Description

For all sample adults, BALPDNSTAIR indicates whether the respondent experienced any difficulty walking down a flight of stairs in the last 12 months. The questionnaire included the instructions, "Do not include times when drinking alcohol." The survey text included instructions to the interviewers to mark, "No" if respondent experienced this problem "... for reasons OTHER than dizziness or balance ... Examples include respondents who are in a wheelchair, are deaf, blind, don't have a driver's license, etc."

In 2008, the question for this variable was part of the Sample Adult Balance Supplement, sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Many other variables related to BALPDNSTAIR, such as those specifying problems, difficulties or fears related to balance, are included in the 2008 Supplement.

Comparability

BALPDNSTAIR has no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 2008

Weights

• 2008 : SAMPWEIGHT