Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
92
|
87
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | NIU | X | X |
| 1 | Often or always | X | X |
| 2 | Sometimes | X | X |
| 3 | Rarely | X | X |
| 4 | Never | X | X |
| 6 | Don't eat red meat | X | X |
| 7 | Unknown-refused | X | · |
| 8 | Unknown-not ascertained | X | · |
| 9 | Unknown-don't know | X | X |
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Description
For sample adults, MEATFAT indicates how often the respondent ate the fat when eating red meat.
MEATFAT is part of a series of variables initiated in 1987 related to food, food knowledge, and cancer. For related variables, please use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus or see DIETCHANGEV.
Universe
- 1987: Half of sample persons age 18+ (excluded from CACT supplement).
- 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2 and in 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CACT supplement)
Availability
- 1987, 1992
Weights
- 1987, 1992 : SAMPWEIGHT