Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
16
|
08
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | Since birth | X | X |
| 001 | 1 | X | X |
| 002 | 2 | X | X |
| 003 | 3 | X | X |
| 004 | 4 | X | X |
| 005 | 5 | X | X |
| 006 | 6 | X | X |
| 007 | 7 | X | X |
| 008 | 8 | X | X |
| 009 | 9 | X | X |
| 010 | 10 | X | X |
| 011 | 11 | X | X |
| 012 | 12 | X | X |
| 013 | 13 | X | X |
| 014 | 14 | X | X |
| 015 | 15 | X | X |
| 016 | 16 | X | X |
| 017 | 17 | X | X |
| 018 | 18 | · | X |
| 019 | 19 | · | X |
| 020 | 20 | · | X |
| 021 | 21 | · | X |
| 022 | 22 | · | X |
| 023 | 23 | · | X |
| 024 | 24 | · | X |
| Code | Label |
16
|
08
|
| 025 | 25 | · | X |
| 026 | 26 | · | X |
| 027 | 27 | · | X |
| 028 | 28 | · | X |
| 029 | 29 | · | X |
| 030 | 30 | · | X |
| 031 | 31 | · | X |
| 032 | 32 | · | X |
| 033 | 33 | · | X |
| 034 | 34 | · | X |
| 035 | 35 | · | X |
| 036 | 36 | · | X |
| 037 | 37 | · | X |
| 038 | 38 | · | X |
| 039 | 39 | · | X |
| 040 | 40 | · | X |
| 041 | 41 | · | X |
| 042 | 42 | · | X |
| 043 | 43 | · | X |
| 044 | 44 | · | X |
| 045 | 45 | · | X |
| 046 | 46 | · | X |
| 047 | 47 | · | X |
| 048 | 48 | · | X |
| 049 | 49 | · | X |
| Code | Label |
16
|
08
|
| 050 | 50 | · | X |
| 051 | 51 | · | X |
| 052 | 52 | · | X |
| 053 | 53 | · | X |
| 054 | 54 | · | X |
| 055 | 55 | · | X |
| 056 | 56 | · | X |
| 057 | 57 | · | X |
| 058 | 58 | · | X |
| 059 | 59 | · | X |
| 060 | 60 | · | X |
| 061 | 61 | · | X |
| 062 | 62 | · | X |
| 063 | 63 | · | X |
| 064 | 64 | · | X |
| 065 | 65 | · | X |
| 066 | 66 | · | X |
| 067 | 67 | · | X |
| 068 | 68 | · | X |
| 069 | 69 | · | X |
| 070 | 70 | · | X |
| 071 | 71 | · | X |
| 072 | 72 | · | X |
| 073 | 73 | · | X |
| 074 | 74 | · | X |
| Code | Label |
16
|
08
|
| 075 | 75 | · | X |
| 076 | 76 | · | X |
| 077 | 77 | · | X |
| 078 | 78 | · | X |
| 079 | 79 | · | X |
| 080 | 80 | · | X |
| 081 | 81 | · | X |
| 082 | 82 | · | X |
| 083 | 83 | · | X |
| 084 | 84 | · | X |
| 085 | 85 | · | X |
| 086 | 86 | · | X |
| 087 | 87 | · | X |
| 088 | 88 | · | X |
| 089 | 89 | · | X |
| 090 | 90 | · | X |
| 091 | 91 | · | X |
| 092 | 92 | · | X |
| 093 | 93 | · | X |
| 094 | 94 | · | X |
| 095 | 95+ | · | X |
| 996 | NIU | X | X |
| 997 | Unknown-refused | · | X |
| 998 | Unknown-not ascertained | · | X |
| 999 | Unknown-don't know | X | X |
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Description
For sample adults who have had symptoms of dizziness or at least one balance problem and for sample children in 2016 who have had episodes of balance problems or dizziness in the past 12 months, this variable reports the age when the symptoms first began.
The question for this variable was part of the Sample Adult and Sample Child Balance Supplement, sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Comparability
In 2008, persons who reported more than one symptom were asked to report the age when the most bothersome symptom (BALSBOTHER) began. If persons were unsure, interviewers asked them to make a best estimate. In 2016, the question posed to sample children specified that symptoms first begin when the "first episode, bout, or 'attack' of dizziness or balance problem" occurred.
Please see the Universe tab for universe changes over time for this variable.
Universe
- 2008: Sample adults age 18+ who have had symptoms of dizziness or at least one balance problem.
- 2016: Sample children 3+ who have had episodes of balance or dizziness in the past 12 months.
Availability
- 2008, 2016
Survey Text
| 2016 |
| 2008 |
Questionnaire File Name: Sample Child
Question Text:
*Read if necessary: : If uncertain of exact age, estimate to the best of your recollection.
97 Refused
99 Don't know
Skip Instructions:
QuestionText:
* Read if necessary. If unsure, estimate as best you can.
* Enter '996' If since birth.
996 Since birth
997 Refused
999 Don't know
SkipInstructions:
[goto ERR2_BAGE];
Else
[goto BLONG]
(121-995) [goto ERR1_BAGE]
('996', R, D) [goto BLONG]
Weights
- 2008, 2016 : SAMPWEIGHT