Description
For sample children age 3 to 17 years who ever had an emotional or behavioral problem that lasted 3 months and were in school, this variable indicates if the condition caused the child to miss any time from school in the past 12 months.
[show more]No specific criteria for "any time" was given in the Field Representative's Manual .
Variables related to EMOCLASSYR are available only for 1988 (except EMONEEDYR) and refer to the last 12 month time period.
[show more]These include:
- attended special classes due to emotional/behavioral problem (EMOCLASSYR)
- number school days missed from emotional/behavioral problem (EMOMISSYRX)
- took any medicine for the emotional/behavioral problem (EMOMEDYR)
- Needed help for emotional/behavioral problem, past 12 months (EMONEEDYR1981, 1988)
For a full list of variables related to emotional and behavioral problems, see EMOPEV.
