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ASTHPREFREQ
Frequency take preventive asthma meds
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Description

For sample adults and sample children who still have asthma (ASTHMASTIL) or had an asthma episode/attack in the past 12 months (ASTHATAKYR), ASTHPREFREQ how often they take a preventive asthma medication, if at all. A similar variable, ASTHPRENOW, exists for years prior to 2020.

Other asthma-related questions were periodically included in the survey; see ASTHMAEV for a summary of these variables currently in the IPUMS NHIS.

Comparability

This variable is comparable over time.

Universe

  • 2020: Sample children age 0-17 and sample adults age 18+ who still have asthma (ASTHMASTIL) or who had an asthma episode/attack in the past 12 months (ASTHATAKYR).

Availability

  • 2020

Weights