very satisfied | Satisfied to Very Satisfied | |
Satisfied | ||||
Dissatisfied | Dissatisfied to Very Dissatisfied | |||
Very dissatisfied | ||||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Smoking Status | How often do you smoke? | smokes every day | smoker | |
smokes some days | ||||
Former smoker | Non-Smoker | |||
Never smoked | ||||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
BMI | Calculated from height and weight | Neither overweight nor obese | Neither overweight nor obese | |
Overweight | Overweight | |||
Obese | Obese | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Binge Drinking | Binge drinkers (males having five or more drinks on one occasion, females having four or more drinks on one occasion) | No | Not a Binge Drinker | |
Yes | Binge Drinker | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Heavy Alcohol Consumption | Heavy drinkers (adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day) | No | Not a Heavy Consumer of Alcohol | |
Yes | Heavy Consumer of Alcohol | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing | |||
Depression Lifetime | Has a doctor or other healthcare provider EVER told you that you have a depressive disorder (including depression, major depression, dysthymia, or minor depression)? | Yes | Have depressive disorder | |
No | Do not have depressive disorder | |||
Don’t know/Refused/Missing | System Missing |