Description

For sample adults and sample children who had wheezing or whistling in their chest during the past 12 months (WHEZYR), WHEZEXER identifies those whose chest sounded wheezy during or after exercise or physical activity during the past 12 months.

Other variables based on follow-up questions to those who answered affirmatively to WHEZYR include:

• Number wheezing attacks (WHEZATAKNO)

• Wheezing disturbs sleep (WHEZSLEEP)

• Times per week wheezing disturbed sleep (WHEZSLEEPNO)

• Wheezing ever limits speech (WHEZBARTALK)

• Number doctor/hospital ER visits for wheezing (WHEZVISITNO)

• How much wheezing limited activity (WHEZLIMITACT)

• Days missed due to wheezing (WHEZDAYR)

Comparability

This variable is only available in 1999.

Universe

Availability

• 1999

Weights

• 1999 : SAMPWEIGHT