IPUMS NHIS: descr: DPFLFINGAGE

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DPFLFINGAGE

Functional limitation: at what age first had difficulty using fingers

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Code	Label	95	94
00	NIU	X	X
01	1	X	X
02	2	X	X
03	3	X	X
04	4	X	·
05	5	X	X
06	6	·	X
07	7	X	·
08	8	X	X
09	9	X	X
10	10	X	X
11	11	X	X
12	12	X	X
13	13	·	X
14	14	X	X
15	15	X	X
16	16	X	X
17	17	X	X
18	18	X	X
19	19	X	X
20	20	X	X
21	21	X	X
22	22	X	X
23	23	X	X
24	24	X	X
Code	Label	95	94
25	25	X	X
26	26	X	X
27	27	X	X
28	28	X	X
29	29	X	X
30	30	X	X
31	31	X	X
32	32	X	X
33	33	X	X
34	34	X	X
35	35	X	X
36	36	X	X
37	37	X	X
38	38	X	X
39	39	X	X
40	40	X	X
41	41	X	X
42	42	X	X
43	43	X	X
44	44	X	X
45	45	X	X
46	46	X	X
47	47	X	X
48	48	X	X
49	49	X	X
Code	Label	95	94
50	50	X	X
51	51	X	X
52	52	X	X
53	53	X	X
54	54	X	X
55	55	X	X
56	56	X	X
57	57	X	X
58	58	X	X
59	59	X	X
60	60	X	X
61	61	X	X
62	62	X	X
63	63	X	X
64	64	X	X
65	65	X	X
66	66	X	X
67	67	X	X
68	68	X	X
69	69	X	X
70	70	X	X
71	71	X	X
72	72	X	X
73	73	X	X
74	74	X	X
Code	Label	95	94
75	75	X	X
76	76	X	X
77	77	X	X
78	78	X	X
79	79	X	X
80	80	X	X
81	81	X	X
82	82	X	X
83	83	X	X
84	84	X	X
85	85	X	X
86	86	X	X
87	87	X	X
88	88	X	X
89	89	X	X
90	90	X	X
91	91	X	X
92	92	X	X
93	93	·	X
94	94 years old or older	X	X
95	Less than one year old	·	·
96	Always had difficulty	X	X
97	Never able	X	X
98	Not ascertained	X	X
99	DK or refused	X	X

Description

For persons aged 18 or older in the National Health Interview Survey-Disability Survey (NHIS-D) Phase I sample who reported having any difficulty using their fingers to grasp or handle something, such as picking up a glass from a table, DPFLFLINGAGE reports the age when the person first had any difficulty using his or her fingers to grasp or handle something.

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In 1994 and 1995, this variable is part of the Disability Supplement (NHIS-D) that collects information on disability. NHIS-D included two household interviews: in Phase I all members of sample families were screened for any indication of disability; in Phase IIÂ persons with any indication of disability were followed-up for additional information. Phase I includes sensory, communication, and mobility problems; health conditions; activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living; functional limitations; mental health; services and benefits; special health needs of children; early child development; education; relationship to respondent; and perceived disability. Phase II includes four Disability Followback Survey (DFS) questionnaires: one for children, one for adults, one for elderly persons (69 years of age and over) without any indication of disability (also called the Supplement on Aging or SOA; only in 1994), and one for persons with a history of polio.

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