Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample adults over age 18 who have ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life and are current smokers or those who ever smoked every day for at least 6 months, CSMOKDALYLTP indicates the duration of time in units (days, weeks, months, or years) since the respondent last smoked cigarettes every day. Respondents could report values for the length of time from 1 to 95 (values above 95 were recoded to "95+". The related variable, CSMOKDALYLNO indicates the number corresponding to the time unit provided in CSMOKDALYLTP.
Respondents who indicated it was 1 year or 12 months ago were asked it was within the past year or a year or more ago CSMOKDALYG1Y.
Related Variables
Related variables are included in the 1992 survey.
These include:
CSMOKDALYLWK, a three digit number reporting the number of weeks; CSMOKDALYLMO, a three digit number reporting the number of months; CESMOKDALYY, the total number of years the respondent smoked every day among every day smokers, and CSSMOKDALYY, the total number of years the respondent smoked every day among some day smokers.
Universe
- 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2, and in 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CAEP supplement) who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes, smoke cigarettes now, smoke some days or indicate that they do not smoke now but smoke some days, smoked at least once in past 30 days/REF/NA/DK how many days smoked in past 30 days, and have ever smoked every day for at least 6 months.
Availability
- 1992
Weights
- 1992 : SAMPWEIGHT
