Description

For sample persons under age 18, OPSKINEV reports if the person has ever had an operation on skin or subcutaneous tissue. This includes operations on hair follicles, male perineum, nails, sebaceous glands, subcutaneous fat pads, and superficial fossae. It also includes operations on regions such as arm, armpit, back, cheek, buttock, chin, feet, forearm, forehead, hand, head, heel, leg, neck, scalp, temple, temporal region, and thigh when specific tissue (such as bone, cartilage, joint, etc.) involved is not mentioned.

Comparability

This variable is completely comparable over time.

Universe

Availability

• 1981

Weights

• 1981 : SAMPWEIGHT