IPUMS NHIS: descr: ALCHVYWEEK

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ALCHVYWEEK

Number of drinks in a typical week when person was heavy drinker

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Code	Label	83
999	NIU	X
000	Less than one	X
002	2	X
003	3	X
004	4	X
005	5	X
006	6	X
007	7	X
008	8	X
009	9	X
010	10	X
011	11	X
012	12	X
013	13	X
014	14	X
015	15	X
016	16	X
017	17	X
018	18	X
020	20	X
021	21	X
022	22	X
023	23	X
024	24	X
025	25	X
Code	Label	83
026	26	X
027	27	X
028	28	X
029	29	X
030	30	X
032	32	X
033	33	X
034	34	X
035	35	X
036	36	X
038	38	X
040	40	X
042	42	X
043	43	X
045	45	X
046	46	X
048	48	X
049	49	X
050	50	X
051	51	X
052	52	X
054	54	X
055	55	X
056	56	X
057	57	X
Code	Label	83
058	58	X
060	60	X
063	63	X
064	64	X
065	65	X
070	70	X
072	72	X
075	75	X
077	77	X
078	78	X
080	80	X
084	84	X
088	88	X
090	90	X
091	91	X
094	94	X
096	96	X
098	98	X
100	100	X
104	104	X
105	105	X
110	110	X
112	112	X
115	115	X
117	117	X
Code	Label	83
119	119	X
120	120	X
125	125	X
126	126	X
128	128	X
130	130	X
132	132	X
135	135	X
140	140	X
142	142	X
145	145	X
150	150	X
156	156	X
160	160	X
163	163	X
168	168	X
175	175	X
178	178	X
179	179	X
182	182	X
189	189	X
192	192	X
196	196	X
200	200	X
210	210	X
Code	Label	83
214	214	X
216	216	X
224	224	X
225	225	X
248	248	X
250	250	X
252	252	X
256	256	X
260	260	X
270	270	X
273	273	X
288	288	X
294	294	X
300	300	X
336	336	X
364	364	X
378	378	X
448	448	X
486	486	X
500	500	X
608	608	X
672	672	X
995	995+ drinks	X
997	Unknown - don't know/refused	X

Description

For sample persons ages 18 and over who have had twelve drinks in any year of their life and ever had a period when he or she considered himself or herself to be a heavy drinker, ALCHVYWEEK reports the number of drinks the person consumed in a typical week when the person was a heavy drinker.

This question is part of the 1983 alcohol use supplement. Please use drop down menus for related variables.

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