Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
18
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17
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16
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15
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14
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13
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12
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11
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10
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09
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08
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07
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06
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05
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04
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03
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02
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01
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00
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99
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98
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97
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0 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
1 | Not mentioned | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
2 | Mentioned | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
6 | No condition at all | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | X | X |
7 | Unknown-refused | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
8 | Unknown-not ascertained | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
9 | Unknown-don't know | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Description
For persons who have at least one activity limitation (LANY), CLIMHEAR reports whether the person identified, from an interviewer-provided flashcard listing possible causes of activity limitations, a hearing problem as a cause of any activity limitation.
Data Collection
CLIMHEAR is one of a set of variables in the Health Status and Limitation of Activities section of the NHIS Family Core. The question, "What conditions or health problems cause [person's] limitations?" (with "hearing problem" as a possible answer), comes only if there is at least one affirmative answer in a series of preceding questions that vary according to the age of the subject.
[show more]These questions, and the necessary answers, are:
Other possible causes of activity limitations, under age 18:
- Attention deficit (CLIMADD)
- Vision/problem seeing (CLIMVISION)
- Speech problem (CLIMSPEECH)
- Asthma/breathing problem (CLIMASTHMA)
- Birth defect (CLIMBIRTH
- Injury (CLIMINJURY)
- Mental retardation (CLIMRET)
- Other developmental problem (e.g., cerebral palsy) (CLIMOTHDEV)
- Other mental, emotional or behavioral problem (CLIMEMOT)
- Bone, joint, or muscle problem (CLIMBONE)
- Epilepsy or seizures (CLIMEPILEP)
- Learning disability (CLIMLEARN)
- First unclassified problem for children (CLIMCNEC1)
- Second unclassified problem for children (CLIMCNEC2)
Other possible causes of activity limitations, age 18+:
- Vision/problem seeing (CLIMVISION)
- Back or neck problem (CLIMBACK)
- Fractures, bone/joint injury (CLIMFRACT)
- Other injury (CLIMOTHINJ)
- Heart problem (CLIMHEART)
- Stroke problem (CLIMSTROKE)
- Hypertension/high blood pressure (CLIMHYPER)
- Diabetes (CLIMDIABET)
- Lung/Breathing problem (CLIMLUNG)
- Cancer (CLIMCANCER)
- Birth defect (CLIMBIRTH)
- Mental retardation (CLIMRET)
- Other developmental problem (e.g., cerebral palsy) (CLIMOTHDEV)
- Senility (CLIMSENILE)
- Depression/anxiety/emotional problem (CLIMDEPRES)
- Weight problem (CLIMWEIGHT)
- Alcohol or drug problem (CLIMALC)
- Benign tumor (CLIMBENIGN)
- Blood problem (CLIMBLOOD)
- Circulatory problem (CLIMCIRC)
- Digestive problem (CLIMDIGEST)
- Endocrine problem (CLIMENDO)
- Other mental problem (CLIMENTAL)
- Fatigue (CLIMFATIG)
- Genitourinary problem (CLIMGENITO)
- Missing limb or finger (CLIMLIMB)
- Musculoskeletal problem (CLIMMUSCLE)
- Nervous system condition (CLIMNERVES)
- Old age (CLIMOLDAGE)
- Pregnancy (CLIMPREG)
- Skin problem (CLIMSKIN)
- Surgical after-effects (CLIMSURGRY)
- First unclassified problem for adults (CLIMANEC1)
- Second unclassified problem for adults (CLIMANEC2)
As indicated in the above lists, information on the following possible causes of activity limitations was collected for all persons:
- Birth defect (CLIMBIRTH)
- Hearing problem (CLIMHEAR)
- Mental retardation (CLIMRET)
- Other developmental problem (e.g., cerebral palsy) (CLIMOTHDEV)
- Vision/problem seeing (CLIMVISION)
The following definitions provide information about various concepts used in the sequence of questions identified above:
Comparability
For 2002 forward, the variable is completely comparable.
For 1997-2001, a small number of cases were coded as "no condition at all" (IPUMS NHIS code 6) for the cause of activity limitation. If researchers are interested in only persons with at least one condition causing an activity limitation, then the response of "no condition at all" can be recoded as "not in universe" (IHIS code 0). Using this recode, the variable is completely comparable for 1997 forward.
Universe
- 1997-2018: Persons with at least 1 limitation.
Availability
- 1997-2018
Weights
- 1997-2018 : PERWEIGHT

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