Description
For sample adults age 18 and over in 1999 and age 55 and over in 1984, CATARACTNOW indicates if the respondent had cataracts at the time of the interview.
[show more]The 1984 Field Representative's Manual described now as "present at any time during the past 2 weeks through the last Sunday before the interview." The 1999 Manual did not provide a definition for "now," but the time frame is assumed to be the same. While neither of the Manuals provided a definition of cataracts, it is a condition that causes clouding of the eye lenses that results in a loss of clear vision.
