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HYPCHECKWK
Blood pressure screenings available at work
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Description

For sample persons or adults age 18 and over who were employed last week in a workplace with 50 and more employees, HYPCHECKWK reports if blood pressure screening tests were available at the workplace in the past year.

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Comparability

Apart from changes in the universe, there are no comparability issues.

Universe

  • 1994: Half of sample persons age 18+ (excluded from AIDS supplement) who were employed last week in the private sector or in federal, state, or local government and who worked at a location or facility with 50+ employees.
  • 1998: Sample adults age 18+ who last week were working at a job or business or temporarily absent from a job and who were employed for pay in a private company or for state, local, or federal government in a workplace with 50+ employees.

Availability

  • 1994, 1998

Weights