Description

For sample adults, SMELLODOR reports whether the respondent sometimes smelled an unpleasant, bad, metallic, or burning odor when nothing was there, in the past 12 months. This question associated with this variable was asked to sample adults only in 2021, and to sample adults and sample children in 2024.

SMELLODOR is one of several questions sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to gather information on smell and taste disorders in adults. For more information and a complete list of these variables, see the description for TSTSMDOC.

Comparability

This question associated with this variable was asked to sample adults only in 2021, and to sample adults and sample children in 2024.

Universe

Availability

• 2021, 2024

Weights

• 2021, 2024 : SAMPWEIGHT