CSOFFTP
Current smoker: Time off cigs, last quit try: Time period
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample persons who are current smokers and who have ever tried to quit smoking, CSOFFTP reports a time period associated with the numerical value reported in a separate variable that together indicate the amount of time the person actually stopped smoking cigarettes the last time they attempted to quit. Users should combine this variable with the variable CSOFFNO to determine the amount of time the person stopped smoking cigarettes. Please see the Universe tab for changes in universe between samples.
Universe
- 1978; 1980: Sample persons age 17+ in quarters 3 and 4 who ever smoked 100 cigarettes in their entire lives, ever smoked regularly, smoke now, and ever seriously attempted to quit smoking at least once.
- 1979: Sample persons age 17+ who ever smoked 100 cigarettes in their entire lives, ever smoked regularly, smoke now, and ever seriously attempted to quit smoking at least once.
- 1990: Sample persons age 18+ who were not asked the smoking questions in the Pregnancy and Smoking section, who ever smoked 100 cigarettes, who smoke cigarettes now or for whom it was unknown whether they smoke now, and who ever made a serious attempt to quit smoking.
- 1991: Sample adults age 18+ who currently smoke every day and ever quit for one day or more.
- 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2 and 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CAEP supplement) who ever smoked 100 cigarettes, who smoke cigarettes now, smoke every day, and have ever stopped smoking for one day or more.
Availability
- 1978-1980, 1990-1992
Weights
- 1990-1992 : SAMPWEIGHT
- 1978-1980 : SUPP1WT
