DITDFOODS
Difficulty with diet for diabetes: Unsure what foods to eat
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
89
|
|---|---|---|
| 0 | NIU | X |
| 1 | Not applicable to written diet | X |
| 2 | No | X |
| 3 | Yes | X |
| 8 | Unknown - not ascertained | X |
| 9 | Unknown - don't know/refused | X |
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Description
For persons age 18 and older with confirmed diabetes who have been able to follow dietary instructions given by a health professional never, rarely, some of the time, most of the time, or with an unknown frequency in the past 12 months, DITDFOODS reports if it is difficult for the person to stay on his or her diet because he or she is unsure about what foods he or she should eat.
This variable is included in the 1989 Diabetes supplement. For related variables, please use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus.
Universe
- 1989: Persons age 18+ with confirmed diabetes who follow dietary instructions rarely, some, or most of the time, never, or with an unknown frequency.
Availability
- 1989
Weights
- 1989 : PERWEIGHT