IPUMS NHIS: descr: BALSBOTHERAGE

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BALSBOTHERAGE

Age when most bothersome balance symptom first occurred

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Code	Label	16
000	Since birth	X
001	1	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
019	19	X
020	20	X
021	21	X
022	22	X
023	23	X
024	24	X
Code	Label	16
025	25	X
026	26	X
027	27	X
028	28	X
029	29	X
030	30	X
031	31	X
032	32	X
033	33	X
034	34	X
035	35	X
036	36	X
037	37	X
038	38	X
039	39	X
040	40	X
041	41	X
042	42	X
043	43	X
044	44	X
045	45	X
046	46	X
047	47	X
048	48	X
049	49	X
Code	Label	16
050	50	X
051	51	X
052	52	X
053	53	X
054	54	X
055	55	X
056	56	X
057	57	X
058	58	X
059	59	X
060	60	X
061	61	X
062	62	X
063	63	X
064	64	X
065	65	X
066	66	X
067	67	X
068	68	X
069	69	X
070	70	X
071	71	X
072	72	X
073	73	X
074	74	X
Code	Label	16
075	75	X
076	76	X
077	77	X
078	78	X
079	79	X
080	80	X
081	81	X
082	82	X
083	83	X
084	84	X
085	85+ years	X
996	NIU	X
997	Unknown-refused	X
998	Unknown-not ascertained	X
999	Unknown-don't know	X

Description

For sample adults who had a balance or dizziness problem in the past 12 months (BALDIZYR), or who had at least one symptom of a balance or dizziness problem in the past 12 months (BALSYMPTNO), BALSBOTHERAGE reports the age when the person first experienced the most bothersome balance symptom they reported in BALSBOTHER.

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

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2016

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2016

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Question ID: BAL.080_00.000

Instrument Variable Name: BAGE1
Questionnaire File Name: Sample Adult
Question Text:

About how old were you when (Fill: most bothersome or only feeling) first happened?
*Read if necessary. If unsure, estimate as best you can.
*Enter '996' If since birth.

001-995 1-995
01-84 1-84 years
85 85+ years
96 Since birth
97 Refused
99 Don't know
996 Since birth
997 Refused
999 Don't know

Universe Text: Sample adults 18+ who had a dizziness or balance problem in the past 12 months or who identified at least one symptom in the past 12 months
Skip Instructions:

(1-120) if BAGE1 gt AGE
[goto ERR2_BAGE1];
Else
[goto BOFTN]
(121-995) [goto ERR1_BAGE1]
('996', R, D) [goto BOFTN]
If BAGE1= 121-995 then display ERR1_BAGE1:
Hard Edit:
* 121-995 years not allowed in this field.
*Please correct.
If BAGE gt AGE, then display ERR2_BAGE:
* Time with condition cannot be greater than age.
* Please correct.

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