Description

For sample persons under age 18, VISIONPROBEV indicates if the child ever had any "other" trouble seeing with one or both eyes, even when wearing glasses. Other trouble was in reference to problems other than the four eye conditions asked about immediately prior to the question for VISIONPROBEV (see the 4 variables below). The inquiry did not require the problem to be diagnosed by a doctor or health professional, and definitions of the term "other trouble" was not provided in the survey text or Field Representative's Manual and assumed to be respondent-defined.

The question for VISIONPROBEV was part of a series of questions on child health conditions in the 1988 Supplement on Child Health.

Related Variables

Along with VISIONPROBEV, respondents were asked if the child ever had any of 33 conditions, grouped in nine categories, and respondents could also specify up to three conditions not directly included in the inquiry.

Comparability

This variable has no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1988

Weights

• 1988 : SAMPWEIGHT